Who You Callin' "English", Loco Vato?
¡Le batiré a la muerte, pendejo!
In almost every publication I read, whenever Latinos (or are they called Mexicans, or Mexican-Americans, or Chicanos, or Hispanics, or Ibero-Americans?) are dealing with White folks, the Whites are always referred to as "Anglos". I've always found that particular phrase to be... well, racist.
How many of us chuckle when we see the Amish on any given movie generically refer to all non-Amish individuals as "the English"? You can be a Black guy from St. Louis, or a Puerto Rican from New York... it makes no difference. To the Amish, they're "English". Yeah, we've all thought that was silly.
And the same silliness applies to all Whites being referred to as Anglos. Just look at the definition of the word itself;
"Anglo" translates directly to the English word "Anglian".
An-gli-an
ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to East Anglia or to the Angles.
NOUN:
1. An Angle.
2. The Old English dialects of Mercia and Northumbria.
Anyone who knows their world history knows that when you get right down to it, the Angles are the original English. So why are all Whites called "English" by the politically correct MSM?
I have no English blood in me. If I did, I'd be proud of that... but I don't. So don't call me English.
My dad (may God rest his soul) was German-Irish. If anyone called him an Englishman, you could bet your paycheck that the fists would be flying. Not so much because he hated the English, but more so because he was proud of his German and Irish bloodlines.
Speaking of idiotic politically correct phrases, what's up with this Person of Color nonsense? My dad had a color... it was white. Doesn't that make him a Person of Color?
¡Le batiré a la muerte, pendejo!
In almost every publication I read, whenever Latinos (or are they called Mexicans, or Mexican-Americans, or Chicanos, or Hispanics, or Ibero-Americans?) are dealing with White folks, the Whites are always referred to as "Anglos". I've always found that particular phrase to be... well, racist.
How many of us chuckle when we see the Amish on any given movie generically refer to all non-Amish individuals as "the English"? You can be a Black guy from St. Louis, or a Puerto Rican from New York... it makes no difference. To the Amish, they're "English". Yeah, we've all thought that was silly.
And the same silliness applies to all Whites being referred to as Anglos. Just look at the definition of the word itself;
"Anglo" translates directly to the English word "Anglian".
An-gli-an
ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to East Anglia or to the Angles.
NOUN:
1. An Angle.
2. The Old English dialects of Mercia and Northumbria.
Anyone who knows their world history knows that when you get right down to it, the Angles are the original English. So why are all Whites called "English" by the politically correct MSM?
I have no English blood in me. If I did, I'd be proud of that... but I don't. So don't call me English.
My dad (may God rest his soul) was German-Irish. If anyone called him an Englishman, you could bet your paycheck that the fists would be flying. Not so much because he hated the English, but more so because he was proud of his German and Irish bloodlines.
Speaking of idiotic politically correct phrases, what's up with this Person of Color nonsense? My dad had a color... it was white. Doesn't that make him a Person of Color?
posted by Kevin Whiteman at
1:47 PM
7 Comments:
Never like the phrase 'person of color' either. Whenever I hear it, I want to respond, "Then what the hell am I? Transparent?"
I don't know if you know this or not but that word "pendejo" is a bad word.
Person of color is actually a very old term. In antebellum times a polite white person would refer to mixed race or freed blacks as ... persons of color. Since this is a term from the slavery period I can not imagine why anybody would choose it.
Pater - I've said the same thing!!
Esther - I know... I'm a caveman, waddya expect!!?? *evil grin!*
FAB - Damn straight.
Dymph - Damn straight, squared.
Unless they're albinos, I can't think of any European caucasians who are "white", hence, the generic phrase for European caucasians as "Whites" does qualify them as "persons of color".
Hmmmm..... should the PC Gestapo reconsider calling Whites; "Pinks" or "Beiges" or "Swarthy Olives"?
No, no, no... I mean the term "white" means the absence of colour. White _people_ (European Caucasians) are not "white" in skin colouration and, unless albino, it's kind of absurd to suggest that they are.
(Although I'm about as pale as you get, freckles nothwithstanding. I burn like bacon in the sun!)
"White" is just a handy term for European Caucasians to refer to themselves. Seems like everyone has such a term: logical, consistent or not.
Re: the PC Gestapo "renaming" people... I've often wondered: if (European) Caucasians are "White" and Negroes are "Black", then does that make Mulattoes "Grey"?
I'm just sayin'...
Actually, white is the presence of all colors. When you split white light in a prism you get a rainbow. Have we all forgotten that Pink Floyd album color, people?
Black is the absence of light, hence color.
Oh, my mother-in-law is from France. I love it when people in New Mexico call her an "Anglo".
Or as I tell them, "Anglo? My people have been blowing up those people for generations!"
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