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 ...
I get so tired of the perpetually offended. Don’t acknowledge our “differences” and special days, and we’re offended. Do acknowledge and celebrate our special days, and you’re “appropriating” our culture, and we’re offended. These are simply individuals (or groups) looking for reasons to be offended to exploit their self-victimization.
And Dos equis beer is brewed in the style of the Germans who brought it.
My gardener could set you straight.
But you'd need to appropriate Spanish language first.
(on a positive note, after only twenty years my across street neighbor has stopped hanging out his Mexican flag on the particular day Ms. Alvarez chooses not to celebrate.)
Cinco de Mayo isn’t even an official holiday in Mexico, except in the state of Puebla where the battle took place.
Now thats funny! I did not know that
I hope she doesn’t down a green beer on St Patrick’s day or eat at a chinese restaurant.
Ay Carumba
http://www.dailyemerald.com/2015/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-guest-viewpoint/
Comments are open to respond to this delicate snowflake’s pleas.
I don’t bar-b-q on any of those holidays.
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Do you fast on all of those holidays, or do you (as I presume) eat 3 squares?
Barbecue is just food.
There were three battles at Puebla. In 1847 1800 sick and injured US troops along with 250 healthy ones defeated a two month siege there by Santa Anna and several thousand Mexican soldiers. Incidentally, Great great grandpa Rockpile was a Regular Army gravel-cruncher in that war.
In the third battle at Puebla the French Army returned and laid siege to the city and whipped the Mexican Army there. That was a good sized fight with over 20,000 on each side—— including I might add, the French 2nd Marines which has been fighting in wars for two hundred years including Trashistan.
Some twenty years ago I had a consulting job for a major Turkish firm. The "handler" they assigned to work with me was a young lady engineer who had received her MS in Engineering Management at an American university. One day she mentioned to me that the thing she missed most about America was corn chips and salsa(!).
Several years later I attended an international engineering conference in Istanbul. To my pleasant surprise, my friend showed up. I told her that if I'd known she was going to be at the conference, I'd have brought her some chips and salsa. She replied, "Oh, no, we have them now in our supermarkets."
Good food knows no national boundaries. My wife (born in Canada) frequently makes me beef nachos for dinner. She knows I love them.
You do as you might and I will do as I will.
For that matter, the burrito itself is by definition an act of cultural appropriation.
It always has a flour tortilla wrapping, almost always contains cheese, and often has pork, beef, sour cream, etc.
All those ingredients are Eurasian in origin.
Montezuma probably dined on enchiladas regularly, but he never had a burrito.
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