Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for October 14, 2022

being of Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, I’d be asked where my horse and buggy are and why I’m wearing “English” clothes

I’d go with Option 1.

Sombrero just means hat.

“You’re old? I’ll get off your lawn.”

He has enough hair that he doesn’t need as much sun protection as Baldo.

How about: “I don’t wear hats indoors. Baseball hats are more my style, anyway.”

I detect a trend on this arc. I like it!

Numero dos again.

Or a semi-aggressive reply: “Because I’m not a g-ringo stereotype.”

(Wow! That word is on the “banned list”? Let’s see if they also ban “Yankee”. Nope. Isn’t that a “racist” double standard?)

The customer is always … an idiot.

Never let the customer know that you know

Yes, once again, the answer is #2.

As with yesterday, #2 is the correct response.

Option 3: Here have a saltine.

You’re Hispanic? Which cartel are you a member of?

Dealing with the public even as adults is daunting. Imagine for teenagers!

People who ask stupid questions are idiots!

Stereotyping white people is also racist. A few years ago I would have thought this comic was being written to educate. But today I feel it is it’s own form of MICRO aggression.

Heckuva difference between Mexico and Puerto Rico.

He’s a senior citizen,where’s his hearing aid?

“I left it back home with my donkey, serape and guitar.”

All this tells me is that this cartoon is woke. Something teed this cartoonist off……Back to Baldo please. Go back to sleep.

I have a relative, an engineer who works for a small company. His employer was surprised when he told them he was hispanic. His last name should have been a clue. The company loves the work that he does for them.

Being of Scottish, English, and Irish heritages, I would probably have to wear a kilt, a tam, and clogs.

As a parody of “ignorant entitlement”, this panel is concise and spot on. The anti-melting-pot ignorance that proves the old adage of how to insure everyone knows " you’re a moron", simply open your mouth and ask someone a truly ignorant question. Well done!!!

Bust that kid over the head with your cane…

I was on campus when Charles Whitman shot a bunch of people from the U. of Texas Tower. A New York friend wrote to ask why we didn’t just pull out our six-guns and shoot back.

“It has a hole in it. From when I pulled it over the head of the last stereotyping fool who walked in here.”

This is Day 2 of Microaggressions, and Option 2 on both days is the same – “You’re an idiot”. Seems rather simplistic.

option 3: Where’s your Puritan hat?

bigotry is endemic, but there are local variants, of course. an example here in japan involved the need for more workers in the car industry in the midst of population decline. some genius decided that brazilian nikkeijin (people of japanese ancestry) would be the answer. “they look like us, so they must be like us, right?”

wrong. they may look japanese, but they’re brazilian, with different customs and ways of looking at things. the experiment didn’t work out quite as planned…

Hablo uno, pero estoy pensando dos

Just smile indulgently at the senile old man and shake your head gently.

Option 3: first Option 2, then smacko!

Geez, chill. Does everything have to be a lesson in political correctness? Be the adult. They guy is ancient; he grew up in a different era. You’re not going to change his set ways.