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LearnedHand

(5,299 posts)

3. For these fucking bigots, "Mexican" is synonymous with "Hispanic"

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:31 PM

Saturday

I’ve even heard liberal friends refer to Hispanic workers as “Mexicans.” I was so shocked by the specificity I asked whether they knew for a fact those folks were literally from Mexico. (In our area, we have a large Hispanic population from Mexico, Central and South America, and Spain.) The point wasn’t accuracy. The point was Mexican is not synonymous with Hispanic.