Mexico's Culture of Racism

The American Thinker ^ | July 06, 2010 | Anthony Kang

[Scanian]

Everyone knows racism is the progeny of America - after all, ignorance and bigotry remain exclusive to America alone right?

With the passage of SB1070, Americans in favor of the Arizona law have endured hysterical smears, insults, and falsehoods from liberals, radicals, and, of course, Mexican officials -- never mind Mexico's treatment of illegal residents.

Many conservatives have begrudgingly come to peace with the fact only they are subject to nonexistent rules, mind-boggling double standards, and arbitrary hate crimes by the thought police.

In spite what students are taught everyday in classes like black, Chicano/a, and feminist "studies," racism actually exists outside of America!

Reporting from Mexico City, Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times does a commendable job illustrating what so few of her mainstream media colleagues are willing to:

"Every morning during television coverage of the World Cup, on the Mexican equivalent of the 'Today' show, co-hosts chat, trade barbs and yuck it up. Behind them, actors in blackface makeup, dressed in fake animal skins and wild "Afro" wigs, gyrate, wave spears and pretend to represent a cartoonish version of South Africa..."

[caver]

“But this is Mexico, and definitions of racism are complicated and influenced by the country’s own tortured relationship with invading powers and indigenous cultures.”

Oh, that makes it OK then. Mexico has an excuse to be racist. It’s too bad us white Americans don’t have such an excuse.

[Pecos]

Another way of making this point regarding Mexico’s history would be to say that if you hate yourself, it’s easy to hate others as well.

[caver]

That makes sense.

[PUGACHEV]

Memin Pinguin .... google it. The Mexicans even put him on a postage stamp in 2005.