Iria Vasquez-Paez
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I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.
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The American Neo-Nazi
We live in a time of open racism. People are not hiding their prejudices anymore simply because they had to hide it a lot when 44 was in office. The alt-right has sprung up out of deep frustration. The alt-right is busy trying to establish a foothold in the minds of young teenagers today who feel alienated or disgusted with the way The United States was previously run by 44. They feel that 45 has been emboldened their struggle. Many of these people can turn into a shooter easily since they have violent ideologies rooted in fascism. Some of these people want to start their own state only for white people.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Bullies Owe Me Money
I feel that people who bullied me in the past owe me money in the present since emotional, verbal, physical, and psychological abuse do harm to your mental health with anxiety or PTSD symptoms. In this case, I feel that since I have limited income, my bullies owe me big time. I didn’t know for many years that I had pediatric-onset schizoaffective disorder. Nobody bothered to tell me about my schizophrenia. When they finally did, I lost self-confidence, but that was only because I was an insecure 20-year old who had just found out about my genetic disability. I have 22q, which I’m trying to be more forthcoming with telling people about it.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
If You Are Not Multi-Lingual, Shut Your Mouth
Picking on bilingual people for speaking their own language is racist and silly. Hey evil racists, se habla español jerks, and I’m fluent from high school Spanish, my easy A. You see, you people thrive on hating minorities. Native Americans are also bullied for speaking their language in public since they are truly the ones who were here first when the United States was a mere colony. Don’t shame bilingual people into speaking in English, losers. You do not speak another language, at all, period. So who is ignorant and who is not?
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
The Racist Attorney
This lawyer who shall remain nameless has a history of racist ranting. Oh, not the person you are? When you have a history of being documented on video ranting about illegals, about Jewish people. You make me sick. Really, get over yourself. Learn to accept people. Learn to mix with people since you are an arrogant White person. You deserve having your law license suspended indefinitely. You have the company that operates the business center where your law office is canceling their contract with you. The space wasn’t full-time, but the company provided mail and phone services for you.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Don't Move To The United States and Get Cliquish
People new to the United States do not understand the culture. Sure, our culture is what makes people suicidal, but that is another topic. We need to build a more supportive culture in general. People feel like nobody is willing to connect with them sometimes. Getting into cliques based on ethnicity is what the new immigrants do because they are scared to death. Not mixing amongst people is what can destroy a person socially. Learning English is necessary when moving to another continent altogether. The New World uses English as it’s the main language. But we are a melting pot or perhaps a salad.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Segregation Is a Choice in the Modern World
Segregation is something people do to themselves deliberately these days. People stick to their ethnic group. What I want to know about this is, why? People come to the United States in search of a better life, but they do not mix with the average people.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
The United States Has a Long History of Racism
Nothing shocks me more than what I saw in the newspapers following the Charlottesville protest, pictures of white men with torches marching in a long line, a few inches deep, thick and foreboding. The United States has a long history of resisting equal rights for all since we have a history of slavery in our remote past. Slaves were branded on their physical body if they were owned or ran away. There may not be such thing as equality in the United States if we are still marginalizing people who aren’t white. If we are mistreating people for being gay and refusing them service, in particular, this is what is contributing to the breakdown of our society.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Covert Racism vs. Overt Prejudice
Covert racism or bullying is underhanded while overt prejudice is obvious such as name-calling. Prejudicial behavior never helped anybody. It means I hate you because “of the way you look” or outward racial appearances. Hating somebody for their race is unproductive. I hate ignorance. I can’t stand sexism. I cannot deal with people who engage in either. I avoid racists in general, and at San Francisco State I was dealing with one racist in particular who yelled at me and another student who were speaking in Spanish. Granted I also dislike people who speak in their native language rather than English since I do not understand what they are saying.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
How to Make a Baklava, From the Betty Crocker International Cookbook
Baklava is really assembly required. Filo pastry is the key ingredient. You also need walnuts, almonds, and pecans. First, you prepare the honey syrup with mixing the nuts, although I forgot the spices. I didn’t even brush the pan with margarine. Oops. Big mistakes I will not make the second time around. One package filo pastry—and as you unfold the filo leaves, you put a damp towel to prevent drying, which I also didn’t do. I put stevia in the honey syrup. I used one cup of stevia. You put one and a half cups of water and two tablespoons lemon juice. I find that using the lemon can be a pain, but getting lemonade is better for things like lemon sauce.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Feast
You Ignorant White Supremacist
White supremacist types are all fairly ignorant, you people really are. Why bother with so much hate? You have hate in your heart for something dumb—outward appearance or religion if we are talking about your hatred of Jewish people. Racism, however, goes both ways because Jewish people occasionally prefer not to intermix or marry outsiders. White nationalists do not want to do anything about their racism. They want to create their own White state. To which I think to myself, why bother? You people are twisted. Hating somebody for their race or looks is so futile.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Health Care Rights
Currently, patients have limited rights. Our healthcare system in the United States is barbaric and one huge monster besides. We willingly pay huge bills every time something goes wrong. Why are we so brainwashed? Do you normal folk realize that people are brainwashed? Why do you not care more about the heavy bills you will get? Hospital bills have massive errors often enough. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and that was my first introduction to the health care system in the United States. I haven’t tried health care elsewhere like in Spain or Chile since I’m half Spanish, half-Chilean. I consider myself American though, and I’m appalled at the way our health care system is seriously broken.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
To Racists
Racism is silly, and it revolves around hating somebody for their skin color? It used to be a very popular sentiment before the Civil War. But these days, we are more enlightened and there are many people who are mixed race. Don’t stare at mixed people because you make them feel awkward. Racism is stupid. Some people cannot see this at all. They have no idea just how silly they sound. Racism is wrong because it is demeaning. You have all these racial slurs to throw at people who didn’t really do anything to you.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
