Yanqui Blanca

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've had some difficulties with people being able to say/understand my name here, particularly with the women who work at the "lavadero," the place where I go to get my laundry done. Now when I go to the lavadero, I just use my middle name, Clara, because that they can understand...or so I thought. However, when I went to pick up my laundry a few days ago, I saw that my laundry bag was not labeled Clara, but rather "Yanqui Blanca." For those who don't know, "Yanqui" is pronounced like Yankee and is a slang word for Americans, (kind of like "gringo" is for a White person) and "Blanca" means White girl. Therefore, I now know that instead of knowing me as Clara, the laundry women know me as the White American girl. In the ongoing battle of Beth assimilating into Argentine culture, this means Argentina-1 Beth-0.