Posted on 05/06/2015 7:15:22 AM PDT by rightistight
Perla Alvarez, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon’s (ASUO) “Multicultural Advocate,” believes that eating a burrito on Cinco de Mayo, as well as other things such as eating guacamole, is “cultural appropriation” of Mexican culture.
She begins her letter to Oregon’s student newspaper by writing, “It’s “Cinco de Mayo!” Yay for some of you who want to party! However, it sucks for those of us who do not celebrate this day and have to witness you appropriating our culture.”
Despite the fact that most colleges in the United States push for more diversity and understanding of cultures, Ms. Alvarez believes that people celebrating Mexican culture and food is a bad thing.
“Cultural appropriation,” she explains, “is when a group of people use aspects of other cultures; it consists a [sic] dominant group taking from a historically oppressed or a minority group of people.”
...She continues, “By wearing sombreros, mustaches and sarapes you are not only appropriating our culture, but you are portraying an image that does not represent us. Before you dress up, eat burritos and take tequila shots, take time to reflect on what you are doing and how it can affect those around you. Please educate yourself.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
Cinco de Mayo where the Mexican Army, with a substantial number of American volunteers, defeated the French in the battle of Peubla. What an ingrate!
Ooohhh. Gonna have to use that in the future.
Exactly, most Mexican music is nothing but Polkas with guys wearing big hats.
There is nothing you can do which won’t offend some idiot or liberal. Sorry for the redundancy.
Besa mi culo, Perla.
I have an avocado tree and absolutely love guacamole. As someone who does not eat meat, I love veggie burritos and black bean tacos. Black beans are good for my kidneys. But I will gladly give up those things I love if 5 million people in California, who do not to adopt the culture here and who do not belong here, take their stinking and bankrupt and worthless culture back home. Embracing your roots is fine -———— BUT I WANT PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY WHO EMBRACE THE MELTING POT THAT MADE US GREAT AND LOVE AMERICA.
DFU SONG: Mexico (stinking corrupt hellhole of a country)
DFU SONG | 4-2005 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
Posted on 4/25/2005, 8:31:20 PM by doug from upland
MIDI - http://www.midis101.com/free_midi/50292/James_Taylor___Mexico (NOTE: written 10 years ago to a different MIDI....I hope this one tracks okay)
(musical intro)
Way down there, they are all planning to leave
Load the van, they’ll drink tequila and heave
The U.S., they’ll drag down and they won’t grieve
Oh, Mexico
The country is a hellhole of corruption, we know
We’ll be so screwed if we don’t stop the flow
Illegals from Mexico
Liberals want voters so that they can win
One world dream...this is how they will begin
We must share...that’s because, we all are kin
Oh, Mexico
The country is a hellhole of corruption, we know
We’ll be so screwed if we don’t stop the flow
Illegals from Mexico
With them they’re bringing a boatload of drugs
In our streets, you can see grandma get mugged
Leaders, hey -— we are really getting bugged
Oh, Mexico
The country is a hellhole of corruption, we know
We’ll be so screwed if we don’t stop the flow
Illegals from Mexico
Oh, Mexico
The country is a hellhole of corruption, we know
We’ll be so screwed if we don’t stop the flow
Illegals from Mexico
We’ve had it, Mexico
We’ll make your people go
We’ve had it, Mexico
Big buses in a row
Your whole darn nation blows
We’ve had it, Mexico
We’ll make your people go
We’ve had it, Mexico
America is supposed to be a melting pot, that means (practically requires) Irish eating burritos and Mexicans getting drunk on St. Patrick’s day. Oh, and sorry, Oregon liberal elite, gawky Yankee looking fella, Mexican food, in one form or another, is the official regional cuisine of the entire SW US. People in these parts eat mostly Mexican food and cheeseburgers on a day to day basis. Go tell Texans they can’t have BBQ see how that goes. The Mexican, Chinese, Italian, etc. food that you get in the US is not food typical of any of those regions, just food that immigrants from those regions think they can get you to buy.
Simply put: most people who aren't of Mexican heritage don't give a good godd... about Cinco de Mayo. Even if, like me, they like Mexican food.
Maybe everybody should stop eating at Mexican restaurants. And there's a good one run by Mexican immigrants in my hometown. The young woman is a deluded fool who has to get over herself.
Heck, the entire ENGLISH LANGUAGE is one huge amalgam of cultural appropriations. The prof ought to stop speaking it.
She ‘may be on something here’. Oh, I think I meant ONTO something....
Before you know it some dastardly Corporate figure will have a character advertising Doritos or such and refer to him as the ‘Frito Bandito’
OR
Hollywood will have a Mexican Cowboy with a Compadre (May I use that word Miss Alvarez? it is May 6) and they will be the Mexican version of ‘The Lone Ranger and Tonto’.
The compadre will be fat and wear a Sombrero and roll his eyes saying such things as “Oh Ceeeesco” and the Cowboy will say “Oh Pannnncho” and they will laughingly ride off into the sunset.
Another character may even say something like ‘Badges? we don’t need no steeeeenking badges’ while dressed in a sombrero, wearing a serape and having bandoliers strapped to his chest wild wildly waving a rifle.
OH WAIT....that has already been done but people like YOU protested (maybe rightfully so) and they dropped the idea.
It seems you wrote this column to bring attention to yourself and - if the minions follow your rant - and next year there is absolutely no business or sales and the bars etal start complaining - people like YOU will write a column that WE are disrespecting and ignoring your culture.
I guess we all have our ‘whiners’ and I would imagine you would call it a Paddy Wagon, refer to ‘Drunken Irishmen’, etc etc and not think about it.
Trust me, if I had wanted to have a taco or burrito yesterday, it would because I wanted a taco or burrito not because of some money making scheme.
Did you write a column about green beer, corned beef and cabbage or Irish Whiskey on Mar 17????
Didn’t think so....
This is classic Edward Bernays, the father of American marketing among other things. He was responsible for making it OK for Women to smoke in polite public, Eggs an Bacon of breakfast and a ton of other stuff.
Interesting person to study if you never have, pretty fascinating early 1900s history.
He said Mexicans use anything as an excuse to party (including dressing up in foreign garb), so Americans should feel free to dress any darn way they please. He said having fun is the only important thing. So there Senorita Alvarez...from one of your own countrymen.
OMG Does that mean my late father is a racist? He wore a Sombrero and a Sarape for a Cinco de Mayo party at his work. My father was born in the US but grew up in Mexico City. God these liberals are so stupid.
Someone (who cares) please call this ‘lady’ a WHAAmbulance!
Down here in Texas we appropriate the best foods of many cultures, Mexico being one. But we have others, such as the Germans who brought dark beer, kolaches, sausages, and Ocktober Fest with them.
The Irish brought their whiskey and St Patrick’s day celebrations. We nearly rejected the Scots because they wanted to bring Hagis to the table. But we let them into Texas anyway because we liked their scotch whiskey and the’re more civilized than the Irish.
Our former slaves celebrate June ‘teenth with fried chicken and soul food.
The native Americans have their Pow Wows but I don’t know what they eat at them, but they do smoke a lot of it.
Of course we (native Texans) already had our own ‘roadkill’ chilli and BBQ beef and Texas Independence and Alamo day celebrations.
And on and on, Texas food is very diverse as are it’s cultures. The food in Texas is spiced to Texas tastes so sometimes it only remotely resembles the original item.
Anyway, there’s a lot of festivals and parades throughout the year and food and drink is almost always one of the main attractions. I don’t think any particular culture feels offended in Texas except maybe the Muslims.
Heh, a Great Manipulator. Would’ve fit right into modern democrat politics! Interesting, thanks for the point, saw his wife died of lung cancer after he promoted cigarettes. Too late smart would go on a lot of tombstones these days...
Most of the people South of the Border don't either. It is far more celebrated North of the Rio Grande.
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