Things Aren't Always What They Seem


As a Hispanic young man, I have witnessed many racial remarks and
expressions. Many people think I am Anglo-Saxon because I am light complected.
I have not only noticed racial slurs from Angle's, but also from Hispanics.
People tend to open up in front of me, because some of them think I am Anglo-
Saxon and do not know Spanish. I can recall the first day of summer school, my
first day of work, and the time that Anglos' stare at my girlfriend wondering
why I left their race for a hispanic girl.
My first day of summer school was a day I will never forget. As I
walked into my class the students just looked up at me and stared as if I was a
portrait. In a polite manner, the teacher told me to sit next to those girls at
the corner. At first they were quiet and then the whispers began. "Oye chulo,"
they began to call me. I didn't know what to do, so I did what any guy with a
great girlfriend would do, played dumb. Then they began telling each......

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