>Regarding the term Hispanic... What is a hispanic? I would argue that it is >neither race nor nationality. It is a culture that developed in America >among Americans born to Mexican or Spanish ancestry, that didn't want to be >labeled as either three. In our discriminating times, Hispanic sounds a lot >less offensive than "Mexican" There is no nation called "Hispania" nor is >their an Hispanic language. My wife's ancestry is from Mexico, but she >considers herself and American, and her second language is Mexican, not >Spanish or Hispanic! Something else I wondered... do those living in Mexico >or Spain call themselves Hispanic? I doubt it. By the way..., spanish people, like me, find more or less ofensive that most american (I mean north-american-but-not-too-north :-) )people use the same term for spanish people (born in Europe) and spanish-speaking people born elsewhere. We find it ofensive because of the lack of interest (education) in geography. When Spain was the country of the week I sent a message arguing to be the one and only spanish Shaw in the list... but it desapeared like some others. Duncan Shaw was my elusive english (born in London, 1816) gggfather who was of scottish origin. He stablish in Spain and his descendants are still there. Gregory, could you tell me what could the Shaw Society do for my research? I don't feel they can really help me. Thanks Arturo Shaw ashaw@pt.lu

Arturo: Are you saying that when you sent your post to the list, it did not actually post to the list? Anne > When Spain was the country of the week I sent a message arguing to be the > one and only spanish Shaw in the list... but it desapeared like some others. > > Duncan Shaw was my elusive english (born in London, 1816) gggfather who was > of scottish origin. He stablish in Spain and his descendants are still > there. > > Gregory, could you tell me what could the Shaw Society do for my research? I > don't feel they can really help me. > > Thanks > > Arturo Shaw > ashaw@pt.lu