[Magdalen] Prayers needed

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Sibyl>And Hispanic isn't a race, just a family name, or the > cradle 
language?


Hispanic is often used as a race category when asking ethnic backgrounds on 
surveys (and even the US Census, I think) and In Houston the word Hispanic 
is pretty much used for anyone south of our border who is not Anglo. The bus 
driver was from a Central American country I think.

The mistake we white folks make is to think that *all Hispanics* are  *the 
same*.... when in fact there are various social pecking orders and 
nationality pecking orders among all of the countries of Central and South 
America... and especially when it comes to church - in the greater metro 
Houston area the 'Hispanic' populations at various churches are often very 
country-centric, or even region-centric.  In contrast in general to the 
melting pot of W Europeans who all became 'white' and 'get along' (right?! : 
(

L

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From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:09 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prayers needed

> Well, thanks, I guess, but I still don't get it.  It wasn't even the bus 
> driver's fault?  And Hispanic isn't a race, just a family name, or the 
> cradle language?
>
> On 9/17/15 11:39 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>> The bus driver is Hispanic.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/17/15 10:23 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yesterday in Houston a school bus was sideswiped by a car while on an
>>>> interstate overpass and the bus literally drove close to and ultimately
>>>> fell through/over a side rail dropping 20'.  Two high school students 
>>>> died
>>>> at the scene 2 more in serious condition and the driver survived and 
>>>> was
>>>> relatively uninjured. There were only the 5 of them on the bus.
>>>> Please pray for the families of those who lost children and the 2 in
>>>> hospital.
>>>> This incident is getting a lot of press on a variety of levels. Safety,
>>>> racial tension and tragedy.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just curious-- what could be racial about a school bus accident?
>
>
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net