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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