I was emailed this sickening image, along with an accompanying, and too gleefully punctuated, “Pass it on if you agree!”.
Not only do I not agree, it has pissed me off to the point of public venting.
America is melting pot. Filled with delicious, creamy, steamy queso ranchero. Get over it, xenophobes.
Hispanic people are among the warmest, kindest, hard-working people on the planet. Be happy they’re here. Also be thankful they willingly and cheerfully do all the icky jobs most of us don’t want – like cutting grass, changing hotel sheets, and raising our children.
Yeah, John, I’ll press “1” for that.
And the food! I don’t want to live in a world without authentic enchiladas verde, pork tamales, carnitas tacos… mmm…
I’ll sure as hell press “1” for all that.
And what about Sofia Vergara from “Modern Family”?
I’m sure a lot of hot-blooded American males would press a lot more than“1” for her.
It also ticks me off that the people who send these types of emails imply you are somehow un-American if you disagree. “Try to go live somewhere else.” they snarl. Well, despite all that’s wrong with this country, I still wish to reside here. And I definitely prefer it to, say, my ancestral stomping grounds of Sweden where they flavor liquor with caraway seeds, and it’s considered bragging to yell “Bingo!”.
You know what else annoys me? That I’m getting chastised by John Wayne – a bigoted blowhard who smoked six packs of cigarettes a day, blasted black people in a famous “Playboy” article, and – oh yeah — is dead.
I also wonder if the originator of this vile visual knew that Mr. Wayne requested his tombstone be written in Spanish (“Feo, Fuerte y Formal”, a Mexican epitaph Wayne described as meaning “ugly, strong and dignified”) and was married to three women – all of whom were Hispanic.
So yeah, I venture to say even old Duke would okay with pressing “1”.
Put that in your burrito and stuff it.
For Marleny Alvarado, RIP, my eternal thanks.
Si! I wrote this some time ago along the same lines:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6144510/dial_1_for_asshole.html
Facebook makes me lose faith in humanity.
My only gripe is if they move here and refuse to learn English or demand that everyone else accommodate for them. If you’re going to live here, try to assimilate yourself into the culture. I wouldn’t move to Italy and expect everyone to speak English for me. You have to at least try.
I know a lot of the world is learning English now, so it could be argued that Americans are forcing everyone to learn it, but that’s not the case. With international communication becoming so common in the recent past, a default language was sort of necessary, and that responsibility fell on English.
Live here, get a job, and try to be a part of the country you live in, and you’ll be fine. I’ve met plenty of extremely friendly and hard-working Hispanics. Intolerant white Americans are pretty embarrassing…
I live in a largely Dominican neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. My Dominican (and Mexican and Puerto Rican and South and Central American) neighbors are among the warmest, nicest people I have ever met. I consider it a privilege to live among them.
I am learning bad Spanish one word at a time. I don’t mind pressing “1” for English.
🙂
A good friend once told me, “There are jerks and geniuses in every race, religion and nationality. Sadly it’s the jerks that get all the attention.”
True dat.
These are racists who put crap out like this. I doubt most of them were even aware that Wayne’s 3rd wife of 10 years was hispanic, Pilar, the daughter of a Peruvian senator