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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican. Re-check that!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/25/2011 Posts: 2,103 Location: Nrb
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limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican.  This is funny. Lupita mwenyewe amesema she is Kenyan.@ Mukiha has explained nationality,ancestry etc. Why is this so complicated? She does not think she is Kenyan,amesema she is  I am happy
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,334 Location: Masada
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Jus Blazin wrote:jaggernaut wrote:mukiha wrote:McReggae wrote:mukiha wrote:Impunity wrote:Which is which? Former or the Latter? And what is the difference? The Kenyan media as usual is greatly misleading the Masses.  None of the above! She's a Mexican-born Kenyan. All her known ancestors are from Kenya. However, if her ancestors were Mexican, she'd be a Mexican Kenya. Just like the Indians who settled in Kenya; their descendants are Indian Kenyans; NOT Kenyan Indians! I don't know of any Kenyan Indian, i.e. Indians of Kenyan descent.... By birth she is Mexican!!! Born in Mexico doesn't make one Mexican! Mexico is a country, Mexican is a nationality. Lupita holds Kenyan passport and Kenyan ID. She's Kenyan....by nationality and ancestry. Obama, on the other hand is fully American and half-Kenyan by ancestry.....but he remains African (not Kenyan!!) American If Lupita is Kenyan, then Obama is also Kenyan ('curiously' sitting in the American Whitehouse - Tea partyists could be right). You cant interpret one case in one way and the other in another way. Lupita is Kenyan. Like @mukiha said, she holds a Kenyan ID and Kenyan passport. Does that compare to Obama? Then why do Mexico lay claim to her? Portfolio: Sold
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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Amores wrote:limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican. This is funny. Lupita mwenyewe amesema she is Kenyan.@ Mukiha has explained nationality,ancestry etc. Why is this so complicated? She does not think she is Kenyan,amesema she is You missed something in my post. Let it be that she is Kenyan. On thinking part - I hold that her diary is so full that thinking Kenyan is at the rock bottom of her priorities and her career trajectory at the top. Regrettably for some of us, her being Kenyan is at the top of our considerations, her career nowhere near. Really there is nothing much for Kenya here other than ‘’bragging’’ rights.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/25/2011 Posts: 2,103 Location: Nrb
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limanika wrote:Amores wrote:limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican. This is funny. Lupita mwenyewe amesema she is Kenyan.@ Mukiha has explained nationality,ancestry etc. Why is this so complicated? She does not think she is Kenyan,amesema she is You missed something in my post. Let it be that she is Kenyan. On thinking part - I hold that her diary is so full that thinking Kenyan is at the rock bottom of her priorities and her career trajectory at the top. Regrettably for some of us, her being Kenyan is at the top of our considerations, her career nowhere near. Really there is nothing much for Kenya here other than ‘’bragging’’ rights. So what did i miss in your post? The issue is not career,thoughts,dreams etc...the question is,what is her nationality. As for bragging rights,I am not sure what to answer..... I did not know Lupita before the movie! The price of fame is that you become kind of public property....that is why this discussion is happening-hours discusing the nationality of someone who has already clarified nationality yake ni ipi. I exit. I am happy
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/23/2008 Posts: 3,966
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limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican. You should know people. She was born in Mexico, came back to Kenya when she was less than one year old. At 16 years, she went back to Mexico to learn Spanish for a few months. So whichever way you look at it, Even her thinking cannot be Mexican. So if 'where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity', then she's everything Kenyan. Luck is when Preparation meets Opportunity. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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Jus Blazin wrote:limanika wrote:Where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity and world view.
She was born in Mexico, studied there and is now working abroad in a field she would have no chance excelling back home. You are what you think, for that reason she is Mexican. You should know people. She was born in Mexico, came back to Kenya when she was less than one year old. At 16 years, she went back to Mexico to learn Spanish for a few months. So whichever way you look at it, Even her thinking cannot be Mexican. So if 'where you are brought up as a child does a lot to influence your identity', then she's everything Kenyan. That is the reason I told her to re-check her post, she got so much info on Lupita very twisted!!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/23/2008 Posts: 3,017
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jaggernaut wrote:mukiha wrote:McReggae wrote:mukiha wrote:Impunity wrote:Which is which? Former or the Latter? And what is the difference? The Kenyan media as usual is greatly misleading the Masses. None of the above! She's a Mexican-born Kenyan. All her known ancestors are from Kenya. However, if her ancestors were Mexican, she'd be a Mexican Kenya. Just like the Indians who settled in Kenya; their descendants are Indian Kenyans; NOT Kenyan Indians! I don't know of any Kenyan Indian, i.e. Indians of Kenyan descent.... By birth she is Mexican!!! Born in Mexico doesn't make one Mexican! Mexico is a country, Mexican is a nationality. Lupita holds Kenyan passport and Kenyan ID. She's Kenyan....by nationality and ancestry. Obama, on the other hand is fully American and half-Kenyan by ancestry.....but he remains African (not Kenyan!!) American If Lupita is Kenyan, then Obama is also Kenyan ('curiously' sitting in the American Whitehouse - Tea partyists could be right). You cant interpret one case in one way and the other in another way. You are right, Lupita is Kenyan and Obama is also Kenyan. The Americans have their democratic right to choose a Kenyan as their president. And the Mexican con claim any Kenyan as their citizen. There is little we can do, just watch and smile  "The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline." James Collins
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/6/2008 Posts: 632
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Lupita was born in Mexico, where her father was a lecturer and they moved to KE when he got a job at UoN. She moved back to Mexico aged 16 to learn Spanish and eventually relocated to US where she still lives (Brooklyn) In all instances she is Kenyan born in Mexico but she will soon be American naturalised. How do i know all this, i have met Lupita through her cousin Isis Nyongo - Madison in NY sone time in 2012 (do i say - maybe i should upload a selfie lol) Level headed girl clearly going places and hugely talented but dont expect any less from a Yale graduate.
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