Comments by "David Rubin" (@davidrubin5140) on "The Yarbros"
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I agree with you guys, that classism and racism are parallel evils. However, USA racism is based largely on hatred, fear, and envy while Latin classism leans more on arrogance and "natural" privilege. Classism in Mexico and Latin America in general pivots a lot on "educacion y cultura," the way you speak and carry yourself in society. That's part of why you have honorifics and open respect for doctors, lawyers, engineers, professors, etc. that are not so apparent or prevalent in the USA, where money trumps everything. That's part of why teachers are so much more respected in Latin America than in the USA. But of course, people who have better education and "higher" culture generally attained that in large part because of their national and ethnic origins. So Indigenous are generally at the bottom and people of more obvious European origins are at the top, historically and generally. Still, Mexico elected an Indigenous man, Benito Juarez to the presidency in 1858, overlooking his "Indian-ness" in favor of his education, intelligence, and force of character. That didn't happen in the USA until 2008. To paraphrase President Obama (who borrowed from Theodore Parker), I'd also like to believe that the arc of history bends toward justice and, like in the USA, things in Latin America have improved in the last decades. But true justice is still a hell of a way off all over the damn place. Viva Zapata!
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No country on Earth compares with Mexico, most of all because of the people. Other nations are nice and even friendly, but the people are so warm and heartfelt, truly special in Mexico. Peru is beautiful and interesting and the people are good and nice but more introverted, slower, quieter. And watch out for altitude sickness! You might really like Argentina (my birthplace). Tango, Meat, and Nature....all incomparable. It's not as cheap as the other Latin countries but it's unmissable: Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Cataratas de Iguazu, Salta,
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