(May 24, 2013 at 9:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: What surprised me when I came out from NY was that blacks were not at the bottom of the social totem pole. The Indians and worst of all, Mexicans, had that 'honor' sewn up.
I had a similar experience when I lived in San Antonio for three years early last decade. I had lived in the South since the age of 10, so I thought I had seen my share of race related bullshit. I was unprepared for people of Mexican descent differentiating based on skin tone and the length of the neck. 'Indian' was used as a derogatory term. Even the local news was careful to be PC and differentiate by using the term 'Mexican National'.
