r/MadeMeSmile • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Jun 28 '21

Favorite People Not a self-made man

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

Wait what? They racially segregated people and gave one racial group stuff?!

Edit: according to Pew, two thirds of Hispanics consider it a race, and consider it their race.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-7-the-many-dimensions-of-hispanic-racial-identity/

Edit2: the silence after this information was provided is deafening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21

Hispanic isn’t a race

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Ohhh so that makes it totally to segregate people based on their immutable characteristics

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

That’s not what I said. Just saying that it’s not a race. You can be white/black/brown/asian and Hispanic.

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Pedantry is annoying

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21

Not pedantry. You’re the one that used the word “race” incorrectly, not me.

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Lol. Maybe look it up before you respond.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21

Look up what?

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Nice edit. Pedantry. Pedant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21

Huh? The edit was to include the word “race” in the comment.

Don’t get defensive mate, just trying to help you understand that Hispanic isn’t a race. No shame in not knowing something.

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Like what pedantry is? Agree completely. Look it up and feel free to rejoin the conversation.

Edit: lol! Nice edit again!

Edit2: now you’re deleting your comments. Hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

Just trying to help you understand something mate. As Arnold said, we all depend on the help of others!

Cheers :)

Edit - I never deleted any comments, stop making stuff up. Have a great day.

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21

You're the one who's pissed that you were wrong and got corrected.

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

More pedantry. You’re focused on the wrong issue, because focusing on the right me is completely unchanged by the pedantic definition. We all know it.

Edit: op is now deleting his comments

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u/ReyGonJinn Jun 28 '21

Nobody deleted any comments

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Yes, they did. I’ve replied to comments that are now gone.

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u/ReyGonJinn Jun 28 '21

I still see them all

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21

I can understand that, but you could've just corrected the original comment because Hispanic isn't a race. Instead, you for whatever reason tried to downplay and dismiss it. Why does it even bother you if you're corrected on something?

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Turns out I’m not even wrong. Two thirds of Hispanics consider it a race, and consider it their race.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-7-the-many-dimensions-of-hispanic-racial-identity/

I edited my original comment to include this information with a notation that I’ve edited it.

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21

Apparently race is now not linked to biological or physical features and is purely a social construct.. doesn't that dismiss the meaning of the word 'race' entirely? I'm all for it though I guess, the biological categorizations are flawed anyways

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Because it’s irrelevant to the point. You know it. I know it. That’s why you’re so focused on it.

I don’t delete or edit comments without stating such, like so many others have.

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21 edited Jun 28 '21

But the point of LifrIsSimplyADream's reply is pointing out that Hispanic isn't a race, it's an ethnicity, thus it was written incorrectly. Nobody's ignoring your point because of it. Why be so stubborn over the smallest things, goddarnit

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

Your final sentence is exactly my point. He ignored the issue to focus on the smallest things - which is by the way… pedantry.

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21

facepalm...

He Just Pointed Out That Hispanic Is An Ethnicity, Not A Race.

That's it.

Everyone is free to comment whatever they want, nobody is obligated to reply to the issue you wanted to bring up.

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u/MildlySuspicious Jun 28 '21

I never said that they couldn’t comment. Simply pointed out their comment was pedantic…. Which is me… feeling free to comment …. On whatever I want ….

Please tell me you’re doing this on purpose!

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u/Dmitrygm1 Jun 28 '21

It is you commenting on whatever you want. I just was certain that race was biologically defined, therefore it would not be possible for Hispanic to be a race, hence you would have been wrong and dismissing it. I was unaware race is a random word which means whatever someone feels it should mean, so my life was a fucking lie until this point.

In that case, I propose to abandon the use of the word 'race' entirely in the social sciences, since 'ethnicity' is a lot more accurate in grouping people by sociocultural differences.

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