Posted on 03/21/2008 11:03:50 AM PDT by AuntB
Super Mojado — Super Wetback, if you translate the Spanish slur — is a new Mexican wrestler making his debut Saturday in Van Nuys, Calif., to help raise money for some of the more than 100 undocumented workers busted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month.
"We decided to make a hero that would be for all the people that don't have papers," said Joseph Medina, a wrestling promoter....
When Super Mojado takes to the ring for an immigration smackdown against a fellow countryman and an American who wants him out, it won't be just a night of entertainment. The goal, said promoter Medina, is to turn stereotypes upside-down, while helping immigrants learn about their rights.
"There's a lot of laws, there's a lot of penal codes that people don't know to defend them and help them," said Medina, who is Mexican-American.......
Medina settled on the slur — "that's what a lot of the people refer to us like" — after hearing that ICE agents had used it when separating the workers during the raid.
"But we would not refer to anybody in that vernacular — that's not an appropriate term," she continued. "It's like so many things associated with professional wrestling — it's all hyperbole and myth."
Eight people were arrested on criminal charges and 130 — including 87 Mexicans — were picked up on immigration violations during the factory raid. The vast majority have been released pending immigration hearings...
"INS no longer exists, so that just shows you how realistic this contest is," Kice said.
Medina said 90 percent of the people who attend his wrestling events are of Latino descent, and the characters are geared toward them.
"You go there and yell at the wrestlers," he said. "And you get your stresses out."
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I would send the Big Boss Man in to frigging bend and spread that little jerk.
How 'bout they learn about OUR LAWS?
That would be, predominantly, the Hispanics that use that term.
“The goal, said promoter Medina, is to turn stereotypes upside-down, while helping immigrants learn about their rights. “
I’m all in favor of helping immigrants learn about their rights. However, these are not immigrants. They are invaders, trespassers, interlopers - but they are not immigrants.
The promoter is going to charge admission, right? He’s going to have people at the turnstiles, right? Would it be OK if people snuck in to the event without following the rules?
“The promoter is going to charge admission, right? He’s going to have people at the turnstiles, right? Would it be OK if people snuck in to the event without following the rules?”
There ya go again, using logic and fairness....
Great question!
Since when is ‘mojado’ stand for ‘wetback’?
I see the caution signs they put out when washing the floor. It says “Piso Mojado” or “wet floor”. Not “wetback floor.”
Okay, someone please tell me again we're not in a war to keep the American Southwest.
“Okay, someone please tell me again we’re not in a war to keep the American Southwest.”
I wish I could argue with you about that!
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I’d pay to see that!
I just hope Ray Mystereo isn’t an alien. He’s so talented.
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