Texas

If you are not from Texas, you cannot appreciate the respect and rivalry that exists in a largely Mexican-American state. The state of Texas is not only known for its deep culture, great food and the Alamo, its also the victim of great-blood-shed, wars that occurred between natives of the west, the Spanish and indigenous, the Mexicans and Spanish and finally Texans and Mexico. When I say Texans of Tejanos, I am including Germans, Irish, French, Americans, Mexicans, Indians,Blacks, Asains, and any other people that helped build the great state of Texas. Native Texans all have a stake and responsibility to respect the history of Texas.

Make no mistake about it, Texas has always been a gun-toting, violent place and in its trail, has left a state that is now finally start to accept its true history. Other places speak about racial tensions between blacks, Mexicans and Anglos but with Texas' post civil rights generation, we are much more at ease with each other, because we are starting to realize the truth.

The issue of immigration is also a very sensitive topic among politicos and families alike. What is the reasoning behind the United States of America's immigration policy (which is already tough enough for native Mexicans) that wants to totally seal up the southern border?

This is typical of the older more conservative way of thinking. The Anglo communities attempted genocide in Texas against Tejanos of different color back in the late 1800’s until about 1920.

The U.S. cannot keep a people out of their native land. Mexico and the U.S. need to think creatively to attempt and ease the loss of life on the border. Through understanding and compromise, we can all make the U.S. and Mexico a very positive area of the world, capable of leading the global community through many a conflict.