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Originally posted by non-greek newby
Well Ambicion,
Thank you very much for those words of wisdom, but I do find them offensive. Please don't rely on the Latinos you know to decide wether a lot of people find these things offensive or not.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of racism in Mexico, whether it is obvious or subtle. Tell me, ambicion, when was the last time you saw the main character of a Mexican telenovela that does not look white. The truth is that in Mexico, like many other Latin American countries, most of the wealthy, famous, successful people are white. On the other hand, most of the impoverished, unsuccesful people either look indigenous or dark-skinned. Does this remind you of anything? Oh yea! The United States is exactly the same way.
There are many race-related problems in Mexico that are similar to those here. This is something that will never stop if we don't realize that Latinos, although we are minorities, do have a steorotyping/racism problem. In fact, all minorities have this problem. There is no race where you find that light skin is preferred over dark skin, straight hair over curly/kinky hair, and big eyes over smaller eyes. Unfortunately, things like Taco Bell, Speedy Gonzalez, and these darn stamps do the opposite of what we should be doing -- making people conscious of the horrible stereotypes that occur in society.
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This is the only post in this entire thread that makes ANY sense.
Most on here are making judgements on Mexico and your only cultural experience with mexico is drinking margarita's at happy hour (which werent even invented in mexico, but in Texas).
Fact is racism in Mexico is rampant. So is economic / class segregation. You are judged on if you are white, mixed or indeginous or black. Its just how its done there. NO ONE in mexico is even suprised or shocked - by the stamp issue or Vicente Fox's comments on blacks a few months ago.
Here's the twist tho. Americans cant seperate racism from the historical violence that accompanied it. Mexico outlawed slavery before the US did. Mexico never had segregation. Mexico never went through the civil rights violence of the 50's and 60's liek we did. So Mexico has been far more progressive than the US ever has in terms of race relations. They just view people of different races as different. They will make jokes. They prefer to be with their own people and dont often cross racial lines in social circles. Its just how it is there. Since they have been much more enlightened and liberal with their civil rights then we have here in the US, I dont think we need to be so damn quick to judge.
Go there then you can be an expert on it. Till then, stick to happy hour at Chi-Chi's or Chevy's.