Surely I don’t have a reputation here as a member of the offenderati, or as someone who is overly politically correct.
With that context laid, I have to say that the OP here, Kevbo, has a point. The OP of the original thread said:
I can’t see any value whatsoever in identifying her as Hispanic. Obviously the inference desired is that she was not a citizen, and was not authorized to legally work, a situation that might apply to any immigrant, even some here legally – say, a pasty white British citizen on a tourist visa. The explanation that calling her Hispanic provides the backstory with a minimum of work is just as offensive. Why not simply:
A few years ago my ex-husband’s then-girlfriend, who I assume couldn’t work legally in this country, used my ID and my name to get a job at a Red Lobster in Provo, Utah.