“They Say” They say “Oh, you don’t speak Spanish? Then you must not be a true Mexican.” I always get told this about not speaking Spanish because I’m Mexican. They who say it basically shows that their mentality is set up of how Mexicans have to speak Spanish. I’d always tell them, “Being Mexican doesn’t mean you have to speak their language.” Then they’d talk about how you aren’t a true Mexican because in order to be a true Mexican, you have to speak Spanish. But, my experience is that my mother never taught me how to speak Spanish because she was trying to learn from her mother. My grandparents are from Guadalajara so they knew fluent Spanish, but they never taught my mother; she just learned through conversations among them. Not knowing
