The final interview.

 Interviewing Tyler was a blast he was a very funny kid, he had me laughing the

whole time, which made it very hard to take notes. He was a fourth generation Mexican American, and the

first of his family to go to college. His parents taught him well that life is harder in America for a

Mexican. Margaret E. Montoya states a similar experience: “Her lessons about combing, washing, and doing

homework frequently relayed a different message: be prepared, because you will be judged by your skin color,
your names, your accents. They will see you as ugly, lazy dumb and dirty.” (Montoya 436) Montoya’s

experience is very closely related to that of Tyler’s childhood, his parents would try their very best to instill

good qualities of hard work and determination into their child, because they knew he was going to need
it. Tyler has done well for himself, he is an honors student and he has a 3 .5 GPA, he works very hard to be the

best he can be, but is still seen as inferior. Tyler’s job just became harder, after the passing of this bill, all of

the Mexicans are presumed to be illegal until proven innocent. Thanks to this new law, upon first sight he is

looked at as a nuisance, a criminal, and a foreigner. However, he is an excellent student, a volunteer who

donates ten hours a week of his time at homeless shelters, and a resident, whose family has been on this land
longer that John McCain has been alive. The fact that this racism still happens today, and is seemingly getting

worse, just adds to what Montoya’s mother taught her “be prepared, because you will be judged” (Montoya

436)

These three people have many things in common with all Americans, including; they want to live their
life, be successful, and be judged on their effort and accomplishments like everyone else . These are people just

trying to live the American Dream, which is just made harder by this law that has been passed which just
increases the active racism in this country. The 1070 law has done it’s job: making it harder for Mexican

Americans to be successful and be equal to whites, through increasing active racism .