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Re: [latinobaseball] Racism claims prompt team to change mascot name

Could someone be confusing "chuleta" with "chulo"? Not that "chulo" is necessarily offensive.

Claudia Perry


-----Original Message-----
From: Alberto Rondon <titorondon2002@...>
To: latinobaseball@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:08 pm
Subject: [latinobaseball] Racism claims prompt team to change mascot name

I am ignorant too. I can tell you that in Nicaragua a
pork chop is a pork chop (chuleta) nothing more.

--- Bruce Markusen <bmark@telenet.net> wrote:

> I'm sorry to reveal my ignorance, but I was
> wondering why this is considered a racist nickname.

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Anthony Salazar
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Dec 4, 2007
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I'm sorry to reveal my ignorance, but I was wondering why this is considered a racist nickname. Is this considered a slur in some Latin American countries?...
Bruce Markusen
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Dec 5, 2007
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As a Chicano, I will have to say, I was unaware of this as well. Any thoughts? Anthony ... ...
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Dec 5, 2007
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Due to space constraints, the investigative article on Spanish broadcasts in the Major Leagues had to be edited, and two crucial paragraphs were left out. One...
Alberto Rondon
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Dec 7, 2007
12:53 am

I am ignorant too. I can tell you that in Nicaragua a pork chop is a pork chop (chuleta) nothing more. ... ...
Alberto Rondon
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Dec 5, 2007
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Could someone be confusing "chuleta" with "chulo"? Not that "chulo" is necessarily offensive. Claudia Perry ... From: Alberto Rondon <titorondon2002@...>...
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Dec 5, 2007
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... I guess it depends on wether you translate it as "cute" or "pimp"... ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
Alberto Rondon
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