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.

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"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 other that I was probably rich and conceited. Their remarks about my clothing

and the color of my eyes and hair, surprised me. I was not upset because they were

Hispanic. I am sure that I would have been mad if an Anglo-saxon girl would have talked

bad about a hispanic guy or girl.

Another time hispanics thought I was Anglo-saxon, was when my best friend's dad

got me a job at his company. The first day he showed me around and majority of the

workers were hispanic; once again they all looked at me again. My first encounter with

my racist co-workers was during lunch. As I sat down to eat my sandwich, the...