Originally Posted by
pinworm
My mother lives in New Mexico. You would be surprised how many people ask me "Oh, is she an American citizen?".
And other folks from NM tell stories of driving in other states and being pulled over by cops who thought the car was from Mexico...not that that is reasonable cause anyhow...this is not just in distant states, but close ones like Texas and Colorado. There are some truly uneducated morons out there.
This is precisely why NM add the word "USA" to its license plates several years ago. Too many people in other states thought they were from actual Mexico.
The power of American ignorance is sometimes awe-inducing.