David - "Back in the day, Mexicans were considered white people."

David - Not Always -and- Not In Every State.

For a time in California between 1848 and 1850 and beyond . . .
Many so-called "Mexicans" could not Own and Inherit land.
CALIFORNIA = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California

The treatment of so-called "Mexicans" in Texas was not
the same as so-called "White People" {Americans and
European Immigrants}
TEXAS = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas
FWIW - Many consider the 'status' of "Mexicans" below that
of the so-called "Negros" for a good part of Texas History.
NEGROS = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro

Checking something off on a US {Federal} Census Form
does automatically bestow 'Equal Rights for All' and
"Equal Rights for All" did not mean the same thing in
each State throughout these United States of America.

In the United States of America several Federal Laws have
been called the "Civil Rights Acts" from 1866 to 1991.
CIVIL RIGHTS = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act
Most of them have been ineffective - because it takes
a Generation (about 20-Years) of Living-under-the-Law
for a Society to Accept-the-Law and Live-within-the-Law
as part of the Natural Order of Things within the Society.


so say i - my opinions stated as facts ~ RHF