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Tequila shots, eating tacos, and sombreros offend Mexican university students
BizPac Review ^ | 10 May. 2013 | Michael Dorstewitz

Posted on 05/10/2013 1:53:21 PM PDT by cap10mike

A Northwestern University Mexican student group finds “eating tacos and drinking tequila” to celebrate Cinco de Mayo racially offensive, and wants to see the practice come to an end. In a letter to the university’s paper, the Latin student group Alianza called for a “respectful” celebration to commemorate “the Battles of Puebla, in which a vastly outnumbered, under-equipped Mexican army twice defeated the well-armed, well-trained French army, which had not lost a battle in over fifty years.”

This is not unlike a uniquely American holiday, which commemorates the moment when 56 men affixed their signatures upon the Declaration of Independence to “mutually pledge to each other [their] lives, [their] fortunes, and [their] sacred honor.”

What followed was a bloody 8-year war “in which a vastly outnumbered, under-equipped” rag-tag group of patriots “defeated the well-armed, well-trained [British] army, which had not lost a battle in over fifty years.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cincodemayo; mexico; tequilauniversity
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So my advice to Northwestern University’s Mexican students is to buck up, grow some skin, enjoy the day and be thankful that we don’t celebrate by mimicking a group of marauding Mexican drug lords or fence-destroying illegal immigrants.
1 posted on 05/10/2013 1:53:21 PM PDT by cap10mike
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To: cap10mike

How about if I eat a burrito and drink a margarita?


2 posted on 05/10/2013 1:54:44 PM PDT by slumber1 (My real name is Rusty Shackleford)
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To: cap10mike

There goes my pint of Guiness on St. Paddy’s Day! RATS!


3 posted on 05/10/2013 1:55:00 PM PDT by CityCenter (No matter how good your PR is, you can't outsmart the truth.)
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To: cap10mike

I got my MBA at Northwestern. The undergraduates are a bunch of PC loons.


4 posted on 05/10/2013 1:56:50 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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To: cap10mike

OK!

I’d love to see May 5th Cinco De Mayo celebrations stop.

And all other Mexican holiday celebrations stop to.

Their culture is offensive I agree!


5 posted on 05/10/2013 1:57:04 PM PDT by NoLibZone (None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
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To: CityCenter

How much tequila did this Mexican student drink before he said that ?


6 posted on 05/10/2013 1:57:10 PM PDT by molson209
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To: cap10mike

Then maybe they need to stop calling themselves Mexican and become real Americans. That is if their culture embarrasses them so much.


7 posted on 05/10/2013 1:57:44 PM PDT by formosa
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To: cap10mike

So wearing green bowler hats, eating corned beef sammiches and drinking green beer and guiness is not allowed on St. Pattys day either...


8 posted on 05/10/2013 1:57:53 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: cap10mike
Manufactured outrage in search of reparations for imagined discrimination.

Adios, muchachos.

9 posted on 05/10/2013 1:58:05 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: cap10mike

I thought ‘sinko de mayo’ was about a shipment of mayonnaise lost onroute, at sea.


10 posted on 05/10/2013 1:58:19 PM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: cap10mike

There’s an easy solution to that problem: Go the hell back to the cesspool—Mexico—from which you have temporarily escaped! Or shut up and be a good guest in our country.


11 posted on 05/10/2013 1:58:48 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: cap10mike; stylecouncilor; windcliff

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!


12 posted on 05/10/2013 1:58:56 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: cap10mike

close down TACO BELL


13 posted on 05/10/2013 1:59:13 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: cap10mike

So we should celebrate it with fireworks and cookouts? And beer? Sounds good.


14 posted on 05/10/2013 1:59:53 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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There's always some self-righteous pecker around telling you what to do. If I want to drink tequila and eat tacos, it's nobody’s business but my own, any day of the year.
15 posted on 05/10/2013 2:00:23 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: cap10mike

Hope nobody tells me that I’ve “offended” them.

My Response?

“You need to either grow up or leave....or both, because I’m not changing ANYTHING!”


16 posted on 05/10/2013 2:00:47 PM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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To: cap10mike

Yeah, that analogy to the founding of the United States of America was apt. Nobody ever drinks beer or eats hot dogs on the 4th of July.


17 posted on 05/10/2013 2:00:48 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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>>I’d love to see May 5th Cinco De Mayo celebrations stop.

I agree. Foreign holidays needs to stay in foreign countries. But, I will eat friggin’ tacos any day I want and a bunch of crybaby students can just deal with it.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 2:01:35 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: cap10mike

These students are right. Drinking tequila and eating tacos are stereotypes and aren’t authentic Mexican behavior. That’s why I prefer to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by milling around in a 7-11 parking lot all day.


19 posted on 05/10/2013 2:01:39 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: cap10mike
So whaddya suggest for cinco de mayo, lox and bagels?

Everybody drinks green beer & guinness on st. Paddys day, followed up by corned beef and cabbage. Do people of Irish descent get all worked up about these stereotypes? in short, no. (personally, I don't mind the stereotypes at all- especially if you're buying a round or two for me)

CC

20 posted on 05/10/2013 2:01:59 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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