Today in downtown San Diego, I watched a blue collar Mexican man get harassed for being Mexican. It was a blatant act of discrimination. And the man actually began crying. As he left the office building, he took off his jacket. His t-shirt underneath read, "I love the USA!" MMT

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That really does make me sadder than any of the others here for some reason. It makes me ashamed to live in such a country.

This made me sad. I can't believe people would do such a thing. This is a country made from immigrant's and their contributions. That man did and had nothing against this country and I really hope he will meet people who will remind him why he loves the USA.

You should have went up to him and given him a hug.

This post really makes me depressed. Unbelievably so.

This story actually made me cry a little... I hope that one day, that man gets all the respect he deserves, simply for being human, without any judgment about his skin color or ethnicity.

This is horrible. Just horrible. I don't think I would've been able to even handle seeing something like this--I probably would've just broken down. I wish I could talk to that man and apologize on behalf of America; tell him that not all Americans are racists, and that this is his country too, if he wants it to be. Just picturing him there, frowning, in an "I Love the USA" shirt. *shakes head* ... *shakes head*

I think its true. Some people are just like that I guess :[ That's why its up to the nice people to keep everyone happy :]

This one made my stomach drop. It's not right to crush dreams in a country built to provide equal opportunities. Often immigrants are more patriotic than native Americans who take what they have for granted.

I immigrated to the US 13 years ago when i was 13. Adjusting to this country was the most terrible period of my life. People would yell at me telling me to go back where I came from regularly. They would call me a faggot for having long hair and tight euro-jeans... I have the last life though, I live in a nice apartment in Manhattan with my beautiful wife while most of them are mowing lawns back in NJ.

I'm a natural-born American and love my country, but things like this make me feel ashamed to call myself an American. There are way more people in America that would rather die than do something like this, but the few sick people who do horrible things like this have given our country a disgusting stereotype.

@7 lol.. take a good look at the world and be less ignorant.

This one made me cry.

This makes my heart hurt...the world can be such a cruel place. A story like this makes me hope and pray karma is real.

As I read this I was upset too, the thinking is all backwards. So many people said they were ashamed to be Americans. The jerk in the story does not represent America! Never has and never will. It's about time good common folks started believing in themselves, this country, and whats right --- and started speaking out --- instead of wringing our hands and apologizing and feeling guilty over the actions of a uneducated bigoted minority of people. Racism is wrong --- be it White, Black, Asian, or Hispanic racist. And there are racist in all color groups just as there are good decent folks in all color groups. We will stop Racism in this country when good common folks of all colors band together and say enough is enough! It will never stop if a bunch of whimpy people stand around and wring their hands and feel ashamed of this country.

I'd like to find this man and give him a reason to keep wearing that T-Shirt.. :( This MMT nearly made me cry... Don't the people of this country know we're ALL immigrants? Our ancestors CAME to this country! We didn't originate from here! Do these people PAY attention in history class? Talk about hypocrisy! If the guy who this MMT is about every reads this.. please let me know!

I'm a proud Mexican girl and i find that horrible. I can't believe that people still care about where someone comes from. what color they are. Or the type of clothes they are wearing. I really just don't see why people waste their time. All i have to say is that i love being a Mexican raised in America. and i love America with all my heartâ

this story made me very sad as well, but some of the comments did also, don't be ashamed of being American, be ashamed of the racist jerks who did this to the man. I'm an immigrant as well, from Canada :) I'm a First Nations person and know all too well the ugliness of racism. I love America, and know that most Americans aren't racists, we need to stand up when we see things like this happen, if nothing other then to let the fellow know that we aren't all the same as those taunting him. It would make a world of difference to him.

This one made me cry.

That's absolutely heartbreaking. I'm crying as I type this. :(

What made me think is that the OP did nothing to intervene. Too many people defending their own "rights", too few defending the defenseless.

That is just awful. I want to cry now :(

Things like this is a yet another sad fact of life that there are ignorant people. Everyone in America isnt like that either. Its really easy to point fingers and address the cause of where prejudiceness comes from. Its totally different living by it.

This is sad, but what is worse is that you didn't help the guy!

this made me cry. my dad is mexican, and he was once called a wetback at work by his boss in front of several co-workers.

I'm Mexican, and stories like this are one of the reasons why I hate my nationality and have worked so hard to be anything unlike the Mexican stereotype just to blend in. (Even when I speak in English, foreigners never recognize my Spanish accent, woohoo!...) I've met and befriended so many wonderful people from the US, however--and I really don't want to offend--SO MANY AMERICANS are so horribly prejudiced, ignorant, and have this maddening aura of superiority over us just because of their nationality (which, mind you, nationality is purely circumstantial). I have seriously had people ask me over MSN, "oh my god! They have COMPUTERS in Mexico?!" and other questions like "so do you all really only eat tacos and burritos, wear big hats, and do drugs?" What ticked me off was that the person who asked this to me was not joking; it was totally serious. These are the least offensive examples I can think of, but in any case it is obvious what people think of Mexicans anyway. However this idea could also be flipped around. Many Mexicans are very ignorant and prejudiced towards Americans as well, hence the slightly offensive term "gringo". So I guess this isn't limited to just one country, unfortunately. :( Such a sad world... discrimination/prejudices/stereotypes suck. If I weren't a girl or knew martial arts, I would beat the **** out of whoever did that to that man--even if I weren't Mexican.

Of all the stories I have read so far on this website, I was affected by this one the most. Like many of you, I teared up and almost cried. Maybe it's because my parents are immigrants; maybe it's because it's just plain wrong to discriminate. I am disgusted by his coworkers. He deserves a reason to keep wearing that shirt and I just want to give him the biggest hug :( Despite the adversity, I hope he is still proud of where he came from and can find faith in this country somehow. It would be the greatest shame for some foul individuals to ruin that for him.

"To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it"- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Next time dont just put it on this website. Help stop it.

This is fabricated.

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