Ask if I’m Hispanic, not Mexican.
Natalia Z., USA. I’ve had people ask me if I was Mexican. When I said no they asked if I was Indian. I’m half Hispanic...
Hope my children will speak Spanish
Sandra Aguilar-Rodríguez, Bethlehem, PA. I am Mexican, I speak English, French and Spanish. I have a PhD in History, but still I find it difficult...
Light brown, dark brown don’t matter!!!
Shaunta Whitaker, Lompoc, CA. I am a grandmother and I love being a grandmother but with it comes some heartache because of some of the...
Will he choose Mexican or Caucasian?
Josh Smith, Sacramento, CA. My son is 3 years old, and the son of a white male with no real cultural identity (myself) and a...
At least she doesn’t act Mexican…
Pamela Espinoza Fletcher, Redlands, CA. This is what my ex mother in law said when asked about her son marrying a Mexican. I was offended...
You’re not like a real Mexican.
Aaron Duran, Portland, OR. I’m of mixed heritage, being Mexican and Italian. However, I more closely identify with my Mexican heritage due to closeness of...
No, my dad is not Filipino
Stephanie Delgado, Sanger, CA. Both of my parents are Mexican but my dad has lighter complected skin while my mom has darker. I’ve been asked...
I am Mexican, I am American
Ricky Quezada, Sanger, CA. I don’t really embrace beng Mexican. I don’t speak Spanish. English is my only Language, but my father was born in...
Nickname Joe real name is Jose
Jose, Sanger, CA. My name is Jose im 17 years old as a child growing up in school I was called by Joe by my...
You don’t look like you’re Mexican.
Alyssa Ortega, Fresno, CA. I was born into a Mexican family, with parents who were BOTH born outside of marriage as a result of infidelity....
We don’t serve Your Kind Here!
Pilar Leano, San Francisco, CA. This was said to me in a small town of Fremont, Ohio. In fact, they got my nationality wrong also...
That’s right, I am Mexican too.
Arleigh Worstell, Ceres, CA. I come from a long line of hispanic women who married white men (myself included). Through the generations, even while some...
I don’t have to speak spanish
Jennnifer, Fresno, CA. No matter where I am, people will come up to me and start speaking Spanish. I assume it’s because they assume that...
Mexican? but you have green eyes…
Ebony Delaisla, Fresno/Sanger, CA. I wrote, Mexican? but you have green eyes… because, I’m light skinned with green eyes and every time I tell others...
A Coconut. Brown Outside. White Inside.
Julio Solis, Sanger, CA. I am Mexican. Many times when I’m eating at a relatives or friends house that is Mexican, they are surprised when...
“You don’t act like a Mexican”
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...
