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okasha

(11,573 posts)
90. How strange that you consider it strange
Thu Dec 24, 2015, 02:29 PM
Dec 2015

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'.

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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