12-10-2008, 02:05 AM
samintx wrote:
Are you worldly guys getting it?....not the story but the headline. You know of course the double meaning of it?
Samintx,
I am pretty sure everyone gets it.
The problem is, taken in the context of past posts you've made and past positions you've subscribed to, there's kind of a nagging undercurrent which hints at, fairly or unfairly, a desire on your part to play up the "dirtiness" of mexicans. And also a bit of a background nag of "why does she seek out negative stories about mexicans" and "did she get this from some right wing blog-type site that cherry-picks articles that support an agenda of intolerance?" And/or the reporter who didn't decide that the headline may be perceived as being in bad taste, especially by people of mexican decent who are already sensitive to the propogation of common stereotypes, as having a bit of an "agenda."