All Points: A ‘Mexican’ judge

Last week, Donald Trump said Mexican-American U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the presiding judge in a lawsuit against Trump University, is biased because of his heritage.

Trump’s comment referring to the Indiana-born judge as “Mexican” has renewed debate over race and culture.

Was it wrong to identify an American of Hispanic descent by his parents’ national origin?

Is our cultural heritage — in Texas, predominantly Hispanic, English, German, Scot-Irish, American Indian or African- or Asian-American — something to be put aside or celebrated?

Send no more than 150 words with your name, home address and phone number to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday.

This story was originally published June 13, 2016 at 4:08 PM with the headline "All Points: A ‘Mexican’ judge."