[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Another fact as I understand it, most of the immigrants either legal or illegal prefer to be called by their nation of ancestry i.e. columbians, salvadorans, cubans, puerto ricans, mexicans, etc. Many refer to all of them as mexicans which has almost become like a dirty word.

Brian

I've heard people refer to "Mexifornia" as a derogatory term implying that there are more people of hispanic origin in California now than of any other ethnic origin. Ironic really as California was once part of Mexico.