Being the first born U.S.A citizen in my family is a tough situation. My parents did not have documents for a long time. By them not being educated, school was a little more challenging. Since, I talk both spanish and english it was very easy for me to mix the wording or pronounce words differently. Leading to people categorizing me as a "beaner", which in my perspective is lack of respect. The stereotypes really hit me in high school, engaging myself in a multiracial relationship came with a lot of gossip.

        I experienced racism at a young age, and all the names I was called were created by stereotypes. My friends started calling me "mayate lover" which is the same as saying "nigg*r lover". His father would say that I was less than a woman because of my ethnicity. He would try to convince him of leaving me by saying that he needed a real woman in his life. Remembering about the times, where both black and brown people discriminated leads me to think about this subject a little deeper. If we look back in history, stereotypes have led us to segregate from one another. The worse part of it all, is us not giving each other a chance. Judging one another before even knowing our culture and background. Breaking out of stereotypes have changed my life for the better. 

        In high school I would justify my comments by saying that people did it to me, so why can't I do it to them. Looking back the only person who suffered by that poor decision was myself. I stopped myself from meeting people who could of changed my life. I know it sounds intense but its the truth and being more open to meeting people convince me of that. I have all different kinds of friends, and I even have friends that will not come together, due to first expressions of one another. Stereotypes never lead to anything positive and its disrespectful.