On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 08:22 PM, jwaite wrote: > >> And would Hispanic Catholics be more "old school" catholics - that >> is less liberal in their thinking. > > 'Most likely' yes. > Or you could call it "Roman Catholicism" versus "nominal Catholics" or just "Catholic"--In our area you have the broad range. >> Over here the general population would refer to races more broadly >> and not >> so much on "colour". eg people tend to split people up into Asians, > Muslims >> and Aussies. There is also less distinction between mixed races - its >> more >> geared toward where you live. Cultural differences. > > African Americans, White, Asian, Islamic, Hispanic, Greek, Indian, > European.....and many more.....are represented around here. They don't > call > the USA the 'melting pot' for nothing. :0) Funny this should come up. My sister heard a comment recently that our town is not very diverse--by which the person meant there weren't many African Americans. What the person seemed to be missing, however, is that we have a VERY high percentage of Indians, Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Middle-Easterners, etc. Not diverse??? Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, two years old (9/27/02)) Southeast Michigan http://webpages.eng.wayne.edu/~ad6075 Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line