Washing Dishes

Dear Gabacho,

I've never been to Mexico but I've been all around the U.S. Wherever you go you see Mexicans washing dishes, doing construction, cleaning, and other brainless activities. Where are the smart Mexicans?

Just curious, not racist.

Dear Curious,

It is no secret that many Mexican immigrants are here to work, and because of the economic situation in Mexico, it sometimes comes at the expense of a formal education. Sometimes you must make a choice between school or work. People need to understand that 1) uneducated does NOT (necessarily) mean unintelligent and 2) that there are plenty of smart (and well educated) Mexicans in and outside of the U.S., doing what their gabacho counterparts are doing...being doctors, lawyers, translators, pilots, teachers, managers, and any other number of chambas at which you can shake a palo mexicano. But it behooves us all to take this into consideration: if you were forced, economically, to migrate (legally or otherwise) to Mexico to work, what prestigious job would you hold down? It's hard to be white collared when you can't speak the language.