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The Struggle life of a Mexican-American In todays society, racial profiling is not un larnd of, actually it is quite common. It is tacit at debate whether the act of racial profiling in clean-living or not. In the essay Exile. El Paso, Texas, Saenz describes his personal experience of variety due to his ethnic background. Saenz is a Mexican-American and because he lives in El Paso, which is a border t stimulate, he is often mistaken for an illegal immigrant by some other Americans. Throughout the essay, Saenzs feeling about his identity as an American had changed.He feels like he is always being judged by Americans sorely on his appearances. Towards the beginning of his essay, Saenz feels like he belonged to America and he had a convinced(p) view about everything around him, special is the nature throughout his desk view. Saenz says, I looked out my window and stared at the Juarez Mountains. Mexican purples burning. (p. 20). We can see that Saenz is enjoying his desk view. He goes further in describing how he feels, All this food colour, all this color, all this color beneath the shadow of the Juarez Mountains.Sunset Heights a perfect place with a perfect name, and a perfect view of the river. (p. 20). These colors, especially the purple, represent the witness of El Paso for him. At this point, it is easy for Saenz to find the beauty of El Paso. entirely later, Saenzs feeling had changed because Saenz is stopped on the streets of his neighborhood and questioned by the border guard police officers. When she rootage saw him, she suspected that Saenz was not American. She asked him where he came from and later she iterate the question in Spanish because the intellection Saenz could not understand English.Even thought Saenz said he was a U. S citizen, she still kept her odd about his identify and kept asking him some questions to make sure. condescension the rude questioning of the female border patrol officer, Saenz tried to encumbrance peerly and appeasing. Afterwards, Saenz regreted the way he handled the situation saying, I was embarrassed, ashamed because Id been so damned compliant like a piece of tin regulate in the uniformed womans hand. (p. 22). At the same time Saenz becomes annoyed and says to himself, jolly soon Ill have to carry a passport in my own neighborhood. ( p. 22).Because he thinks when people stops him and starts to ask him the same questions, he would face them the passport to confirm that he is American then they cannot be soused to him. Besides, Saenz was affected by the questions of the border patrol officer and the attitudes, so he tried to do anything to get these questions out of his mind. As the result, he went for a slant, he kept running until he could no longer hear Are you sure you were born(p) in Las Cruces? . The next encounter, the border patrol officers still had doubt about him and they asked him some question such as Do you live in this neighborhood? , Where down the street? (p. 23). nevertheless(prenominal) in this encounter, he became more confident for his answers and with each pursuing officer Saenz becomes more aggressive. He replied they are you planning on making a social visit? (p. 23). Couple months later, he was stopped again and be asked by the similar questions where are you from? (p. 24). Saenz was so upset and he asked them to extend him alone. In another day, when he was in Juarez with his friend, Michael, the custom officer asked them to support their citizenship.After they answered that they was U. S citizens, the officer kept asking Saenz about where he was born in America and did not ask Michael. In this situation, Saenz noticed that his friend did not be asked about the identity because he had blue eyes, etiolated skin which makes him look like an American. Thus, Saenz feels like he was being discriminated against because his appearance. Saenzs check shift is completed in his final confrontation of the essay. In this run in wit h the border patrol Saenzs defiance is most blatant.Saenz is pushed past his sceptre and snaps, saying to the officer, Read me my rights, throw me in the can, or leave me alone. (p. 26) The contributor is able to view Saenzs change in attitude. Saenz feeling of annoyance turns to vestal hatred. Saenz states, He dislike me as much as I hated him. (p. 26). We can see the feeling of Saenz had changed from the beginning through the end of the essay. When the first meet up with the female border patrol officer, he did not get upset about what she acted to him and her rude questions.Nevertheless, his feeling had changed day by day because of the behavior of the officers that makes him feel like he is separated from his neighborhood. Saenzs lifestyle has been an ongoing struggle for him because of all the harassments and discrimination he encountered in El Paso. He realized that people judged him sorely based on his appearance and treats him different than his other American friends ju st because he doesnt look like an ideal American. Throughout the essay he becomes less and less aware of his identity and who he really is.