SC needs to take it to Fratching

[PatchO'Black]

Funny, when I hear the name Romero, I think of zombies!

A little more on-topic, it isn't just the racist attitude that is hard to understand in this day and age, but that they would think that any random stranger, much less an employee of that person, would share that view!

[MoonCat]

And consider if you will one of the most famous Romeros Born in NY.

And don't forget Cesar Romero, also born in NY (Cuban-American).

Funny, when I hear the name Romero, I think of zombies!

A little more on-topic, it isn't just the racist attitude that is hard to understand in this day and age, but that they would think that any random stranger, much less an employee of that person, would share that view!

I hate this, too. I get people on the phone who want me to tell them how to get around the equal-housing laws (they want to word their apartment-for-rent ad to "keep out those people"). Or they use racist terms like "jew me down". I hate that these idiots assume I'm white (I am but they have no way of knowing for sure) and that I share their bigotry, or at least it must be OK to talk that way to me.

[Mr Hero]

As an Italian I can't think of any Romero...
OK, I was wrong. Here it says that there are 5,587 families with that last name in Italy. None I have been in contact with, I guess.
Oh well.
Yes, I am still posting this even if I proved myself wrong

Funny, when I hear the name Romero, I think of zombies!

A little more on-topic, it isn't just the racist attitude that is hard to understand in this day and age, but that they would think that any random stranger, much less an employee of that person, would share that view!

And now it just dawned (pardon the pun) on me. There's a town early in the first Breath of Fire where the citizens turn into zombies. The name? Romero. I just now caught the connection.

[Ironclad Alibi]

SC: Ah, a beaner.
Me: Excuse me?
SC: Your manager's a beaner.

A beaner? Is that someone from Beantown?

[Andrew B.]

A beaner? Is that someone from Beantown?

I was going to make a comment like that, but you beat me to it.

[EricKei]

Argus - thanks. ^_^ If I read it right, it's more or less what happens, it's just no longer automatic citizenship, and requires a much longer time and actual qualifications...

Maybe I was thinking about the "babies born on US soil are citizens" thing...? Or does that even apply these days?

[Argus]

A few years ago, one friend of mine was deported to the UK for no readily-apparent reason, even though his wife is a US citizen. The judge responsible didn't think that was a big deal, because the judge was certain they could easily afford airfare to spend weekends together. She ended up moving to the UK to be reunited with him.

Maybe I was thinking about the "babies born on US soil are citizens" thing...? Or does that even apply these days?

Since 1868, the supreme law of the land has included "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

[Argus]

It occurred to me that I probably should have linked to something a bit more official than Wikipedia.

supreme law of the land
Amendment XIV

[Shalom]

"Actually, sir, it was originally Romerovich. His grandfather shortened the name when he immigrated from Russia 90 years ago..."

Sure it's bullshit. Who cares.