Dear Mexican: You mentioned in the past that your Dad is against illegal immigration, but that’s a voice you never hear. Why aren’t the legal immigrants and legal aliens “vocally outraged” about the illegals who drive down wages, drive up housing prices, use government services, give all immigrants a bad name, and are on the verge of getting amnesty for cutting in line? The illegal immigrant has very little effect on my life, but seems to have a huge impact on the legal immigrant.
My Best Friend is Half-Mexican
Dear Gabacho: You don’t hear the voices of legal immigrants in the illegal-immigration debate? Republicans trot those tokens out all the time—look at Marco Rubio. Plus? I can disprove every single point of yours—just buy my book for details! Finally? You say illegals “has very little effect” on your life, yet you took the time to rant, and used legal immigrants as your cover to do so. That’s like saying you’re concerned for the Mexican janitor when complaining to management about how smelly your coworker’s caca stinks.
I’m an American girl who works at a diner with a lot of very attractive young Mexican men. Most are from the countryside, and only two claim to have been to a large city before moving here. I was constantly cat-called, whistled, and winked at by everyone (including the boy whose attention I’ve been trying to get) until one of our cooks (and his friend) told everyone to stay off and that “Ella es MI novia.” He showers me with unwanted gifts and continuously tries to walk me home from work even though he lives in the other direction. I’ve been firm but he still won’t back down. He tells me that he’s the only man from Mexico that I’ll meet that won’t ever cheat on me or try to control me (I am very independent), that any other man from Mexico would not see a problem with sleeping around, and that it is romantic to continue to court and wait for a young woman even if she says no so I should stop trying to stop him. He also sees no problem with our 11-year age gap.
My Spanish is quite good but my understanding of the culture is minimal at best. I understand that the culture is still very macho, especially in the countryside, so I’ve tried to learn more about it. Everything I look up or hear is about how all Mexican men cheat even though I know this is not true. Could you please explain this gap between our culture? Is it truly acceptable to cheat on one’s special other? Why is it romantic to drive a woman crazy?
Lost in the Gap
Dear Gabacha: What you’re describing is the culture of pretender, the Mexican courtship ritual where the man is supposed to suffer at the cold shoulder (connected to the heaving bosoms) of his beloved, as best exemplified in the song “Tu Enamorado” or the Maria Félix-Pedro Armendariz classic Enamorada. Just roll with it! And be glad he hasn’t brought back another Mexican courtship ritual—kidnapping.
This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2013.
To – ‘my best friend is half Mexican’…Is that comment the same as ‘I have (some) Black friends’??? What a Pendejo…First of All STOP With the Steve King pre-suppositions And MYTHS
AND My Question to this Token-lover…Which Half of Your Mexican-friend Appeals MOST to You???
Mexican Mexican Mexican. That just irritates me to no end. I’m not a Mexican. I am Hispanic and an America. I am a citizen of the United States by birth here, praise God. A Mexican is from Mexico, its a nationality not a type of person. Just like Americans, Mexicans can be black or white or Hispanic or native.
Illegal Immigration, well that is simple, it is illegal and the illegal aliens know it and don’t care. They think we are lazy bums that will sit on our rich rears and pay them to do what we wont. The bad thing is they are largely correct. My heart does not bleed for them as while there are many who do perish to the elements or who are extorted (which is sad and unjust and should be addressed), well they put themselves in that position. The number of Criminal Aliens in our country is astounding. No driver’s license or insurance, but I have to have them. The Police can do nothing as they are now more protected than the California Condor was in its time.
Don’t call me a Gabacho because I certainly am not. I am an American who works hard everyday to put food on the table. Let the bleeding hearts bleed, but when they have nothing left will they expect me to bleed for them? Being a citizen of our nation should mean something more than getting 3 Obama phones to use while you sit on your fat lazy rear collecting other peoples money.
Another token just trotted out…and sounded off like Glenn Beck after a few shots of Tequila. Obama phones? They get to go without AZDLs and insurance while I have to have them? The police can do nothing?
When you sober up, do some research.