I remember one of the first Mexicans I met when I arrived in Southern California. As soon as I spoke, he noticed my accent was not from these parts. He asked where I was from. Upon telling him where I was from he immediately said, “you have black blood.” Ignorantly, I took it as a compliment, as most people from my country would. Unfortunately he meant no compliment.

The woman I married is from Mexico. I use to go there with her in the past, but don’t any more. Got tired of the stares, the questions, the jokes, and unfortunately, the discriminatory comments. While the comments were never directed at me personally, they were aimed at people of African descent. Now a day, I simply pass on the opportunity to visit with her family. Plus, as you and others have said, that place has really turned into one massive sh_t hole!

Kevin, please don’t lump us all into the same group. We are different and see things different, one group from the other.

This Black/Latino riff needs to be corrected. It is a Black/Mexican riff, which many other Latinos quite frankly have nothing to do with. Everyone in my household (which happens to be half Mexican) will be voting for Obama/Biden, simply because they are the better choice. if I recall correctly, the last time we had a “tax and spend” liberal in office (i.e., Bill Clinton) we ended up with a budget surplus. When was the last time that happened under a fiscal Conservative?

I have not one racist bone in my body and am proud to say that there is even room in my heart to love people that think that it is okay to use profanities and God in the same sentence. I don’t know where you are getting that I put my nose up at blacks. Did you read my whole last paragraph about how I admire african americans have done to promote civil rights for all minorities. I have never taught my son or was never taught that african-americans were below me and I don’t know where you’re getting that… it might be California thing…. Oh wait, I might be accused of being racist toward Californians….I retract the last comment. You should really watch Star Parker and CURE education I really admire this beautiful woman who loves God and pushes for the betterment of all races including mine.

As for Mexico.. yes it is corrupt and the poor suffer the most. I’m glad that as a country though we have the love and compassion for people in need and God has blessed this nation with the ability to support others this is something that we should be proud of and not something we should complain about.

I hear in your words that you may have been hurt by some Mexicans personally and if that is so forgiveness is the best cure. If not then love is the answer that reflects the condition of our hearts. I’m sorry that you feel that I have offended you in any way by the words I wrote earlier and I ask for your forgivness if you did I meant no disrespect.

I leave you with this thought and a verse that will solve all racial tentions:

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Phil 2:5 NIV.

Blessings and best regards
A Mexican that cares for the eternal life of all races.

Cecilia

Emitation is the best form of flattery. If you think that mexicans copy blacks and want to do things that they do I can’t argue with you, but that is more of a fad and pop-culture spreading into all types of people, I don’t think it is done out of mockery or disrespect to that culture.

I am from South Texas and I don’t know that stats as well as you, but I can probably say that 50-75% of welfare cases if not more are Hispanic. Again this is the point that Lima’s was trying to make, but her words were poorly chosen. Hispanic families are falling prey to the availablity of public assistance programs that are promoted by certain people in political authority. The more these programs are made available the more people will take advantage of them and then begin to think that they are in titled to them. This is how cycles begin no matter what your race….

I think that as long as the Mexican people and Hispanics in general have been in this country we have also had to deal with racism to an extent. I can’t say that I have any clue to the struggles in the African-american community, but I can say that the proof is in the pudding and the struggles they did overcome are demonstrated daily with the advances made in our country by African-american lawyers, doctors, people of power and influencial leaders. I think if you are going to focus on these accomplishments it will serve you best and not focus of the fact that people are coping “rap music” and rap dress and slang which at times is negative and hate promoting. Envy is such a strong word… I really doubt that Hispanics envy in anyway the struggle that African-americans endured in this country or the fact that their family structure has disintegrated. This is where the Hispanic community is as well.

thank you for letting me have some input in to your conversation and again I hope that the veil of understanding is torn and the love of Christ abound in your life.
Blessings and best regards,

A mexican that cares for the eternal life of all races..

Cecilia

Well these are my thoughts on your comments.

and you talk about “falling to pray” to public assistant programs….read the facts!…over 50% of welfare cases in CA are mexicans! so wear is the meat of your argument? before illegals come to the USA, the mexican government give them information booklets on how to sign up for welfare…wow! mexicans are the worse…..benifit from the civil rights movement and the blood of blacks and stab us in the back…..i pray OBAMA closes the boarder to you leaches!

I think both of you got Didi’s comments all wrong. I don’t believe they are racist, they are true.

We can’t ignor the fact that both African-american and hispanic families have suffered a great deal with the availablity of “assistance programs” that are in my view intended not to help families, but to introduce them to a cycle of goverment dependence. These programs have not only changed the dynamics of our families, but have created a mind set in both minority groups of bondage and lack of personal responsiblity.

This is why I think that her comments are not racially motivated, but misunderstood. If you have a chance google CURE or Star Parker and look at the work that she is doing in educating African-Americans on the dangers of falling prey to the so called “public assistance programs” that so hurt our country.

Thank you for allowing me to contribute my thoughts. I am a 36 year old mother and wife born in Mexico and moved to the US when I was five. I love this country and I love my people, but where I live you can see first hand what this programs do to the mind set of my hispanic race. Blessings and peace to you both and may the veil be broken for you both to see the beauty that is the love of Christ.

Best regards,

CECI

You are absolutely right, Mexicans are dangerous, evil, killing machines…they are the devil. When I was a baby someone stole my bottle I don’t know who it was, but I bet it was a mexican.

And yes you are absolutely right they never did anything during the civil rights movement, we all know the United Farm Workers Union is fake, we all know Cesar Chavez didn’t die from fasting so much to fight for equal rights, we all know Dolores Huerta has done nothing, and we all know Corky Gonzalez is only someone that was created by the candy factories to sell more candy. As a matter of fact Mexicans are myths, they are actually white racist people in disguise.

Yes in disguise. This is what I think Kevin I think you my friend are a fake. Only opening your ignorant mouth to feel better about everything you don’t know. You my friend are a victim of society, desperately seeking conflict to feel better about you’re poor sorry self. I imagine your about ten years old, I might be a year or two of, I determined your age by your illogical reasoning. To say the comments of two idiots reflect a community as a whole, is like saying your dumb ass represents a community as a whole. This is not a Black on Brown issue this is a idiot on idiot issue. MLK (Martin Luther King) was assassinated a week prior to his announcement that the two fronts of the Civil Rights movement were going to UNITE. Blacks/African-Americans/Americans of African decent and Hispanics/Latinos/Chicanos were going to march together. In many parts of our cities they were already fighting together.

Now listen up Chaotic Kevin, you claim that in Mexico they teach hate of blacks, hahahaha that’s even more ignorant than your rant on them not contributing in any to the civil rights movement. Did you know Mexico has deep roots in Africa. Many Africans landed in the coasts of Mexico, have you ever wondered why so many parts of Mexico, especially the coasts are inundated with black complexions? The music, the food and so much more are influenced by African blood.

You are a fake and your only desire is create tension between the two communities, but you shall fail because you lack the intelligence. The ideal of equality shall overcome your racist soul. Just look around you, the world is mixing and diversifying, it is inevitable.

You know what I bet you are one of those racist skinheads who go on comment postings and rant off random ass racist shit in hope of dividing the two communities, but sorry you can’t they both live in me. I am proud of my diverse heritage and will proudly stand as an American who can call himself Black and Chicano.

My racist friend if all you need is a hug, I’ll give it to you. If all you need is attention I’m giving it to you. If all you would like is to be heard I am listening. What will your racist rants accomplish; absolutely nothing and if you don’t believe me just ask Didi Lima she is now jobless and her reputation out the door and all for being like you. There is nothing in it for you. You get nothing for being an ignorant racist. How very sad.