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I'm majority Anglo (like, actually from England), but I have a Spanish last name from one of my grandparents, who in turn is a patrilineal native American whose

I'm majority Anglo (like, actually from England), but I have a Spanish last name from one of my grandparents, who in turn is a patrilineal native American whose family adopted Spanish naming some time in the distant unremembered past. The author's terminology could easily be correct in reference to himself, irrespective of his name. That said, I question the relevancy of this comment to the story.

8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y ago
Someone trying to well-actually a writer's self-proclaimed ethnic identity is hackernews af though you have to admit.
- fortran77 6y ago
  That's why there's /r/LOLHackerNews on reddit!
  - edoceo 6y ago
    and the top on that sub is pointing to this thread - they're mad at Murph cause the name is Irish but he's an Anglo-Saxon? what even is that?
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- deadite 6y ago
  Even the tech stuff posted on HN has a political or some sort of a ranty slant to it that it's gotten so damn tiresome. I wish we had a proper HN without any of the political, fiscal, housing, nutrition/dietary, etc bullshit. Just post solid articles on tech and startups. Preferably actionable ones so it's not just a comment minefield of circlejerking from people who have an opinion but have zero idea what they are talking about. Take that shit elsewhere.
jcranmer 6y ago
> native American whose family adopted Spanish naming some time in the distant unremembered past I'm curious: what kind of Native Americans were they that would willingly adopt Spanish names as indigenous, and not mestizo, peoples, especially given that Spanish contact was pretty violent across most of North America?
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
  I'm not familiar with the details, sorry. Just repeating what I've been told by my dad. Granddad never really volunteered much demographic info about his family and, for better or worse, it is not something I interrogated too deeply. It doesn't impact me directly all that much as I am for all intents and purposes white -- that's what I answer on e.g. college applications or government forms, and it's what anyone would think looking at me. The only exception is my name.

8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y ago

Someone trying to well-actually a writer's self-proclaimed ethnic identity is hackernews af though you have to admit.

fortran77 6y ago
That's why there's /r/LOLHackerNews on reddit!
- edoceo 6y ago
  and the top on that sub is pointing to this thread - they're mad at Murph cause the name is Irish but he's an Anglo-Saxon? what even is that?
- deleted 6y ago
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deadite 6y ago
Even the tech stuff posted on HN has a political or some sort of a ranty slant to it that it's gotten so damn tiresome. I wish we had a proper HN without any of the political, fiscal, housing, nutrition/dietary, etc bullshit. Just post solid articles on tech and startups. Preferably actionable ones so it's not just a comment minefield of circlejerking from people who have an opinion but have zero idea what they are talking about. Take that shit elsewhere.

jcranmer 6y ago

> native American whose family adopted Spanish naming some time in the distant unremembered past I'm curious: what kind of Native Americans were they that would willingly adopt Spanish names as indigenous, and not mestizo, peoples, especially given that Spanish contact was pretty violent across most of North America?

asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
I'm not familiar with the details, sorry. Just repeating what I've been told by my dad. Granddad never really volunteered much demographic info about his family and, for better or worse, it is not something I interrogated too deeply. It doesn't impact me directly all that much as I am for all intents and purposes white -- that's what I answer on e.g. college applications or government forms, and it's what anyone would think looking at me. The only exception is my name.