I guess my main issue with it is when non-Hispanics put on Mexican "blackface" and trot out the usual stereotypes.Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Cultural appropriation vs. melting pot: let the debate begin.
As far as I know, the average Mexican-American is about as outraged as the average Irish-American by this kind of "cultural appropriation."
Certainly this is true of my 100 percent Mexican-American SO and his family.
Bad taste abounds, unfortunately.
It's OK though, President Trump will probably outlaw Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
That'd be tricky, as he'd just be the President, and can't pass laws.Bad taste abounds, unfortunately.
It's OK though, President Trump will probably outlaw Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Don't tell him that--he's looking forward to being Supreme Potentate!
Isn't that the truth!!!
Maybe we should just have an American Mongrel day. "We may be mutts, but we're the meanest dog on the porch".
I mean, who really cares if the Mexicans won a battle against the French, who invaded Mexico because the US was too distracted by the Civil War to enforce the Monroe Doctrine?
This whole thread is a joke!
Many in my community celebrated by going to dinner at the local Mexican restaurant. Ironic, since the employees are temporary workers who smuggle cocaine into our community when they show up for work and take back tens of thousands of dollars to Mexico with them when they leave. Their restaraunt is simply a front for their illegal drug money laundering enterprise. I guess people don't read the police blotter much.
Going out for Mexican food and a Margarita tonight. Yes, it's a silly holiday but what the heck, and we are stimulating the economy ...
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