Hispanic does not necessarily mean “Mexican”
Jose Caceres San Antonio, TX I am from Peru, living in Texas for the last 9 years. It is quite common around here to call...
I don’t belong anywhere but here.
Elena Zamarripa-Gray CA, USA Where are you from? Everywhere and nowhere. My Mexican, basque, Japanese father and Scottish, Canadian mother made me tall, beautiful, and...
Bi-Racial: I’m not “Mexican” enough?
Monica Santa Monica, CA I grew up in Texas in a small town where the population is roughly half Mexican and half white (German, Polish,...
Blacks shot brother; Mexican driver, sister.
Curt Lyons Fort Collins, CO My father lost two children to violent deaths, when I was young, and it wasn’t until I was older that...
Rubinstein? Funny, you don’t look Mexican.
J. Rubinstein Cincinnati, OH Not many Mexicans named Rubinstein
Expectation that I must be billingual
Helen Rodrigues Berkeley, CA I am second generation Mexican American, in a family that now extends 4 generations. I was raised in an English Speaking...
You’re Mexican? But we’re so similar?
Miguel G. Hays, KS I always meet a ton of people that get very surprised that I’m Hispanic since I’m not short or dark-skinned ....
Mexican? Ha, I don’t think so!
Valentina Colorado Springs, CO When people first see me they immediately associate me with being Mexican. I am Latina, but I am from Colombia. Everyone...
Dominican; not Mexican, Asian, or White
Steven Moya Colorado Springs, CO My race is very unique. People always ask if I’m Mexican, Asian, or white and I always tell them no...
Puerto Rican but everyone think mexican
Dr. Gisselle Velez-Ruiz Ann Arbor, MI Stereotypes & generations
You don’t make a good Mexican.
Cheyenne Aguilera Portland, OR In regards to my half and half Latino/Caucasian mix. Apparently I should just identify as white because I “act and look...
I’m SORRY! I don’t speak MEXiCAN!!!
Erick Ruiz Lakewood, CA People sometimes, I guess mix Spanish with the term Mexican being a language. Besides I’m not Mexican, I’m Guatemalan, so I...
