How strange that you consider it strange (Reply #90)

In the discussion thread: Whoa II... Shit Just Got Real... 'Dear Hillary, Let Me Introduce You to My Abuela' - HuffPo [View all]

Response to Ken Burch (Reply #64)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 02:29 PM

okasha (11,573 posts)

90. How strange that you consider it strange

that a Hispanic child''s Noni would read to her/him at night. You seem to be suggesting that older Hispanic women are either unable to read or don't recognize the cultural and educational value of the activity.

Almost this whole thread is a silly exercise in whitesplainin'.

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110 replies	Author	Time	Post
Whoa II... Shit Just Got Real... 'Dear Hillary, Let Me Introduce You to My Abuela' - HuffPo [View all]	WillyT	Dec 2015	OP
But but Hillary ate at Chipotle!	thereismore	Dec 2015	#1
LOL...Chipotle... oh...my sides! LOL	Bubzer	Dec 2015	#10
But eating at Chipotle entails a real element of risk. So cut it out!	Enthusiast	Dec 2015	#16
lol	Bubzer	Dec 2015	#21
There's snipers in them thar burritos!	Fuddnik	Dec 2015	#44
Microbial snipers	FrodosPet	Dec 2015	#58
Hillary SURVIVED Chipotle, then. n/t.	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#62
Ducking for cover as she dashed for the Ladies' Room	Divernan	Dec 2015	#99
But she can speak in Black dialect	MissDeeds	Dec 2015	#15
Cringe-worthy every time Hillary does it... talk about tone deaf!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Dec 2015	#78
It's not too late to hire Romney's makeup person	arcane1	Dec 2015	#31
ROFL	Rosa Luxemburg	Dec 2015	#33
Yes she did - she has a video - lol	840high	Dec 2015	#50
While ducking sniper fire!	Scuba	Dec 2015	#51
And, Hillary Was Named After Sir Edmund Hillary as well... Lest We Forget That...	CorporatistNation	Dec 2015	#68
Stay tuned for the next round!	Juicy_Bellows	Dec 2015	#2
This made me literally LOL.	CharlotteVale	Dec 2015	#5
now that's worthy of a stitched throw pillow	MisterP	Dec 2015	#9
Now that's funny.	farleftlib	Dec 2015	#11
We just laughed and laughed at this!	Duval	Dec 2015	#20
"Babushka" means head scarf and only in America.	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#24
It also means -	Juicy_Bellows	Dec 2015	#26
It's slang/derogatory	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#27
Well I see your sense of humor is somewhere in the ether.	Juicy_Bellows	Dec 2015	#29
Oh OK. That makes sense. Baba Yaga.	Manifestor_of_Light	Dec 2015	#32
My grandfather used it as an insult	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#34
Thank you for informing me.	Manifestor_of_Light	Dec 2015	#37
He spoke more Russian than Polish	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#38
Well who is Baba O'Riley?	Fuddnik	Dec 2015	#45
I'm guessing Bill's mother	notadmblnd	Dec 2015	#52
I have been a Who fan since their early days.	Manifestor_of_Light	Dec 2015	#70
It is a takeoff on Meher Baba, Pete Townsend is a follower of his	CBGLuthier	Dec 2015	#77
I don't think so.	Richard D	Dec 2015	#35
I hadn't known that.	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#67
Tish! You spoke French!	Spirochete	Dec 2015	#101
How I love all incarnations (if that's even conceivable) of the Addams Family!	Proserpina	Dec 2015	#102
4 Ways Hillary is like your Aunt Jemima	mhatrw	Dec 2015	#43
OMG! BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAA!	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#55
" 1) She wears a headscarf 'round the house"..."2) She appreciates good pancake syrup".	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#66
omg, rolling!	Ed Suspicious	Dec 2015	#53
"7 ways Hillary is just like your MeMaw"	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#63
If she was anything like my Gran	JackInGreen	Dec 2015	#82
"8 Ways Hillary Clinton Is Just Like Your Abuela."	pangaia	Dec 2015	#3
And the whole article does that. It's clunky and condescending.	Scootaloo	Dec 2015	#14
Hillary embarrasses herself again... I almost feel sorry for her (so out of touch).	InAbLuEsTaTe	Dec 2015	#79
JFK was not like anyone's abuela!	JackRiddler	Dec 2015	#25
Not sure what you are getting at.	pangaia	Dec 2015	#28
Ah. That wasn't obvious, I'm afraid.	JackRiddler	Dec 2015	#30
Ich bin ein Berliner	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#56
I was waiting for someone to bring that up.	pangaia	Dec 2015	#59
He's coming to Anchorage this spring. My family will crawl on our knees if	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#74
Lucky you! I adore that man.	Divernan	Dec 2015	#100
Los pochos se pusieron muy triste. Pobrecitos.	LuvLoogie	Dec 2015	#4
Cuando dicen ellos	okasha	Dec 2015	#106
K.R	99Forever	Dec 2015	#6
this soften the candidate stuff usually backfires. She is rich and always	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#7
man they loved you.	artislife	Dec 2015	#39
it was so mutual, artislife. they died ten months apart, they were such a love	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#54
Thanks. nt	artislife	Dec 2015	#91
Usually only Republicans are that tone-deaf on race	shawn703	Dec 2015	#8
Huh..how many times is this story on DU? At any rate...	Sancho	Dec 2015	#12
WTF?	Motown_Johnny	Dec 2015	#13
another soap opera...	Sancho	Dec 2015	#22
and you picked Univision to make that point?	Motown_Johnny	Dec 2015	#48
their abuela told them too, Motown_Johnny.	roguevalley	Dec 2015	#57
Hillary Clinton - Helping Bernie into the WH one day at a time	Cassiopeia	Dec 2015	#17
It is as if she is like the old cd clubs	artislife	Dec 2015	#40
American Imperialism to set up confiscation instead of a non-violent plan of resettlement and	DhhD	Dec 2015	#96
I hate to break this to you but everyone that participated in this thread are hereby banned!	Enthusiast	Dec 2015	#18
She won't be "UP" in the polls for long	Duval	Dec 2015	#19
This message was self-deleted by its author	NCTraveler	Dec 2015	#23
"Central American children sent back": 70,000 children w/no parent were sent here.	KittyWampus	Dec 2015	#36
My brother's girl friend	artislife	Dec 2015	#41
Nearly all of the children qualified for asylum even if "responsible adults" are found.	Luminous Animal	Dec 2015	#49
I admit, I don't get this	Matariki	Dec 2015	#42
Alot of the comments there are saying the same thing that you did	Number23	Dec 2015	#46
Whoah, Dude... Don't you know denying people's experiences is way bad. You need to listen, man!	Bonobo	Dec 2015	#65
They forget their hypocrisies from day to day; they think we'll forget too. Fat chance.	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2015	#72
Yeah, that's exactly what I did	Number23	Dec 2015	#73
You're such a partisan that I no longer take your opinion with much seriousness.	Bonobo	Dec 2015	#75
BEYOND mutual. But it started eons before you lost your crackers over Bernie	Number23	Dec 2015	#76
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2015	#80
I've never seen people with so little to say say it in such ridiculous ways	Number23	Dec 2015	#84
Ha! I was just coming to post them anyway..	Cha	Dec 2015	#86
Damn, Cha! I swear you are like on every third jury around here!	Number23	Dec 2015	#87
Coretta Scott King is beautiful then and now, 23~ It's really nice to know who your avatar is..	Cha	Dec 2015	#89
Good point Bonobo. Situational ethics comes to mind. Our dirty wars, everywhere, have created	sabrina 1	Dec 2015	#83
Please Bonobo	senz	Dec 2015	#103
I agree.	JunkyardAngel83	Dec 2015	#81
Even non-unhinged Sanders supporters are saying they don't understand the anger in this OP	Number23	Dec 2015	#85
You're supposed to hate Hillary and not vote for her	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2015	#47
I will be glad when Bernie	Dawson Leery	Dec 2015	#61
What a rude and completely inappropriate smear	Kentonio	Dec 2015	#88
They think we will just fall in line	artislife	Dec 2015	#92
Dawson makes a rude and inappropriate smear?	murielm99	Dec 2015	#97
+1,000,000	Dawson Leery	Dec 2015	#110
They Are Talking About Keeping Families Separated... I'm Sure There Are Far Worse Stories...	WillyT	Dec 2015	#60
It's about an privileged Anglo appropriating an intimate bit of Hispanic culture.	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#64
How strange that you consider it strange	okasha	Dec 2015	#90
How you get that post from the one you are responding to is	artislife	Dec 2015	#93
I was born in Mexico and live on the Texas-Mexican border.	okasha	Dec 2015	#95
I meant the image of HRC reading to me at night, not a Hispanic child's Noni.	Ken Burch	Dec 2015	#104
Millions of Hispanics remain unoffended.	okasha	Dec 2015	#105
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service	nc4bo	Dec 2015	#107
Thanks, nc4bo!	okasha	Dec 2015	#108
You're welcome and same to you! nt	nc4bo	Dec 2015	#109
This is not Hillary's finest moment	Nonhlanhla	Dec 2015	#69
The immigrant experience is hard and wonderful..	artislife	Dec 2015	#94
Not like my abuela... what's next?	ram2008	Dec 2015	#71
What about grandmothers of kids mutilated/killed by cluster bombs?	Divernan	Dec 2015	#98

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