After a waiter's demand for 'proof of residency,' familiar echoes of discrimination take on new resonance

The wary eye of a salesclerk. A snide comment made by a passerby. A remark about her mother’s uneven English.

Diana Carrillo was accustomed to waving off the disdain that invaded her life as a Mexican American, she said.

But after a waiter at an upscale Huntington Beach restaurant asked her dining...