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Title: The Latino South - Hispanic Teenagers Join Southern Mainstream
Source:
NY Times
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/u ... 5a2ea&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Published: Dec 31, 2006
Author: NY Times
Post Date: 2006-12-31 12:23:47 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 140
Comments: 2
- Snip But the increased presence of Hispanic students has not come without tension. Several Hispanic teenagers have been suspended for involvement in gang activity, school officials say. Some students still offend their Hispanic classmates with clumsy or hostile remarks. (Frankie said one student asked him, “Do Mexicans eat cats and dogs?” Another asked, “Do your parents sell drugs?” In response to such comments, some Hispanic teenagers retreat into the comfort of ethnic solidarity. Other students do the same. In the cafeteria, Hispanics, blacks and whites still sit mostly in separate groups as they huddle over trays of steak nuggets and canned peaches. And while some cheered Frankie and Kristen’s homecoming victory, others feared it signaled that Mexican immigrants were beginning to dominate town life. “Everybody in school likes them, so some people were happy,” said Brittany Young, a white junior, describing the reactions of white residents to the homecoming vote. “But others were just like, ‘Oh my God, no, they didn’t just win,’ ” she said. Brittany said some worried there might not be another white homecoming king and queen at Atkinson High, given the growing number of Hispanic students. Sydney Taylor, a black senior who was a contender for homecoming king, said he thought the voting was manipulated to ensure the victory of two Hispanic students. He said he did not believe that blacks and whites would offer enough support for Frankie and Kristen to win. He said he had no proof; the faculty, after all, tallies the student votes. But his outspoken anger over the subject drove a wedge between Sydney and Frankie, who stopped speaking for weeks. - Snip
Poster Comment: In this basic PC puff piece, I managed to snip out some real meat that, IMO, is closer to the truth than the kumbaya BS we're force fed daily. The South is facing the high octane balkanization I saw coming. I lived thru this in NYC years ago and here it comes again. There's nothing we can do but accept the dictates of the elites, but to those who welcome this, just wait until you become the minority in your own land. It will be ugly.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
thanks for keeping us informed. balkanization is a bad thing.
You're welcome Red. A merry and happy to you and yours.
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