Re: RC: RACISM

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 10:50 AM 5/11/00 -0400, Barbara wrote:
> This is a term that was used when people
> started illegally crossing the boundary rivers by swimming between Mexico
> and the US.  If someone knows otherwise, I am willing to be
> educated, but I think I have this right.

I too have always heard this explanation - but you know, when you look at
the US-Mexico border, there really aren't a lot of rivers to swim
across!  The Rio Grande is the only one that comes to mind - and
most of the year you can walk across it.  Lif

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