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A 3 page paper that examines the definition of wetback, which is a term often used for Mexicans who cross the border into the United States illegally. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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For many people it seems that it may well relate to the fact that many illegal Mexicans cross the border into the United States by crossing the Rio Grande River
which would, in reality, make them wet, or with wet backs. The following paper examines this particular terms, its meaning(s), and origins. The Definition of Wetback In looking
at one definition it is noted that, "Wetback is a derogatory term used to describe Mexicans who have immigrated illegally to the United States by swimming or wading across the
Rio Grande--the river that separates the U.S. from Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol began using the word in 1944 to refer to illegal Mexican immigrants who were easily identifiable by their
wet clothing" (Urban Dictionary). From another perspective it seems that some people have come to use that word, or a derivative of that word, to identify themselves. While it is
generally a term that expresses prejudice, anger, or racism, today it appears as though "some Mexican-Americans call themselves Los Mojados, meaning the wet ones" (Urban Dictionary). It appears that the
definition of wetback originates from the illegal individuals crossing the river and getting wet. In relationship to when it was first used the citation above notes that it was
used in 1944 but another author indicates it may have earlier origins: "According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the word was in 1929 when Foreign
Affairs used it to refer to a peon that walks or swims across and is welcomed by countrymen as a wetback" (Pearson). But, according to another work, the Encyclopedia
of Word and Phrase Origins, it was first used in 1948 when there was a great surge of illegal Mexicans crossing into the United States (Pearson). Whatever the time
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