Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10

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INTERVIEW: Cordova Page 16 broken, but it was a nice accent that he had. Really it was, I was quite impressed with it. BM Did he, coming from New Mexico, did he specify what nationality he was? I mean, did he say that he was Mexican-American or Spanish-American, or how did he differ from the ones coming in from Mexico? EC He never, I had never heard him say anything about that until all the Mexican people started to call themselves Spanish. See, they seem to be a little ashamed or something like that to be called Mexicans. My husband, I remember him remarking one time when he say, 'Well, actually I am Spanish, but I don't really care what they call me,' he says, 'because as long as they do business with me.' This is when he had his business. But he says, 'If they call me Mexican it doesn't hurt my feelings.' But I have heard, I don't know how true this is, but I have heard that Mexican people, the New Mexico people and the old Mexico people don't get along too well. BM But you never noticed that? EC No, I never did. I heard it from other people, I never heard it from my husband. Not once did he say anything about this. He says, 'If people want to call me even the Chinese, I will just laugh and say yes, I am Chinese, and go on about it.' I have never heard him say anything about this, but I have heard alot of people