Whats crazy is, living in Texas my whole life, I really have never had to fear about racism unless I stepped out of the state. The very first time I experienced racism hurled my way, with serious intent, was in Mississippi when I was in highschool.
But as an adult, after living in this state for over 30 years, suddenly I am very conscious of my race these days. I feel like we've gone very far backwards. In the last year, I've been called "Mexican" as a pejorative to my face. Like, in a very spiteful way. Worth also noting, I've never once set foot in Mexico in my life.
EDIT: Going back to loss of spanish as a language in my immediate family -- do you know how honestly sad that is? It legitimately upsets me that I could have been naturally bilingual, an honestly useful skill, but I wasn't, because society made my mom fear teaching us that stuff. Consider my grandpa, passed away now, but he got Alzheimer's and lost his ability to speak english very early on. My Grandpa was still there for years, but my brother and sister literally could not talk to him anymore, because they didn't speak the same language.
It's cultural theft man. It's really sad shit.