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As Abraham Quintanilla (personified by Edward James Olmos) eloquently said in the film Selena (1997): We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It's exhausting!

Mexican-Americans are the descendants of Mexican people emigrating from Mexico into the United States for better opportunities and quality of life. This puts them at odds against fellow Americans, who often stereotype them as being Mexico's rejects "stealing" their jobs. As for Mexicans, most of them think of Mexican-Americans as "Uncultured Pochos who think they are better because they were born in America".

The reality is that stereotypes, racism and xenophobia from both sides of the border play a major role in the Mexican-American conscience.

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