Could someone be confusing "chuleta" with "chulo"? Not that "chulo" is necessarily offensive.
Claudia Perry
Claudia Perry
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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pork chop is a pork chop (chuleta) nothing more.
--- Bruce Markusen <bmark@telenet.
> I'm sorry to reveal my ignorance, but I was
> wondering why this is considered a racist nickname.
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