Well put, Jean. It works that way with some of the children of other Latin Americans. Gutierrez was indoctrinated at the University into being a racist , victimization mongering ahole.
On another note:
I'm working on a job which has a couple of Puerto Ricans working on a different part of the job for the same employer.
I tried to make them feel welcome, but that was often met with blank looks. They speak and understand a lot more English than they let on, and don't appear to want to mix with the rest of us.
Upon having enough, culminating in the boss (from a western European country) wanting me to cater to them in a way which was unintentionally demeaning to me, I blew up. They ended up taking care of their own stuff, I wasn't run off, and I rarely acknowledge their presence anymore.
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