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**jelena-nanana** · 07-26-2011, 01:19 AM

It's true because I am calling myself Indian now and rejecting my Hispanic title, especially considering the fact that I don't speak Spanish often.
I'm glad many people are sharing my view about this type of thing.

For people in Latin america who don't know what real European people are like they can keep confusing mestizos with Europeans, but we are totally not the same, just trust me. Photographs and reality are different.

When my children are born they probably will not speak any Spanish at all so they will not be Hispanic, they will not be from Latin Europe or America, so what is left for them? They will be native american, so I think the title Indian suits them just as well.

When I see things like European people dressed like Native Americans which has been occurring often thanks to Ke$ha I become a bit annoyed :P

07-26-2011, 01:19 AM	#11
jelena-nanana Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 335 Senior Member	It's true because I am calling myself Indian now and rejecting my Hispanic title, especially considering the fact that I don't speak Spanish often. I'm glad many people are sharing my view about this type of thing. For people in Latin america who don't know what real European people are like they can keep confusing mestizos with Europeans, but we are totally not the same, just trust me. Photographs and reality are different. When my children are born they probably will not speak any Spanish at all so they will not be Hispanic, they will not be from Latin Europe or America, so what is left for them? They will be native american, so I think the title Indian suits them just as well. When I see things like European people dressed like Native Americans which has been occurring often thanks to Ke$ha I become a bit annoyed :P
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