local people = la raza?

[mixie]

....and i think i might've done it wrong....

Well, i meant to say 'the local people' and i used 'la raza' and i didn't want to have any slang connotation at all.

If anyone has ever heard Sublime's music, you can see why i thought it meant 'the people' LOL...but now i'm really afraid that it is vulgar or something...?

Is it right???? Oh god i hope so. this was a pretty important test

 

[alexacohen]

Raza may mean "nation".

But it depends very much on the context.

 

[scotu]

Welcome to the forum:

....and I think I might've done it wrong....

Well, I meant to say 'the local people' and I used 'la raza' and I didn't want to have any slang connotation at all.

If anyone has ever heard Sublime's music, you can see why I thought it meant 'the people' LOL...but now I'm really afraid that it is vulgar or something...?

Is it right???? Oh god I hope so. this was a pretty important test

La raza can mean

"The people, the community, "nuestros paisanos", all the people in a closed system being it a country, a province or a city."

The WR Dictionary would lead you to this thread that gives lots of information on this term: La raza

For future posts you may want to check out forum rule #22 on capitalization and punctuation.

 

[mixie]

Gracias!
The context was:
"Quiero comunicar con la raza de cualquier paiz hispanohablante"
or something like that

does that make sense? Is it inoffensive?

I should have just said 'gente' but i was trying to vary my vocab

 

[alexacohen]

It does sound pretty tame. The trouble is that the Spanish speaking countries are not one nation, but several.

 

[agustina bsas]

Quiero comunicarme con la raza de cualquier paisz hispanohablante

In this context, it may sound offensive. I suggest "Quiero comunicarme con personas hispanohablantes"