It's been some time now that I've been enjoying my summer vacation, and last week I had the chance to visit some relatives in California. I had a great time at Newport beach and the Santa Monica pier, riding the small roller coaster with my ten year old niece. By the time we found ourselves at 12:0o at night at a taco bell at Beverly Boulevard I had the chance to see some girls about my age coming in, I'll describe their dressing code as bohemian indie rock, I remember one of them was wearing de-colored shorts, black oxfords, a yellow sleeveless extra large shirt with a black tank top underneath, and a black hat.. as much normal as this may seem to some of you, I remember thinking to myself "I wish people in small cities, like the one where I live were as expressive in the way they dress as this", I'm not saying that they should be edgy when they're not, it's just that I've found a ton of girls that wouldn't wear something cause it wouldn't blend with the rest of the society. Even when I have my fair number of polo shirts, I get tired of seeing them everyday at my school.
On the other hand of having a great time, the news about mexican discrimination came to my mind more than once. My parents have had the privilege of being successful professionals in my country, the country that I love (despite all of the social problems we've suffered), that giving me the chance of receiving a good education, and having a comfortable life with no needs of emigrating to another country. But not all of us have the same "luck", it's an irony to think that one of my grandpas made a living by going over there to work, sending enough money for my mom and her sibling to go have a fair life too, and my other grandpa being son of a spanish immigrant. at the end we're all people, and I think those who discriminate anyone who's different from them, due to ignorance, have and will always have a poor life, and they're the ones who I feel sorry for.
