when we lived in the rio grande valley, our housekeeper was mexican. she made the bestest corn tortillas ever. but i was really thinking of our black housekeeper when we lived in houston who was a great lady and i credit for teaching me a lot about life and giving me a very good perspective of the whole black/white thing that went on in the 60s. first black kid i saw in my life, i just thought he was a darker mexican and tried speaking spanish to him.