To Mexicanize could also be "To refer to all people of apparent
Central American
Ethnic background as
Mexican." This happens constantly in the Western and Southern
United States. In
New York you might also notice every person of this general skin tone as being "
Puerto Rican", and in
Florida, note that everyone of this basic skin tone must, of course, be
Cuban. What else could they be?
For an extensive list of countries these people may or may not come from see the list in "usamerica". Add Spain and countless others to that list.