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Old 12-14-2012, 09:15 AM   #31
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He should just be the first of a LONG list.
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"Actually, Tony Romo is a 4th generation Mexican-American.

I always thought he was Caucasian until he had a TV spot during the Hispanic Heritage Month couple of years back."


lol... Yeah... he's a white guy :P

I've got all sorts of blood lines, but I'm still white.
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Actually, Tony Romo is a 4th generation Mexican-American.

I always thought he was Caucasian until he had a TV spot during the Hispanic Heritage Month couple of years back.
I always thought he was Italian. Looked it up & I guess 'Romo' is a Mexican surname also. Live & learn. .
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WOW, sent chills up mt spine when I heard him say that (I going thru bouts of the flu though so take that with a grain of salt)
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I always thought he was Italian. Looked it up & I guess 'Romo' is a Mexican surname also. Live & learn. .
Hispanic is caucasian.
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Hispanic is caucasian.

Yeah, that's true, but I think a lot of people think of people of Central and Northern European descent when talking about Caucasians - at least when it comes to North America.

Although, my understanding is that when talking about "white Hispanics" who are then considered to be Caucasians - we are talking about people of Spanish or Portuguese descent - and therefore, since I don't know what Romo's detailed heritage and bloodlines are... it isn't as easy as just looking at his skin tone. But I'm no expert in racial genealogy, so I might be wrong about this, and I do apologize if some of my wording is politically incorrect.

Still, none of this really matters... he's a pretty bad QB no matter who his ancestors were.

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Old 12-15-2012, 08:30 PM   #37
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Goodell will never apologize. He has accomblished his mission, which was to ensure the Saints would not play in this super bowl.
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Actually, Tony Romo is a 4th generation Mexican-American. ....
Cripes!

Goodness knows how one would define the 1st 10 people seen in London
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"I have nothing to say other than I apologize." Stephen Smith

Took him 4 and a half minutes to say it.
Some people just love the sound of their own voice.
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Originally Posted by FinSaint View Post
Yeah, that's true, but I think a lot of people think of people of Central and Northern European descent when talking about Caucasians - at least when it comes to North America.

Although, my understanding is that when talking about "white Hispanics" who are then considered to be Caucasians - we are talking about people of Spanish or Portuguese descent - and therefore, since I don't know what Romo's detailed heritage and bloodlines are... it isn't as easy as just looking at his skin tone. But I'm no expert in racial genealogy, so I might be wrong about this, and I do apologize if some of my wording is politically incorrect.

Still, none of this really matters... he's a pretty bad QB no matter who his ancestors were.
I didn't find anything politically incorrect about what you said. I didn't have a problem with it at all, but I'm just saying he's still mostly a white guy and he gets plenty of criticism. He does a lot of idiotic things, and warrants that criticism, but he has a better track record than Pam Newton. That's why I found Warren Moon's comments to be really stupid. HE comes across as the racist, for suggesting that Pam gets grief just because he happens to be black.
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