Dear Mexican: I’m a half-Mexican who’s more American than Mexican (although to Cockasians, I’m sure I’m just another brown spot on their white carpet). I don’t speak Espanole, nor do I care to — not ...

I speak Spanish with my mother, with other relatives, with old friends. I speak it with my children, though not as often as I should. I read novels in Spanish and listen to ’80s songs in Spanish.