Texas Teacher Suspended for 'Go Back to Mexico' Comment

[EFerrari]

128. We board horses here and most of our boarders

are of Mexican extraction. I don't know who is who, how was born here, who resides here or is naturalized, who is only working up here.

They bring their families on the weekends and cook out, sometimes opening a few Tecates, always with their sweet voiced kids in tow. They speak Spanish or English or Spanglish and there are usually rancheras playing on their radios on Sunday afternoons.

These folks have show horses and on the weekends, some of the men dress both their horses and themselves in full regalia, the riders in beautifully tailored, tight fitting suits, embossed chaps and big hats. The horses are bathed and groomed and have beautiful saddles. They put their horses through their paces -- some of it looks like ballet. Then, they ride these hills and behind these jinetes, you can see Silicon Valley below.

I've rarely seen such self-discipline and in a way, courage, too, to be so focused on celebrating a culture, to work so hard to keep bringing forth its beauty, surrounded by so much indifference, hostility and even hatred.