General Discussion

Indeed, it doesn’t have to be racism versus sexism and there are a lot of sexist or machismo attitudes in non-white groups as well as white. No question. It doesn’t have to be racism versus class, either.

The descendants of immigrants from Greece and Italy have been folded into whiteness, But descendants of immigrants to Latin America from Spain and Portugal have not been folded into whiteness in the US. When people talk about "Latinos" as some monolithic bloc presumed to be non-European - not white - they are ignorant of the basic history. Latin America was conquered and pillaged by Europeans and power is still largely in the hands of their descendants, while immigrants to the US are disproportionately poor people of various indigenous ethnicities. People conflated non-European with immigrant with Latino, and threw in a little "we know what is best for you" paternalism. I objected to that, and called it racist and elitist.

There are owners of bordellos, plantations, gambling casinos, sweat shops and other exploitative activities who fled to escape popular regimes and come to the US, the most obvious example being the deeply reactionary Cuban American community. Most immigrants are victims of the owners of bordellos, plantations, gambling casinos, sweat shops and other exploitative activities who fled to escape oppression and come to the US, people from Haiti, Guatemala, and Somalia for example.