A Thought on Being Mexican

Let clear up some things:

No. i don't have a bunch of girls with names such as "tiny" and "chuni"

No. i don't speak fluent Spanish.

No, i don't live in the ghetto

No, i don't like telenovelas

No, i don't have an accent

No, i didn't hop the border

and No, i didn't have a kid at 16.

Here's the thing, i love my culture and my heritage and the food my race has created. I just don't like how people assume i'm a certain way because of said race. Now, the occasional joke is fine,  but living where I do, where people talk about, "The Mexicans that came and took over the city!" it has some negative implications. I've had people glare me at in the store, some of them tell me i'm a great mother when i'm with children, others assume i love salsa (I hate salsa, and guacamole) 

And let's not sit here and act like making a Diversity Club is going to make anything better because it's not going to. I find diversity clubs to be annoying and pointless, "hey! let's diversify!" Let's not. Actually you're ostracizing people. Diversity happens, don't be against it. Now sometimes it takes a brave soul, but here's the thing when you set out to racially diversify a place it makes people feel awkward and frankly it's a little bit racist. It just creates this perpetual cycle in which we can't escape from the racism, we're trying to get rid of, we end up making it even worse. 

i love being Mexican. But don't assume things because I'm Mexican, it's racist and offensive. Now i'm not going to act like a typical person speaking out against racism, i think you can be racist against white people just as much as you can against blacks or mexicans, i'm just saying let's not assume things.

Here are some things i can do:

I can make salsa and guacamole that is, according to sources, killer.
I can wear flowers in my hair and look awesome.
I can sing in Spanish
I can roll a burrito

But, those are just the stereotypical Mexican things....