Okay, the title will be misleading, but I don't really care about the Latino population anywhere except my fantastical home state of Texas.
That being said...Gah, it's kind of a strange thought to think of myself as a minority. I've been the majority my whole life, so how is this going to change my life? It's a strange thing to think about, but it's a very real concern for myself and probably millions of other Texans. It's not like we're being invaded, so I'm not entirely sure why it's a scary thought process to deal with, but it is all the same.
I truly love this state. I wouldn't move if it was a radioactive heap of barren land, so I'm just going to have to figure out how to process everything. I'm going to have to watch what I say and when I say it. The whole situation reminded me of something one of my professors said this year that completely goes against everything we've been learning in Race, Gender & the Media.
He says people need to filter what they hear and not what they say, which, to a small extent, I thoroughly believe in. You can't stop an 80-year-old man from being racist. It's burned into their brain and no amount of reasoning is going to change their mind. In the same respects, you can't expect people to filter what they say if they're not used to having to do it.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying we shouldn't at least try to be more politically correct and sensitive toward other people's needs and culture, but at the same time -- will they be embracing ours? I guess it's hypocritical to expect them to as we didn't do anything to preserve or tolerate Native American heritage and culture.
Hell, I guess we're all screwed!
*sarcasm off*
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