Racism

[babolaypo65]

Originally posted by Uabassoon
Thank you! So many people ask me if I was an immigrant or if my parents were, and refer to me as an illegal or other terms that are really rude. Then I explain to them that my family was in Texas when it was still part of Mexico, then when the U.S. bought Texas my family became american citizen. So while my parents may still speak spanish and keep a lot of our Mexican culture we are just as American as anyone else.

My family has been in New Mexico since it was part of Mexico! It's always interesting here when one encounters racists. From time to time I'll be in a market, or somewhere and someone will slur hispanics and I'll think to myself: where exactly do you think you're living? As a child growing up in NM the population was more than 50% hispanic. Why would someone move here if they didn't like hispanics?

LORD!