What's wrong with...?

Question

Calling yourself Mexican-American if you are Mexican, yet have American citizenship?

I consider myself Mexican-American. I am Mexican, I was born in America. I love it here and I would never leave it, but I also love Mexico.

I hate to see each of my countries fight, but it happens. Just because people call themselves Mexican-American doesn't mean they are more Mexican.

It means they are Mexican race-wise, but American citizen-wise.

Please understand this. Whay are your thoughts?

Answer 1

Nothing is wrong with it....

Of course you can love Mexico and still be a good American....Don't let anyone make you feel ashamed because of that.....I know your loyalties are with this country and your heart/culture is with Mexico....

I understand completely!

Answer 2

There's nothing wrong with that. Remember though that these are just labels. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Remember the saying, "wherever you go, there you are": meaning that there's a deeper essence of being other than where you were born and where you grew up, and it's something more timeless and placeless.
Also the concept of Mexican as a race is an American concept based on racism; the desire to use a label that describes a non-anglo appearance. Would you say Luis Miguel belongs to the Mexican race? You can see how the labels don't work there.

Answer 3

People get mad because of this. If you are American, then you are American. To say that you are Mexican American for most people is to say that you live here, but your heart is there. Many people then continue the idea to having a feeling that you are only here for the living conditions, not because of your love for the country. They then draw a stereotypical picture of someone who is a free loader and someone who needs to be sent to Mexico. This is not intirely my view, but it is the way that peoples minds work. My bloodline is Norse. They moved to Ireland in the 1200's and then to American in the 1700's. My family has remained mostly irish since being here as far as the new bloodlines introduced into the family through marrage. I do not call myself Irish-American. I am proud of my bloodlines and heritage, but I am an American. The Norse-Irish is something you see in my face and learn as my friend. I do not wish to fight with Mexico, or its people. I do wish to look out for my country before I worry about the condition or feelings of another. America is about haveing all people from all places together, but for this to work there can be no clicks or divisions. There must be one race. "Americans"

Answer 4

I guess i am Irish-american, My people came from Ireland, But I was born here. But I consider myself to be an american, who happens to have irish blood. I could bre lithuanian, or polish or chinese, But I was born In America and so I am an American, and proud of it, even though I dont like all the things our government does, or some of the things that other americans do, I will still stand behind my country, and fight for it if need be..
Because we are all Americans, and we may need to stand up for Her soon, Will you?

Answer 5

If you were born in America, then you are a citizen of the United States, thats a given. I think it's great that you still value your culture though, too many people these days forget where they come from, and they are losing a lot of knowledge of their geneology, so be proud, and love both!! And yes, it sucks to see them fight, but that is simply the way people work, someone is always going to be fighting because we will never all agree on the same thing.

Answer 6

I don't have a problem with it. I have always called myself German American and nobody ever had a problem with that. It just describes where your people came from.

But when your country exports its people illegally into ours, you can understand why many Americans may feel Mexicans are still more loyal to Mexico, right or wrong.

Answer 7

Call your self whatever you want, I sure don't care. I don't see the big deal.

But, I guess otherpeople could see, a problem with it if you're calling yourself a Mexican-American, and you don't have American citizenship... the I guess you wouldn't be an American... just a Mexican in America.

Answer 8

Mexico's a country, hispanic is an ethnicity. If you still consider yourself a citizen of Mexico, you haven't emigrated except on paper. What I wonder is if you love mexico so much, why did you become an american in the first place? Part of the issue of the day here is that a lot of mexicans have run away from their country because of its' problems, instead of trying to solve those problems as citizens.


I think we need to have better laws, law enforcement, and a physical barrier between the United States and Mexico until Mexico stands up, and gets its' act together on a lot of issues.

They've got money, they've got people, but one thing they don't have anymore is excuses. America CARRIES Mexico, for the most part. if there was no commerce between Mexico and the United States, Mexico would hardly have any commerce at all.
That's not america's fault.

But again, 'mexican' is not a race, 'mexican' implies nationality.
'Hispanic' is :

His·pan·ic (h-spnk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America.
2. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.
n.

So, there's a difference. If you're a citizen of Mexico, working and living in the United States, that's one thing. But if you're a US citizen whose history and family etc. is in Mexico, you're now an american, and that WWII vet put it perfectly, proclaiming himself an 'american hispanic', meaning that he puts his country before his skin color/background etc.

It really depends on you, the finer points of all of this, what your plans are in life, but I for one advocate better limitations and controls on all this immigration stuff. I think we've gone beyond stupid with it, handing out too much money, not asking for good oversight, I think Mexico's got a lot of potential, but some of that potential needs to be explored and developed separately from the United States, and it's hard for people like you who are stuck in the middle or whatever, but there still needs to be some healthy distance between the 2 countries, which is hard because of a shared border. Nonetheless, we should be focusing on trying to give mexico a hand UP, not a hand OUT...they have to get on top of things like birth control, infrastructure, representation, stuff like that...and those are just starters...Mexico's got miles to go, and it's right to want to help, just try and be enlightened about it, too.

Answer 9

It just seems another way to stir up prejudice around the world. People will fight over anything nowadays. If you are cool and not disturbing the peace, I don't care what country you were born in and what country you have the citizenship from. You are so right.

Answer 10

the definition of an Mexican-American is only of Mexican decent that was born here in the united states....

Answer 11

that most of america are racist b@$7@rDs. deal with it, I guess, now I don't mean that in a cruel way, I mean, there is nothing wrong with calling your self Mexican-American, nothing at all, but because of some crack sniffing idiots in this nation, we don't have a moments peace without a complaint! I say We empose racial laws, ie, being finded for calling another person a derogative term, in the intent to insult.