What are wet backs?

Answer 1

Wet Back is a derogatory term for illegal Mexicans. The expression comes from them swimming over the Rio Grande to get to the USA

Answer 2

Wet backs is what people around the turn of the 20th century called illegal Mexican immigrants. It derives from the fact that, at least along the Texas border, Mexicans had to swim across the Rio Grande to get into the country.

Answer 3

1. Wet backs mexican laborers that backs get cover with sweat while they are working in the sun

2.Wet backs mexicans offten times float on there backs when they come across the rio grande when they get out of the water...

a wet back is born

Answer 4

A wet back is what you get when you get caught hiking in the mountains and a sudden shower drenches you. You also get a wet front, a wet top and a wet bottom.

And we really don't need questions like this, that perpetuate derogatory categorizations.

Answer 5

The other side of wet fronts. Some people just can't figure out how to get the towel back there.

Answer 6

''wet backs'' is a racial slur refering to the mexican people that are born in mexico and illeagally enter the united states. this is because alot of them go across a river to cross the border from mexico into the united states.

Answer 7

illegals from Mexico, crossing the Rio Grande River.

Answer 8

Pa says that your type of person who wouldnt last in El Paso

Answer 9

A racist word foe Mexicans

Answer 10

It's a racist term for Mexicans. I don't know why though.