Dear Mexican: A few years back when I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of our high school M.E.Ch.A. club had deep resentment toward the Spaniards/conquistadors that killed hundreds – probably thousands – of Aztecs. He went so far as to deny that his own heritage comes partly from Spain, and hated it when people would refer to him as a Latino/Hispanic. He would get so mad and say “I’m not Spanish; I AM CHICANO!” What’s your opinion on the subject? Do you feel hatred toward the Spanish? - Harry the Hispanic


Dear Wab: I LOVE the Spaniards! Their adorable lisp! Their great porn! Dalí! (Wait – he’s Catalan). Guernica! (Wait – that was about the Basque). The Alhambra! (Wait – that was Moorish). The fact that so many Mexicans wore Spain’s jersey as it wound its way through winning the World Cup last year! The only Mexicans who hate Spaniards are of the yaktivist type. But honestly, what is there to celebrate about a civilization that enslaved foreign lands, killed thousands of innocents, and plundered to their desire – and I’m not talking about American imperialism? 


There is something I always wondered about. If all the “American” jobs are going to Mexico, why are all the Mexicans coming here? If all the work left here is being taken by illegal Mexicans, who have to travel many miles to come to work, why aren’t red-blooded “legal Americans” grabbing them first? Why are people who go through great hardship vilified because they want to provide for their family? - A Dull Knife


Dear Gabacho: Dude, TELL ME ABOUT IT! Are you hearing about what’s happening in Georgia? You’ll remember that earlier this year, the Peach State decided to go all Arizona on its growing Latino population and passed nasty legislation, thereby driving out more than a few Mexis, legal and not, from the estado. Guess what? In June, Georgia farmers announced they had over 11,000 jobs open – and no Americans were lining up to take them. Those few that did quit almost instantly, according to numerous published accounts. It just goes to show what the Mexican has said all along: Gabachos won’t do the jobs Mexican immigrants do because they shouldn’t. The working classes of this country have almost always been where immigrants entered, scraping their way into the middle class and beyond – that’s the American way.

Dear Mexican: A few years back when I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of our high school M.E.Ch.A. club had deep resentment toward the Spaniards/conquistadors that killed hundreds – probably thousands – of Aztecs. He went so far as to deny that his own heritage comes partly from Spain, and hated it when people would refer to him as a Latino/Hispanic. He would get so mad and say “I’m not Spanish; I AM CHICANO!” What’s your opinion on the subject? Do you feel hatred toward the Spanish? - Harry the Hispanic


Dear Wab: I LOVE the Spaniards! Their adorable lisp! Their great porn! Dalí! (Wait – he’s Catalan). Guernica! (Wait – that was about the Basque). The Alhambra! (Wait – that was Moorish). The fact that so many Mexicans wore Spain’s jersey as it wound its way through winning the World Cup last year! The only Mexicans who hate Spaniards are of the yaktivist type. But honestly, what is there to celebrate about a civilization that enslaved foreign lands, killed thousands of innocents, and plundered to their desire – and I’m not talking about American imperialism? 


There is something I always wondered about. If all the “American” jobs are going to Mexico, why are all the Mexicans coming here? If all the work left here is being taken by illegal Mexicans, who have to travel many miles to come to work, why aren’t red-blooded “legal Americans” grabbing them first? Why are people who go through great hardship vilified because they want to provide for their family? - A Dull Knife


Dear Gabacho: Dude, TELL ME ABOUT IT! Are you hearing about what’s happening in Georgia? You’ll remember that earlier this year, the Peach State decided to go all Arizona on its growing Latino population and passed nasty legislation, thereby driving out more than a few Mexis, legal and not, from the estado. Guess what? In June, Georgia farmers announced they had over 11,000 jobs open – and no Americans were lining up to take them. Those few that did quit almost instantly, according to numerous published accounts. It just goes to show what the Mexican has said all along: Gabachos won’t do the jobs Mexican immigrants do because they shouldn’t. The working classes of this country have almost always been where immigrants entered, scraping their way into the middle class and beyond – that’s the American way.