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When I ‘came out’ as Mexican

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In this interesting CNN op/ed, freelance journalist Elizabeth Elizalde talks about her now-proud Mexican identity and how her Mexican father tried to shield her from discrimination by advising her “Don’t say you’re Mexican.”  But she “looked Mexican” and, even as a U.S.-born citizen, experienced the familiar taunt “Go back to Mexico!”

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