>We were talking about it at work. I didn't even realize that
>Mexicans actually swam across the Rio Grande...I felt like
>"wetback" was originally for Puerto Ricans or someone who
>literally came across the ocean. I only thought about how
>California/Diego were separated from Mexico by land.

strictly mexican immigrant slur for the most part because of yes history/circumstance
other latinx have been caught in the crossfire of that ignorance so we know when a person uses it
its a double triple dose of ignorance and racism

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