You’re the wrong kind of Mexican
Alex Armstrong San Diego, CA For some of us, we don’t quite fit here or there.
“Being born Mexican, doesn’t change anything,”
Conzuelo De Luna, American Canyon, CA. I might not look like other Mexicans, but just because I’m pale, with lighter hair and eyes doesn’t mean...
I think of you as American
Lulu Rice, Tucson, AZ. My sister-in-law and I were having a discussion about the word “Hispanic”. I told her I didn’t like the term because...
You must be Cuban or something.
Jesse Hernandez-Oliver, Modesto, CA. I’m Mexican, African and Native American (Apache and Cherokee soecifically) with ringlet curled hair that resembles finger waves of the 1920s...
Somewhere there is white like me
Francisco Jose’ Palomo Pratt, Oak Lawn, IL. I tried but failed to comment on a recacard. I’m a white Latino. I’m so white Mexicans won’t...
Can’t You tell I am Different
Jose Cabrera San Francisco, CA Can you not tell that I am different? From looking at me you would not be able to tell that...
Mexican white girl, doesn’t speak Spanish.
Elysha O’Brien, Las Vegas, NV. Whites see me as Mexican, Mexicans view me as White because I don’t speak Spanish. I find it interesting that...
Delaware, Kiowa, Comanche, Mexican, Oh My!
Kristina T., Oklahoma City, OK. I’m half Native American and half Mexican. I have 3 tribes’ blood that runs through my veins along with Mexican...
Chilean American to often a mexican
Sam Daitsman, Walpole, MA. Not that there is anything wrong with being a Mexican, it’s just hard to be Latino and get lumped all together.
My daughter is not like me.
Bea Melnarowicz, Chicago, IL My daughter is bi-racial: her father is Spanish-French-Mexican, and I am Eastern European Caucasian. I am often told she looks ‘nothing’...
Trump, we’re not criminals or rapists
Sheila, St.Paul, MN. Just because we’re Mexican doesn’t mean we sell drugs, steal, rape, etc.
You Can’t be of Mexican Descent!
Damian Solorzano, Sacramento, CA. Don’t let my skin tone, size and acculturation fool you. Like the Author of the above piece, I check “Hispanic” on...
