[D. Price]

Is it true that people in Mexico do not like Hispanic Americans?

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Name : D. Price, City : Albuquerque, State : NM, Country : United States, 

[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, 

[Lucy-H22649]

Many people in Mexico have very close relatives, cousins, aunts, uncles, children, siblings, etc., who are Americans. And they do not hate their family members just because they are Americans. I would venture to say that most Mexicans who don’t have close ties to the United States don’t hate Hispanic Americans, either. Sometimes Hispanic Americans are called “Pocho” – which basically means “pretend Mexican.” But this is because we are Americanized. Of course we are Americanized – we were born in the United States and are just as American as anybody else. I’m sure there are some people in Mexico who resent Americans, but that is probably true everywhere.

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Name : Lucy-H22649, Gender : F, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 24, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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