I can handle spicy food, so?
Osvaldo Oregel,
Santa Ana, CA
me being Mexican doesn’t have anything to do with me handling spicy food. I mean we all do have a high tolerance for spice, but that irrelevant, right?
Not All Mexicans Like Spicy Foods
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.
#hollandnewtech
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 I tell them I don’t eat spicy foods. I have got responses like,”You’re not a true Mexican” or “You’re supposed to like spicy foods”. When I hear those responses, I think of how the stereotype of All Mexicans liking spicy foods, and how it’s wrong. I just feel I shouldn’t be judged on if I like certain types of foods or not because of a stereotype. I’ve been called a coconut, meaning I’m brown in skin, but I “act white” inside, probably also due to liking many American (White) foods.
