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   Richard S. Russell said, 7 months ago

   Is there an equivalent honor given out by Mexico? And, if so, how many gringos have they bestowed it upon?
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   gladlythecrosseyedbear said, 7 months ago

   Whites are frightened — their ranks are dwindling — take Europe, for instance, where birth rates are quite low
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   lisapaloma13 said, 7 months ago

   Mr. Russell, no part of what is now Mexico was bought/stolen from the U.S. Many of the people living in TX, AZ, NM & CA at the time it became part of the U.S. are considered Latinos. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. If you still haven’t gotten the message, there is a much more sizable Latino population in the U.S. than gringo population in Mexico. I think Alcaraz is questioning the underrepresentation of Latinos relative to the proportion of the population they compose.
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   Agingstoner said, 7 months ago

   @lisapaloma13

   Uh, I think most of the “people living in [the Southwest] at the time it became part of the U.S.” are DEAD now.
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   peter stampfel said, 7 months ago

   @Richard S. Russell

   there was an irish military group that defected from the us army during the mexican war to fight with the mexicans. their memory is honored there.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago

   @Richard S. Russell

   How many ‘gringos’ live in Mexico?
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   Davepostmp said, 7 months ago

   So how many Latinos want to be “honored” to fill someone’s idea of a quota, to match the percentage points?
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   CARAPORAM said, 7 months ago

   Placido Domingo is not Latino. He’s from Spain. Also Chita Rivera is from Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the caribbean.
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   dbig 1oohh said, 7 months ago

   Led Zeppelin? Have you been smoking that Acapulco Gold or something?
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    lmonteros said, 7 months ago

    I would go with Rivera being Latina—that is, loosely someone of Hispanic descent born in the Americas—but while Domingo might be considered Hispanic, I doubt many Californians (or Southwesterners) would consider him to be Latino.

    And Mr. Russell, we are not talking about Latinos who live in other countries; we are talking about talented Latino artists who live and even were born here.
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    Larry said, 7 months ago

    It is an impressive list:
    http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history.cfm
    Have qualified Latinos been overlooked?
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago

    @CARAPORAM

    Spain is one of the Latin countries so of course Placido Demingo is Latino.
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    CARAPORAM said, 7 months ago

    @Night-Gaunt49

    People who are born in Latin America are latinos. People from Spain are Spaniards.
    The word latino refers to people born in the new world , not Europe.
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