I can’t believe he’s so ignorant! How dare he? How dare he call me a Mexican!
He said
what?
“He said to
me: oh, your last name’s Gonzalez. You must
be Mexican.”
Joselito sees the
humor in it, “You know why he thinks you’re Mexican right? Cuz of Speedy Gonzalez!”
Still
feverish in her Puerto Rican/Irish anguish, “Well I never!”
What can I say
to her? “You know
what, the next time he or anybody calls you a Mexican!!!!.... you… you…. You
say ‘Thank you.’”
I said it
with such sincerity that she just looks at me.
“Yeah. Thank
you. “
Joselito
liked my answer, “Yeah! What’s wrong with Speedy Gonzalez?”
I explain, “Tell him, 'I must look like a million bucks! Cuz the richest man in the world is MEXICAN!”
Kassie: “NO he’s
not!” Me: “Yeah."
Kassie: “What’s his
name?” Me: “Carlos”
Kassie: "Carlos what?"
Joselito: Must be Carlos Gonzalez.
Me: Look, just google it – ‘richest man in the world’.
Besides, half this country was Mexico. Everyone knows that! That’s why you have states with Spanish names:
Colorado, Nevada, Florida….
Joselito: New Mexico…. Puerto Rico.... Nueva York…
She finds
Carlos Slim on Google. Now she’s
intrigued.
Me: You know what? Gimme a dollar. Quick! Give me a dollar!
Joselito: as Speedy Gonzalez would say: ¡Andale!
Joselito: as Speedy Gonzalez would say: ¡Andale!
Joselito
takes a dollar from his pocket. I hand it
over to Kassie, “What does it say there?
Who is the United States Treasurer?
Huh? READ! ... Anna
Escobeda Cabral. [Now its Rosie Rios btw] She's
MEXICAN."
Joselito: Why is her name on the US dollar?
Me: She’s the Treasurer of the United
States! ¡Oyeme!
Victor
walked into the room. He's Dominican.
Joselito: Let’s talk about the Dominicans now.
Vic: uh-oh what did I walk into.
Joselito: I read that Trujillo, the past president, wanted to whiten the population.
Me: But of
course they did. After all, all Dominicans
are really Haitian anyways.
Kassie: That’s TRUE!
Yeah! They are! I mean like Haiti
and DR, they’re connected.
I just
looked at her and said very slowly: And so is the US and
Mexico.
You should
have seen the lighbulb go off in her head!
I said: Now you’re beginning to
understand!
Joselito: ¡Orale!
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