Security Asked Me To Move

[wyfbane]

You said you would...

 

[boilermakerandy]

Jorge,
If it is any consolation when he said "Spanish descent" I immediately thought Spaniard not Hispanic. I consider Hispanics to be the mixed race dark skinned Latin Americans while Spaniards are white Europeans. That's why I found it odd she would accuse Frank of racism.

 

[dochudson]

Jorge,
If it is any consolation when he said "Spanish descent" I immediately thought Spaniard not Hispanic. I consider Hispanics to be the mixed race dark skinned Latin Americans while Spaniards are white Europeans. That's why I found it odd she would accuse Frank of racism.
do we know she actually did?

 

[yaddy306]

From Oxford Online:
Definition of Hispanic in English:

ADJECTIVE
1. Relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Central and South America.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Hispanic
Jorge, do you prefer safety razors, electric or straight razors?

 

[jorgesoler]

We are getting political now. For me it is not a matter of being racist, or hating Hispanics, but an identity issue. Having said that, there is this big divide in between southern and northern Spain. Andalusians are somewhat darker (I guess you could say swarthy) whereas in northern Spain they are very fair skin. This can be explained by the Moor and Jew ancestries. However, most northerners, on the contrary, have black hair, but this is due to our Celt origins. You will find this phenotype in Scotland or Ireland too. At the very beginning, Spain was a March, that is, a buffer zone that was created by Charlemagne in between Septimania and the Moor kingdoms. The Kingdom of Castile was formed around one of those buffer zones, along with Aragon, Navarra, the Principality of Austurias, etc. Most Christians who lived in there and pushed the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsula regarded themselves as "castellanos viejos," that is, the "old Castilian" people who never mixed with the Moors.

 

[jorgesoler]

I don't speak Spanish, I speak Castillian is another way to denigrate the heritage

I speak Castilian too (Castellano), not so more to denigrate, but to get back to my roots. "Spanish" is a bastardized synonym for "Castilian," which is the proper name. Therefore, you should say "the Castilian language," and not "the Spanish language."

 

[boilermakerandy]

That's why I found it odd she would accuse Frank of racism.
do we know she actually did?

Doc,
I assumed that from the following that Frank posted.

This time he said that the woman thought I was being racist, and even if I was not, he could not take any chances.

 

[davek]

I will say what I say to my son.
You were right.

She was wrong.

I might have done the same thing.

You really were right.

Now... if you were to think about it... what would have been a much easier way.

For you, the heck with her.

 

[dochudson]

just think security only asked you to move.. maybe her 6'5" hubby would have kicked your butt.. just let security handle things you don't want someone's hubby or bf stalking you on a cruise ship. folks on a cruise should enjoy themselves and not start pissing contest.

 

[okiescout]

ae1pt, where was that area? Your looking relaxed for a guy being stalked by a security guard. :worship: