[mrustow]

In private dealings with other Hispanics, white Hispanics in America are proud of their whiteness ("soy blanco") in a way that white non-Hispanics are not permitted to be. But in public, for many years, the same white Hispanics have been turning themselves into "persons of color," in order to harass white non-Hispanics.

[Clemenza]

I always tell them to take a look in el espejo when those situations arise. Few Anglos, of course, think to do this, as they have been raised to think of all Hispanics as "people of color."

Reminds me of a story in high school. My best friend (born in America to Colombian parents) once answered a classmates statement on how "immigrants are ruining this country" by stating "not as bad as what your ancestors did to the Indians." I of course informed my friend that it was more likely that HIS ancestors slaughtered Indians rather than our Irish American classmate. He conceded my point.

[Free ThinkerNY]

You hit the nail on the head.