[StJacques]

Well I definitely object to the "gringos killed off our ancestors" part, though the real form in which they make that argument is "the white men killed off our ancestors."

As for the "gringos exploit our labor," well, I think that's a real big part of the problem we ourselves have with American farm enterprises who hire illegal immigrants so they do not have to pay scale, so even I believe that.

And finally, the "gringos stole our land." Well, not Texas, because that was a democratic revolution that achieved independence and voluntarily joined our union. That's part of their accusation and the Mexicans and I are just going to flat out disagree on that. But as for everything else we acquired in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; to be honest, we bribed Mexican government officials, ambassadors, legislators, and more to get the treaty passed, not to mention the fact that we occupied the area on our own during the Mexican War. So I would say simply that the Mexicans mismanaged the whole affair so badly that "we stole it fair and square."

You have to be careful about the teaching of history. Not all of what the Mexicans claim is without basis.

[norton]

"Not all of what the Mexicans claim is without basis."

a. That's why my grandmother hated Germans.
And,
b. Life ain't fair.

Difference is that US schools do NOT teach that all Germans are Nazis and responsible for the death of someone's son...
mexican schools DO teach that every citizen of mexico was robbed by America.
(When you use 'white man' you betray the fact that the mexican 'race' is half european but the mexican myth is indio - and 'indio' is despised by mexican society)