Where's the Diced Turkey?

Hello,

This is in response to the Blog "Blame it on Mexico."

I hope I don't come off as an ignorant bigot, but the #1 reason I'm even wading through this website is due to the fact that my state, California, has had such a HUGE increase in the Mexican population over the last 20 years.

My husband and I are seriously considering packing up our two boys and moving to Oregon because our children are a minority in our middle-class Los Angeles suburb. We are an all American, flag raised high, family of European decent... yes, caucasian. Perhaps it's racist to want to be in the majority of a population, but the fact remains, we wish to live, work, and send our children to schools that have a predominantly caucasian population. We want our school lunch menus to resemble those that we ate from when we were in school, not, burritos, chimichangas, and nachos, every other day. What happened to diced turkey, mashed potatoes, and a bun?

We had to call 911 on a little emergency about 6 months ago... guess what language the operator answered the phone? Espanol!

When we checked into Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for a pre-op appointment, guess what language the forms were given to us? ESPANOL!

When you flip through the channels on our TV line-up guess what language the programs are in on every other channel? ESPANOL!

We were remodeling our home and doing quite a bit of Home Depot shopping. Sometimes it was difficult to know if we were choosing the proper fixture or part. Guess what language the boxes were in? Espanol!

It's all well and good to respect the lives of every race and culture, but when your USA town has been over-run by another culture, and you find yourself basically forced into assimilating with that alien force, you might start wondering if you are not a racist bigot. Not to mention, of course, that your children's curriculum must be geared around those children that must learn the English language first!

With All Due Respect, Frustrated in California