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SELF DISCRIMINATION.Inst «-ritu-is Itv !Vmiu«lt;kslt; mul persons of I'ortuixuesc deseentIII II tl'llllion it* circles to discriminate between Portuguese mill “whit. s ' w ,s _ i vi •; publicity in these editorial columns Ins! Fri-ilnv. IYd.iv r is proposed to inquire whether the fault lies all on utii* side, *a In t In r in in American citizens of Portuguese descent are iu any wise in blame for tin discriminatory wort Is or phrases whirli Witc calnpln ill* *1 »• I.It mav web be asked whether the descendants of the Portuguese in tin Islands nr» nui |»rtiiiaril responsible for there being a distinction i iiu* It * l..t in “ Portuguese and’’other whiles.” On the face of it the r* *punsililitvv lies ill part i111 them. There* is a noticublo tclidchev 'wubers ■ ■ 1 them to designate themselves “I'ortu-•_»u ,• ii eon • is;lion with ihemselves most frequently Inti not uncommonly when talking t** others. Sun a of them may sometimcB lu* In .1*1 t* qtr ik ui I’m in*jin s« and liaoles” in distinction or in differ* illation from other white nationalities. “Haolc” is generally interpret ted *t distil trundling tin* white races from the yellow or tl,. bruv n i i t M uds and it tin Portuguese or their children or grand children us tin word Vo dcseribc others it may well be that sueh others will accept a differentiation so made.IV, u p» i*s«*ii ulms. aueestrv extends back through years in America it is particular!} distnst* fill to hear the descendants of peTsons of otlnr countries call themselves of the nationality of such parents, or atiecKstors. iJirlh in these Muted States carries with it citizenship of them, \im riean citizenship of which the owner may well be proud sjiti'l in which In mav rejoice. Why thou call himself Porlu-mi« v , Spanish. Uritisli. (b-rmaii or any nationality other than Am* (tie., ii. Ibiring M v u Am* rieaiis strongly objected to hyphenated citizenship and it is still objectionable. It would be lmd enough to speak of IWtugm sc-Americans but to leave out the word American makes it a shade worse. Om bears of the Portuguese community and the Portuguese vote. Until would be small and insignificant in number were only the* former citizens of Portugal included in such categories, but I lo ir children and grand children arc included and one is prom to iuquin how many generations it takes to make an American recognize tluit hi is an American and nothing else.Last wei k this pi per said it was opposed to discrimination or words implying discrimination against the “Portuguese,” equally i* is opposed to the “Portuguese” making any differentiation of them selves from other good Americans.
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Semi Weekly Maui News
Wailuku, Hawaii, US
Tue, Feb 14, 1922
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Eric M.
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