[A.C.C.]

During the many times I’ve been to Mexico I never felt any hateful prejudice against me, but sometimes an amused belief that I wasn’t “really” Mexican because I’m much taller than your average Mexican, I dress “American” (though in America I’m seen as dressing “cholo”), my Spanish has a lot of slang, and so on. But I do see some hatred in the United States between Latinos who were born here and those who are immigrants, “pochos” vs. “mojados.” Some of the first group shares a lot of the prejudiced attitudes toward immigrants as some Anglos. I suspect it’s because they feel the need to prove they’re “more American” by taking part in this prejudice. Some of the immigrants accuse the native born of wanting to be white or forgetting their heritage, charges that are sometimes true, in my view. Ironically, the last round of immigrant bashing by politicians helped bring both sides closer. Many of us recognized that, to a white racist, “somos illegales,” we’re all seen as wetbacks, and we have to overcome that together.

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Name : A.C.C., Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : W Lafayette, State : IN, Country : United States, Occupation : Grad student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,