Quote by Demetria Martinez

“You say your city the way some Americans say this is their country. You never feel right saying that - my country. For some…

— Ana Castillo

“You keep using that word!” the Spaniard snapped. “I don’t think it means what you think it does.”

— William Goldman

I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did get a…

— Taboo

Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say, "I'm not…

— Demetri Martin

“I had some Mexican for dinner. Who knew cannibalism could be so tasty?”

— Jarod Kintz

“Americans are interesting creatures. They criticize those who speak their language with a slight accent but have no issues with butchering most other languages,…

— Santino Hassell

“Being Mexican... means being there for each other. It's togetherness, like a familia. We should be helping one another, cheering our friends on.”

— Guadalupe Garcia McCall

I am Mexican, and people tend to forget that.

— Julio Cesar Chavez Sr

“Racist.The word felt strange in my mouth:powerful,as if now that I could name the thing that was happening to me,it had become real,not something…

— Maxine Beneba Clark

It wasn't a cutdown to call someone a Mexican. It would kill my career to refer to someone as Mexican today. It's like calling…

— David Spade

Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here." Then there's also the issue, if you go…

— Sandra Cisneros

“In America when someone asks me my nationality, I can't just say American. I have to go back generations, elaborate on there in Europe…

— Bridget Asher