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Originally Posted by Frownland
It's probably because you assumed that people would have standard Hispanic names in Venezuala. I didn't find it racist, though.
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You'll find that they do and are fairly standard across Latin America, there are a number of exceptions but I'd say there is less variety than in a English speaking country.
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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant
you generalised that 'Jaun' and 'Carla' (note use of stereotypical Hispanic names) were probably struggling to feed their families. And the analogy of the sandwich indicated they were poor.
In 2013, this is a bona fide example of racism.
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The vast majority of populations in these countries right upto the lower end of the middle classes, struggle with certain essentials. Also that penpal list of names, is only really targeted at the younger end of the population. t
Btw isn't the name meant to be Juan
or is this some other name?