HomerJay603

Al-Andalus

Jay, hi. You might be new here so we need to inform you. Whatever disputes you may have with another user, please don't touch the user page. There are discussio pages for these purposes.Editing another person 's user page is considered vandalism.--Jondel 01:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

"Derogatory terms" section at Hispanic article

Your contribution:

"Derogatory terms
There are many derogatory, or "racist" terms to describe those of hispanic descent. Most of the time, these terms are used by caucasians or african americans to deride hispanics, but occasionally one may find a hispanic using these terms to deride another.
These include, but are not limited to:
Beaner, bean burrito, taco nigger, chilli-shitter, nacho or pepperbelly; which are all used due to stereotypes about hispanic eating habits.
Berry Picker, orange picker and drywaller; which are all used due to stereotypes about common hispanic employment.
Border Nigger, Border Bunny, border-hopper, and hot footer; which are all used because many hispanics are known to have crossed the mexican-american border illegally, or sailed from cuba illegally."

Homer, I don't find anything particularly incorrect with your contribution (apart from the fact that it's poorly written). Many of those terms are indeed in use, although confined to certain circles (ie. not mainstream), in addition to the usage of most of them being universally condemned. As stated by you own admission, they are of a derogatory nature. The section doesn't contribute to the article in any way, as it does not address anything about the definition of Hispanic, "Hispanic" history, statistics, etc. The section serves no purpose, apart from perhaps questionable insulting motives.

Maybe you could add all those terms to the Ethnic slurs page. It would be just as irrelevant and inappropriate to make a section in the Arabs article, with no other reason than to specify that derogatory words such as "Sand niggers" may also be used to insult Arabs, or adding a section in Koreans that derogatory words such as "Block-heads" are used to insult Koreans. We're trying to build an encyclopaedia here, remember that.Al-Andalus 09:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC).

racist vandalism

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NPOV in 2006 Cuban transfer of duties

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. As a member of the Wikipedia community, I would like to remind you of Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view policy for editors. In the meantime, please be bold and continue contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you! --Jaysweet 22:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)