Dear Mexican: I was born in los estados unidos, my father is Tamaulipas and my mother is a third-generation Chicana. Being married to a mexicano, we recently vacationed in his hometown of Apatzingan, Michoacán. It was my first time meeting my in-laws and everyone from his colonia. It seems I got the evil stare-down and was being asked all kinds of questions to prove my mexicanana-ness. They couldn't wait for me to fuck up a word in Spanish and asked if I cooked, liked banda music and knew how to make tortillas. I answered that I work full time, make an OK mole de pollo, like all kinds of music except for banda and that I buy my tortillas from the supermarket.
I got the impression it wasn't enough. After expressing this to my husband, all he could say was that I am not a Mexican, I am a Chicana, and that's different. Will I never be seen as an equal by my Mexican in-laws, or will they eventually see that the only difference between us is my mom gave birth to me north of the frontera? I can handle discrimination from gabachos or any other race but this is really unjust. Why do men and women from Mexico seem to consider themselves superior to Chicanos?
—Puzzled Chicana
Dear Pocha: Next time some wab gives you grief about not being Mexican enough, just tell them you have the best of both worlds: You're Mexican AND American — while they're just ... Mexicans.
I hear a lot of accordion-heavy music on Spanish-language radio. Do Mexican women go crazy for accordionists like white girls do for guitarists? Can my musical skills translate into muchos mujeres?
—A 40 and an Accordion
Dear Gabacho: Time was when the accordion player was the papi chulo of the Mexican regional music world, but tuba players have usurped the position in the past couple of years for banda music and that horrible-sounding banda-conjunto norteño pendejada. Unfortunately, the instrument's elevated status has led to a rash of tuba thefts from high schools and junior highs by aspiring tuba players who usually target Mexican-heavy schools and therefore screw over youngsters whose band departments can't afford tubas. Moral of the story? As the question before, sometimes, the worst enemy of Mexicans are ... Mexicans.
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Chicanos are a hybrid of mexicans were bigger, stronger, faster, better looking just better all around mexicans are just peasents who been riding off the sucsess of all the chicanos that were born here and they have the nerve to look down on us so if your a mexican and your readi.g this
The problem lies in the fact that many mexican-americans dont know what the hell they are because american media has been telling them what they are for decades. its like ure all brown u came illegaly across border and ure low lifes. what they dont understand is that theyre racially just a mix of europeans and natives. so most of them have as much white as they have native. but they get lost in that oh we`re aztecs and mayans shit so much that they think all mexicans are like them by default. BTW just to clarify term Latino and Hispanic are both euro terms in respect, one meaning of spanish origin and other is related to latin culture of southern europe so if u call ureselves that and then deny ure part european then why call ureself that in the first place. spanish language euro, catholic faith euro, spanish names euro, so what is left for mexicans to be actually native, except corn tortillas, cuz even wheat tortillas came after europeans settled in mexico (natives didnt know about wheat).
Well, same goes for Chicanos looking down on Mexicans...works both ways. I guess it just depends on what side of the border your on. A mexican that has never been in the USA will not understand the lifestyle of a Chicano. A Chicano that's never been or lived in mexico will never truly know what it is to be a Mexican. I had the good fortune to live in both places. And I can definitely say I consider my self MEXICANA, even though I was born in Texas. Today's supposedly Mexican youth have the worst cultural confusion I've ever witnessed. They don't know if they're white, black, chicano or mexican. I would never call a fellow chicano nigga as many today do. Or call a fellow mexican beaner, mojo or mojado!! We are all somehow in someway of the same damn race. Mas respeto para nuestra cultura, on both sides of the border. BROWN AND PROUD!!
Your culture? LOL that's laughable. There IS no culture. If you were born and raised in a country, that means your nationality is from THAT country. Chicanos are fake Mexicans who can't make up their mind. They speak bad Spanish and what's WORSE is they speak bad ENGLISH. I love Mexico but don't get me wrong, I can't stand Chicanos and their insufferable attitudes. They go to the USA and then pretend they're still Mexican, frowning on American culture and exploiting/distorting Mexican culture. Everything wassupconan said was pretty much spot-on. You're as much Mexican as Americans with German ancestry are German. In other words, NOT AT ALL!
that Brown and Proud shit is whats confusing mexican-americans even more. are you aware that not all mexicans are brown. heck even most of them arent brown at all. they can be tan or beige theres even quite a few white mexicans around there. so to say that ure mexican just by being brown is like some white american saying that americans are by default white just cuz most of them are in that country. imagine a black american going to Japan and japanese guy telling him he doesnt look american cuz hes black lol. mexico is just like USA land of immigrants of all colors. so plz stop pinning that brown and mexican shit on us, we`re not all brown. (and theres a chance ure not that brown either like most mexican-americans think they are). Oprah is brown most mexicans are not even close to that color. unless ure native or heavily mixed cholo.
Yes S and I thought it was the other way around. I know lots of M/As think their s--t don't stink and I never could see why they laughed and snickered at fellow Mexicanos. But then I think that crap runs in every river,,,,
Plain stupidity- Mexican & Mexican Americans are the same people . Isnt it obvious that living outside of Mexico anywhere in the world will influence customs , habits & traditions duh!! What does it mean to be Mexican anyway? exactly you have to consider its history & how it created the so called Mexican- All a Mexican really is, is a race of Native Indians mixed with various invaders who basically killed the native language & introduced spanish & alot of other customs. Mexican in Mexico dont even know who they are themselves, they are still plagued with class & color system & 3rd world educations. Chicanos are just Mexicans who assimilate to the "American Dream" & further lost into delusion & deceit.
B- I'm not sure about ur comment, I think its just pride talking when 'good stuff' is said, and their insecurities r showing when people r put down.This goes for all, even u!
Not being a Mexican or a Chicanos I will provide an unbiased opinion - NOT, I think it obvious when she stated "I buy my tortillas from the supermarket." we all know wetbacks (humor) make their own homemade (even if not true). Now someone tell me what is the difference between a Hispanic and a Latino :-)
Well, the two words do have different meanings, but if you're asking why do some people call themselves Latinos or Hispanic, it's more a question of preference. Kind of like some people don't want to be called American Indians, and some people don't want to be called Native Americans. It's not that they're saying they're different people, but they don't agree about what they should call themselves. Of course, in common speech we'll often just say "Indian" (pronounced In-din by many).
As to what they really mean, Hispanic technically means anyone of Spanish descent no matter where they live (including Spain!), so it's not accurate to call everyone Hispanic simply because they speak Spanish, although that's what we typically use it to mean. A black Mexican (or islander) may speak Spanish but not have any Spanish blood (same for the people who are Indian too).
Latino, on the other hand, simply denotes anyone from "Latin" America. You can read about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.... That includes, of course, the French-speaking Haitians and Portuguese-speaking Brazilians. So technically it's accurate for anyone of any non-native ethnicity south of the border (and I guess the French-Speaking Canadians?), but what term is left for a Quechua-speaking Indian with no foreign ancestry? As you can see, this gets complicated very easily.
But as I said at first, despite the intended meanings, people actively decide what term to use, and they may do so for reasons other than technical accuracy. Point being, it's easiest to call them whatever they call themselves and just forget about it.
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ok first of all native americans have nothing to do with being latino hispanic and heres why. both of those terms are depicting early spanish settlers that came to the new world so words themselves have nothing to do with amerindians. u said it ureself hispanic is technically anyone of spanish origin so how can indians be hispanic even a little if they havent mixed. secondly its not true that latin denotes latin america it denotes the latin culture that came to america from europe via spaniards. thats why latin america is called that i the first place, it has nothing to do with mayans aztecs etc. and latin america is just a cultural term theres no geografical term latin when u open up the atlas. theres just north and south american continent. so in order to be latin ure culture has to be latin, so 30-40 mil. indians across latin america that still follow their own culture are not latinos therefore not every single person living in latin america today is latin american. if u talk to indians they dont even like when someone refers to them as latinos or hispanic. and why is being mexican for example associated with being native when there wasnt a country called mexico before 1810 and it was created by criollos and not the indios.
@wassupconan Exactly...AGAIN! How does NOBODY see this? This is why Chicanos are sort of a joke...it's sad, yes, but true. I am an advocate of the caucasian race.
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