With all the recent talk about illegal immigrants, discrimination has reared it's ugly head. Before, it did not seem so many people cared about illegals being here until "they" told us we should. I am a puerto rican woman with some percent of mexican. My mother is puerto rican and my father is half and half. I was born and raised here in the United States. Ever since all this talk I have been discriminated against by nearly everyone I see. It has been so uncomfortable that at times I do not even want to leave my house. In the stores all the employees watch me, just the other day I went into Ulta3 one of my most favorite stores a place I have gone to since I was 13. I had wuite a few things in my hand and Ulta3 always has those buy a specific perfume get a bag. So I had picked up one of the perfumes and picked out a bag, I (as i have always done) put some of the things into the bag (they do not have carts). It was at that time that I noticed one of the blonde cashiers started to followme around, she approached me two aisles down and asked if she could hold some things for me at the desk, I of course said yes, I had quite a few things in my hand. She immediately reached for the purseand said it would be waiting for me at the desk. She did not even bother to take the straightener I had in my hand or the makeup and hair lotion or the hair pieces. Just the small see through tote bag. The rest of the way through the store and out to my car I just kept telling my self that maybe I was just overreacting. Over the weeks I have noticed more and mor people staring me down. I have had people talk slowly to me, obviously thinking I only speak spanish. Why do people do this? I do not want my son growing up like this, afraid to go out. My husband wants me to keep him out of the sun because he does not want him to get too dark. Not because it is bad for him, but because he does not want him to look too mexican. We should not have to live like this. I am an Americn Citizen, Got dammit. Just because my skin is a little tanner does not make me an alien. Just because I am a little tanner does not mean I can not speak english, stop treating me like a disease. I have gone through so much shit in my life I do not need complete strangers making me feel like I am doing something wrong.