I have struggled with this for quite some time. I can't stand Mexicans. I grew up in Austin, Texas, and have seen the best and worst of Mexicans. I am not judging what I don't know, or afraid of what I don't know.... I know them. I've worked with them, hung out with them, and until the last 10 years, was not racist towards them. I just see their culture now, and am disgusted. I hate the fact that they come here illegally, and steal our jobs (yes I said steal because before they came and said they'll work for less, plenty of white and black people were doing the same jobs they're doing now.) Not only do they come here and steal our jobs and not pay taxes, they send the money out of the country, messing with our economy, they rape our women and children, and they steal our belongings, and they drive drunk with no licenses or insurance and kill innocent Americans while driving drunk, and they cost us so many more tax dollars because of their incarcerations and hospitalizations. I can't stand that they come here, and many not only don't want to learn the English language, but they expect us to learn Spanish to make it easier for them. They expect us to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which is not an American holiday. Their culture has no drive other than working low level jobs, and making babies. The men beat their women because they are so jealous. The children are immensely fatter than kids of any other race. They promote their own in politics, jobs, or anything else, despite how unqualified they might be. They practically hand out licenses to unqualified mexicans without them even having to take the driving test. Thing is, I have had good friendships with individuals. I just don't like what their culture stands for. I'm not asking if I'm wrong. I know it's hypocritical to an extent, but I've been through a lot, and seen enough, to develop a rightful opinion about this. I know I'm racist, but how racist would you label me on a scale of 1 to 10?

I'm going to say 10, because......damn...

Dang! Where's the love yo?... A lot of what you say has some truth to it and it seems to have you upset. Relax and use normal channels to fight for what you think is right. Voting and keeping law enforcement and immigration vigilant are a few things you can use.

I'm not sure what number, all i know is that i agree with you, to an extent. I feel angry b/c in schools in my area, the children are now allowed to choose to do their homework in english or spanish. They can read aloud in class IN SPANISH, b/c the text books provide translation for both. I think that is highly unecessary. If I lived in China, then I would understand if the teacher wanted me to do my homework in CHINESE, not english. this really upset me. They need to know english. How can they read the signs on the roads?!! errrr

6 i dont like illegal mexicans but that is a little extreame

A solid 7. And a 10 for generalizations. The way you can take individual examples of people and apply it to whole nations is fantastic.

Hey Tex...I understand your frustration with what is happening here. . I agree with most of what you said, however I would draw the line at the "beat their wives" and "Fat kids" comments as that is not exclusive to any one race or culture. I am not to happy myself about the importation of 30 million people who dont think that fixing their countries problem is worth the work.. When Americans face hard times they stay and fight for their country, not run up to Canada asking for a free handout...I am not a racist, but I sure as hell am a Nationalist....

To clarify for y'all..... I didn't necessarily come here to bash Mexicans. These are my honest feelings, and I feel bad for feeling like this but the problem is that it's not born out of ignorance, it's born out of experience. Hard to erase what I feel based on what I've seen (which is a lot.) I just want to clarify though, that I'm sorry for upsetting some of y'all with my feelings on this.

this is a hard thing to answer...i can't find your questions lol (still trying to figure out how answerbag works), but judging from your previous comments ^^...i think maybe you aren't RACIST, you're human and have a prejudice (one that could turn into blind hatred, if you aren't careful. and, as far as i can see, it's well on it's way there). notice how you said black AND white people have their jobs stolen and that isn't fair...a racist person just wouldn't say that....we all have prejudices. people like to pat themselves on the back and say they don't, but it just isn't true. and we're all hypocrites. i do the same thing. i have friends of a certain race and of course they are the exception to "the rule"....sad, when it comes to a subject like this, there can't be any gray areas and your friends CANNOT be the exception. and at some point you have to realize that and make up your mind....(hopefully for the better) now when you let that prejudice become a raging blind hatred, then you have a problem. and lets not forget, hatred consumes you. ANY hatred in your heart will eat you alive. it's a blinding emotion. that will be all you can think about day and night...it will take the place of any love you feel. and you have to be careful about that. and on the other hand, if you have to ask yourself a question like this, maybe you're already gone LOL. =x PS-i think, prejudice is born out of ignorance AND experience...smart people KNOW that people shouldn't and couldn't be lumped together, but the part of us that experienced certain things that brought us to these feelings-tells us otherwise. it's sort of a contradiction, but it is what it is. pps.on a scale of 1-10 you're prejudice is at a 10.

Ten + I didn't see eleven...

10. Consider this, Tex..some people can't stand Texans. So, you cast your bread upon the water of hate and it will return to you a thousandfold. You are honest..fine. Too bad that honesty is so ugly. Happy Thursday.

You rank 10 on the scale. I'll tell you why -- you're labeling "a group of people". A different way of looking at it is that you could say "where I live, I've seen these behaviors". Some of the behaviors you've described could apply across the board. But, at least, you asked an honest question and gave an honest answer.

Well, I'd say you got a full blown 10 there. I won't judge you for it. When I was young, I despised racism with the zeal of a fanatic. Then, I grew up. One of the areas I worked in had a large Russian community. Many of the Russians I dealt with treated me poorly. They acted as though they were entitled to something (other than the courtesy and service any other customer would get) and I was ripping them off if I didn't give them what they wanted at the price they wanted. If it was difficult for me to understand them through their accent, they treated me like a moron. We had a group of regulars that came in two to three times a week. If we didn't have what they wanted ready, they'd bitch. The problem was that they came in on different days each week and different times each day. Even so, one of them made a very snide comment to an employee about us not having enough food ready at lunch time (it was 11:20). Many of our drivers had issues with them as well. They were rude and didn't tip. Some of them we knew full well were on welfare and, yet, they had brand new expensive cars in the driveway. Between my personal experiences and those relayed to me, I began to very much resent Russians. If I was around some (outside of work) and they looked at me and then continued cahtting in Russian, I assumed they were speaking poorly of me. I cursed a blue streak everytime I saw them coming. I knew I was becoming racist and tried to fight it. I now work with an employee who is Russian. This particular guy is utterly socially inept, but he works hard, does not expect anything more than what anyone else doing the same job gets, and is polite and nice. I still cringe a little when someone comes in with a Russian accent. However, I always try to bear in mind that, even though the majority of Russians I have met are rude, pushy, and have a sense of entitlement (the general majority may, in fact, be so), each one is an individual and should be judged on how they act and treat others and not on the actions of those I have met before them. The fact that you don't like what you feel is a step towards moving away from it. :)