Racism: Back In Style? (at Cornell)

Cornell Review ^ | Nov 11, 2002 | Paul M Eastlund

[185JHP]

You're right about the kids that try to intimidate you. In the book "Homicide - A Year On The Killing Streets" it's called "eyef------." I liked the scene in the movie "Predator" when Jesse Ventura spits the tobacco juice. I like the look in ol' Jesse's eyes - "You think I'm afraid to get it on with you? Push it and find out!"

[abraxas42]

"Hispanic" is not a racial category per se. It means only that a person has at least one Latino parent. Therefore you can have white-Hispanics, black-Hispanics, Indian-Hispanics (mestizos), and oriental-Hispanics (Filipinos and others, I believe).

[abraxas42]

...therefore, white-Hispanics are *rightfully* listed as white -- less than helpful for those looking for statistics regarding Hispanics, but technically accurate. If, however, as you're claiming, the same people are actually listed differently depending on whether they're victims or perpetrators; well, that's silly.

What you currently offer as corrobotation, however -- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_01/xl/01tbl2-8.xls -- does not support your conjecture at all. Do you have any real corroboration for this, or are you just spewing rhetoric?