Bakersfield Vet post "Wet**** Go Back" sign in his yard. (birth, illegal immigrants)
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Wet back was a term to describe those who swam across the Rio Grand to enter illegally. It later became a racist slur to describe anyone of mexican heritage. Much like the N word it may be acceptable for those of that race to use but not for anyone outside of said race. It really is a derogatory term.
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Originally Posted by antialphabet
Why would you have to be "up on your spanish" to know what ******* is?
It's a slur that started towards Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans insinuating that they crossed the rio grande illegally.
Thank you both for the info! I never heard the term before seeing and reading about it on here.. Perhaps, Im not as racist as many would like to think. Seeing as I didnt even know what a racist term was!
Why would you have to be "up on your spanish" to know what ******* is?
It's a slur that started towards Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans insinuating that they crossed the rio grande illegally.
You're not going to want to hear this, but back during the "Big One"...the Amnesty of 1986...there was actually a 'corrido' heard on local S Calif radio whose refrain went..
"..este mojado va a ser seco....'....(or words to that effect). So much for the 'racist' aspect of the term......
No, the song wasn't a great one, and soon faded into history.
Once again, no, I don't use it. Crude, offensive, and vulgar...just psssing along a 'tidbit' of musical history.
The chinese didn't swim the Rio Grande river in order to get here illegally.
Your offended?!......get over it!
I understand they fly into Mexico and cross the river just like Mexicans (and others) do. They also come from the Canadian border. There are plenty of Chinese illegal immigrants...they are just a whole lot more inobtrusive. Go to your local nail salon...how many of them are illegal I wonder?
I understand they fly into Mexico and cross the river just like Mexicans (and others) do. They also come from the Canadian border. There are plenty of Chinese illegal immigrants...they are just a whole lot more inobtrusive. Go to your local nail salon...how many of them are illegal I wonder?
Great I just got my nails done by an illegal. God damn it.... LOL But you are correct.
You're not going to want to hear this, but back during the "Big One"...the Amnesty of 1986...there was actually a 'corrido' heard on local S Calif radio whose refrain went..
"..este mojado va a ser seco....'....(or words to that effect). So much for the 'racist' aspect of the term......
No, the song wasn't a great one, and soon faded into history.
Once again, no, I don't use it. Crude, offensive, and vulgar...just psssing along a 'tidbit' of musical history.
I think we already established that it has been used by Mexicans, but how does that take away the racist aspect of the term?
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Originally Posted by mimimomx3
I understand they fly into Mexico and cross the river just like Mexicans (and others) do. They also come from the Canadian border. There are plenty of Chinese illegal immigrants...they are just a whole lot more inobtrusive. Go to your local nail salon...how many of them are illegal I wonder?
The name refered to anyone( whether their skin color is black,yellow, brown, green, red or white) who swam the Rio Grande to get here "illegally".
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Go to your local nail salon...how many of them are illegal I wonder?
None! This is one town in Oklahoma were illegals were run out when HB1804 took effect.
I think we already established that it has been used by Mexicans, but how does that take away the racist aspect of the term?
Weird though: apparently said slur refers to only 'brown' people from Mexico------not White Mexicans.
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Seeing as I didnt even know what a racist term was! 
