I took my mother on a trip to Mexico. Whenever she talked about the locals, she whispered the word "Mexicans". After the third time, I told her that they WERE Mexicans, and they didn't mind being called that.
There is no perfect word for them, I am one and any label I come up with always riles someone up: Mexican, Hispanic, mexican-american, American, Spanish, mixed. You cannot win with them so I say American first just to piss them off and remind them where I am from, was born in, and live.
I took my mother on a trip to Mexico. Whenever she talked about the locals, she whispered the word "Mexicans". After the third time, I told her that they WERE Mexicans, and they didn't mind being called that.
There is no perfect word for them, I am one and any label I come up with always riles someone up: Mexican, Hispanic, mexican-american, American, Spanish, mixed. You cannot win with them so I say American first just to piss them off and remind them where I am from, was born in, and live.