Seriously, I've been called an ILLEGAL for being from a Spanish-speaking country and coming to the U.S. with paperwork. Also, my friend's weird dad saw my name on a social media account when my friend was texting me and he said I was a "typical Mexican". I am a white European Spanish woman, why do people assume I'm automatically Mexican?

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It’s a mental shortcut, and people in general just love using those.

BTW, is it usually correct though? If at least 50% of the Spanish speakers actually are Mexican, it could justify the existence of this shortcut.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Mental shortcut to me is the easiest thing to look at.

    It's super easy to just default to something. It requires no thought, introspection, etc. Just a simple, quick answer that may or may not be right but you wouldn't care.

    So much of modern life is people defaulting to a lazy, easy option.

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