Reflection On The Stereotypes Of Hispanic Women

As a child my heritage and parents background never really interested me nor was I informed of it, my family on the other hand would somewhat taunt me for not embracing my Hispanic heritage in full arms or how I was a "Gringa"- translation a white girl. However, as a child I believed I had valid reasoning behind ignoring my heritage and neglecting my family's prominent traditions and sacrifices. When I peeked at the age of 10, I was in elementary school, when the idea of social classes and racial perception really struck me, children oddly loved to discussed their parents jobs and what was I to tell them? How was I - a child going to explain to privileged suburbanized children how domestic working actual works? When my peers boasted with joy of their parents a-typical jobs at cubical offices what was I to say? My mother worked …show more content…
I’m ashamed to say I was embarrassed of my own mother, the woman who gave up her own family and country to better myself, simply due to her resident status and the stereotypes associated with Hispanic women. She saw life through a selfless lens while I obviously did quite the opposite.

Ultimately at that point I choose to disenfranchise myself from my Hispanic roots and alienate myself from my undocumented mother. Being an undocumented immigrant my mother always hid behind the shadows, did her best to be invisible- all while trying her best to give me the opportunity to shine, which I wish I had known sooner. Nevertheless from then on out I was just like the other kids; middle class, from a nuclear household - normal just like them. I recall vividly lying about my mother trying my best to make her appear