Essay On Mexican Stereotypes

It was at seven year old when my father left my mother and I to find work in the United States. He proceeded to work day and night for the next five years until he was able to bring our family together again. I had never heard of Mexicans being labeled as lazy, and it 's sometimes hard to believe what others might say about you simply because of your ethnicity. The video "i’m latino, but i’m not…" raised my awareness about several stereotypes about Mexicans. Throughout my experiences I have learned, stereotypes can come from the deepest, darkest most ignorant parts of people, so I simply ignore them. Although stereotypes and racism a worldwide issue, as individuals, we control whether stereotypes affect our lives or not.
In the Mexican culture their are many sayings that derived from life lessons which contradict the stereotypes that I have experienced. One of the lessons I have …show more content…
At the end of high school my GPA was a 3.6 and although my SAT scores were in the 2300s, I feel like what really got me into all the schools I wanted to was my personal statement. I wrote about life as a hispanic and how hard it is to be discriminated in everything you do, and also about some tragic events in my life. I saw better qualified students get rejected as all my acceptance letters came in the mail. Seeing better qualified people not make it into Berkley made me feel like I did not deserve the opportunity given to me.
My grand mother speaks of simpler times when she raised my father and my uncles. Not in her wildest dreams did she ever imagine they would get this far in life after living in a home made of dirt in their childhood. Stories like this give me strength and help me realize that stereotypes and racism can only affect you if you let them affect you. This experiences have shaped my views on stereotyping and racism, they have made me realize that as a society give certain issues more attention than