Mexican Americans and Hispanics represented in films:

One of the most accurate depictions of Mexican Americans was in the movie Selena. Often Mexican Americans are depicted as maids/housekeepers, drug dealers, gang members, members of mafia type groups, and criminals in films. (The only Mexican shown in Spider Man 1 was one of the men who attack Mary Jane, Kirsten Dunst, in the alley of New York City.)
There in one part in particular where Selena and her father are driving their tour bus and having a discussion about performing in Mexico. Her father basically says that as Mexicans in America is doesn’t matter if your family has been here for 10+ years. People will still treat you like you just swam across the border. He goes on to talk about how Mexican Americans have to be more American than Americans and more Mexican than Mexicans. For example, Mexican Americans are expected to speak perfect English and Spanish to be accepted by both cultures.
I have noticed that now it is embarrassing to be a Mexican American who doesn’t speak Spanish regardless of where you grew up or if your parents even speak Spanish.
Many authors have written about the struggles of conforming to the ways of American society and staying true to the heritage of their country of origin.