Tompaine, I don't mean to sound insensitive, and I do know that all of people of color experience incidents of racial insensitivity or out and out racism during their lifetimes, but I just don't buy the idea that (in your case) Mexicans are subjected to racism on a daily basis. I can't argue that you don't perceive it as such, but I can question the validity of your perception. There are whole departments at the U of O where the professors do little more than identify racism in everything but the milk we drink.