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Those guys are in there speaking Mexican! I thought this was a funny comment made by one if my coworker friends. It mqde me laugh. I felt it was my duty for inform him that Mexicans are a people, not a language. I guess if you put it that way, then i speak Mexican too.

The reference of being ashamed of what you are goes deeper than most people know. At least thats how it was for me. I was raised with English as my first language and Spanish came along later. Why? Even though my family was born and raised in America, at the time we were growing up there was a lot of racism.

You couldn't go to a store, restaurant, drive through or anywhere unless you spoke English. When i was a kid i saw it happen where someone was denied, rudely, service and sent out the door. At the time i didn't understand why. I found out why later in life. My father and mother told me the same thing. You must speak English. Thats fine because none of my friends spoke spanish anyway. Just thought id share.