Cruce el Rio Grande Nadando

"Cruce el Rio Grande Nadando"

Within the United States, there were 22.3 million born U.S. natives who self-identified themselves as Hispanics of Mexican origin. This statistic was from a Census Bureau by  the Pew Research Center in the year 2012. The United States is covered by far the largest Hispanic origin that account for two-thirds of the population in 2012. Over the years there have been more and more immigrants that come form Mexico and start their families here as well as have earlier generations from Mexico come over with them or send money back for their families to immigrate to the United States. With all of this taking place, there has been talk about how the people prefer to be classified if they should be called Latino, Hispanic, or just Mexican. With the Census Bureau has been has come across this situation and have not taken into consideration of this matter until after the 1930's census. The Census Bureau had classified them as white in the beginning. Many of them would say other but the Census would then change it later on record that they were white. To many people it was a problem. Because Mexicans being born or immigrated to the United States weren't being treated as white people with rights. They were through history treated as second-class citizens as well as legally treated as laborers. With this, it is taken by white Americans that all Mexicans are "illegal" and all "illegals" are Mexican. As law enforcement is pressed upon illegal immigrants it is shown that they go after how they dress or how dark their skin is. And because they cannot really determine how they really are able to classify themselves they are not assumed to be white or therefore not legal to the United States. Throughout the time the country has somewhat evolved. The United States still being young discrimination will still exist. If someone were to have an Indian complexion, that person would still be discriminated against. Despite having people who are at a high status within the United States, many still qualify themselves as "white" in the census or anything else, because they are at times afraid to be discriminated against and or be treated differently. many Latino-Americanos would to this because they wouldn't know that to classify themselves as and because many of them looked or felt "white" they would check that. But to many people the race isn't what is important to them. Its the culture that in retained and if possible the American citizenship. Now there is a new change that is being discussed in the Census Bureau. That the Hispanic question be followed with a nation of origin. This way many people who were previously classifying themselves as Hispanics may actually be able to be more specific of who they really are by where they are from originally. With this change many people will be more content. It will have come from a long way form when people were only allowed to fill in white, then other, and now to finally have his opportunity to fill in the place of origin.

The picture is of Cain Velasquez (middle), a Mexican fighter born in the United States, of Mexican immigrant parents and is currently the heavy weight champion in the UFC.
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/05/01/a-demographic-portrait-of-mexican-origin-hispanics-in-the-united-states/
http://www.academia.edu/1553810/Racial_Identity_and_Racial_Treatment_of_Mexican_Americans
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18117280
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/03/hispanics-may-be-added-to-census-race-category/1808087/