The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Jade Weber,
Holland, MI.
When my grandparents come up to visit, and we go out people always ask if my grandfather is related to us. My whole family is white, but my grandfather is Mexican. My grandmother married him so, he is part of my family. Sometimes when people ask we can tell they are just curious but other time they are disgusted.
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Brandon M. VerBurg,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
I love to study the past, and history is filled with turning points. Points that change the world. One that is being missed often is Civil Rights. Back in 1964 the movement was passed. It was passed so that race wouldn’t be an issue anymore. In years after the movement race caused more problems than needed. The race card was used as an excuse riot, fight, kill. But now we still face that problem, after 51 years. That isn’t the problem, It’s people ignorant enough to keep this issue alive. Sometimes the answers to current events are in the past. But everyone must be educated of the past.
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Jaer Medina,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI
Tennis has been considered a “white” people sport the same as how soccer is a “Mexican” sport.
Another stereotype would be if I said all black people are good at basketball. My friend has told me why are you playing tennis? Mexicans don’t play tennis. That pushes me to actually do something in tennis to represent Mexicans not just in sports but in everything.
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Jacquelin Rojas,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
Whenever someone asks me if I Like spicy food like pepper, Takis, Hot Cheetos, or Hot Fires, I say I don’t like anything spicy, they look at me in a weird way and tell me your not Mexican because you don’t like any spicy foods. Not all Mexicans have to like spicy foods, there are other Mexicans who don’t like spicy foods, not just me. This really bothers me because a lot of people in my family tell me this and so do my older sisters friends and It gets on my nerves because I hear it a lot.
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Joanna Pedraza,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
There are a lot of people who ask me if I play soccer, and I do. But when I say I don’t play soccer they usually say “But you’re Mexican you have to play soccer” and I don’t like that, just because i’m Mexican doesn’t mean I HAVE to play it. Soccer isn’t just a mexican sport, Mexicans mostly play soccer but there are other sports that us Mexicans can play.
#hnt
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Danny Perez,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
I’ve been told many things because I come from a Mexican family. I have been told,” We can’t hang out anymore because my parents don’t like Mexicans.”, and “You can’t even speak spanish how are you mexican?”. In general I am treated okay, but things change in the heat of the moment. How can we be at peace when these stereotypical attitudes are still common?
#hpsnt
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Lisette Lazaro,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
When people see the color of someone skin they automatically go to an conclusion that are one specific race. For example, when they see a person with light brown skin they say the person is Mexican and when their skin is white they automatically say that they are a white person, when really they can a different race other than white. Like in this photo people automatically say that she white when really she’s Mexican.
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Giselle Rojas,
8th Grade Holland New Tech High School,
Holland, MI.
I’m a Mexican vegetarian and I HATE meat. I became a vegetarian about 4 yrs ago due to a video that my cousin showed me on how they killed the animals to make our food, and I thought it was really sad so I had told my parents that I was never going to eat meat again. I guess they didn’t believe me but I was serious, and from then on I didn’t eat meat again. Whenever somebody would find out that I didn’t like meat, they looked at me and said “but I thought Mexicans were supposed to like meat.” I never quite understood why it was that people were only surprised when they found out that a Mexican didn’t like meat compared to how they react when they find out someone for example who is white didn’t eat meat. I thought maybe it was because it was just something they thought or maybe they see that Mexicans really enjoy meat, so when they find out that a Mexican doesn’t like meat, they are surprised. Some people don’t even find it strange when they find out someone who is white doesn’t like meat, It’s just a stereotype.
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