Posts Tagged ‘Cinco de Mayo’
The Annual VivirLatino Requisite Cinco de Mayo Post
5:05 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · arizona|Culture|Immigration|mexico|Violence · 4 Comments
5 May 2010
Mala’s a little worried because she’s not in Kansas er the ‘hood anymore and today is Cinco de Mayo. In St Petersburg, Florida, where I am attending a conference on journalism and “new media” if you will, I have seen at least 3 Cinco de Mayo promos at local bars. They range from the innocuous margarita special type to the sombrero’ed, teta-licious dark haired mujer seen here. Not among the worse I have seen in my life. In general promotions feature white looking people (and I say this fully acknowledging that on visuals I do not always present as Latina) in sombreros and ponchos. They are drinking Mexican beer and I’m sure there is a maraca, a chile pepper, and a piñata thrown in for good measure. It reminds me of a running joke with amigo Kai about what makes an “Asian Salad” Asian. Throw in some sesame seeds somehow equals Asian. Slap on a chile pepper, you have something Mexican.
Every year here at VL, ever since we started, we write about Cinco de Mayo. We explain that it is not the Mexican equivalent to the Fourth of July. We’ve written about racist Cinco de Mayo parties on college campuses that rely on Speedy Gonzalez’ish stereotype at best, racial slurs at worse.
See we didn’t worry about hate after Arizona’s SB1070. That’s just the latest manifestation of it on a historical timeline of hate against Latinos who are now all painted as Mexican (see the case of Marcelo Lucero if you don’t want to believe me).
Wry humor for the holiday
7:56 pm By la Macha · Arts|Immigration · Comments Off
5 May 2009This comic is making the rounds:
Yay for anything that rips on Evil Death Monster Lou Dobbs.
No, I Don’t Hate Mexicans on Cinco de Mayo.
12:57 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · history|holidays|Immigration|Marketing|Media|media justice|mexico|race|society · 7 Comments
5 May 2009
Earlier today, a gringo ex of mine sent me a text message wishing me a happy cinco de Mayo. Hmmm ok. I thanked him and then reminded him that I wasn’t really celebrating because:
A: I’m not Mexican and
B: I’m not a Mexican from Puebla.
See Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day and not even all of Mexico celebrates it, because the holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla.
Let’s make this comparison: most people in the U.S. celebrate 4th of July not the battle of Saratoga.
Pero an article making it’s way around suggests that Cinco de Mayo makes other Latinos hate Mexicans. Porque? Because it’s more proof that the Mexicans are taking over sillies! Cue the reconquista music please:
But for Dagoberto Reyes, a Salvadorian immigrant living in Los Angeles, May 5 is more a reminder of the dominance Mexican culture has in a country that is home to immigrants from many Latin American countries. His prime example: Los Angeles-area public schools.
“Our kids go to this school system, and the school system is more preoccupied with Mexico’s history, and not the rest of Latin America’s, much less El Salvador’s,” said Reyes, director of Casa de la Cultura, a Salvadorian community center. “They came back celebrating Cinco De Mayo. That holiday means nothing to us.”
Obama Says Happy Cinco de Mayo, Gives Props to Mexicans, Pero Doesn’t Say a Thing About Immigration
7:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|mexico · 6 Comments
5 May 2009Cinco De Mayo commemorates Mexican army’s defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It’s not a drinking game, gringos (damn, why I gotta go make everything racial).
President Obama made a statement yesterday about the holiday. In his statement, he speaks bad Spanish, gives props to Mexicans, especially for how they dealt with the whole swine flu thing. Pero me thinks that it was a missed opportunity for President Obama.
Ay Caramba! The I Hate Cinco de Mayo Stereotypes Post!
5:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture|history|Marketing|mexico · Comments Off
5 May 2008
Ever since VL started way back when, Jennifer and I have been complaining about Cinco de Mayo being misunderstood and misused as an excuse for half price margaritas.
But this year seems to be especially special because my inbox has been flooded with Cinco de Mayo marketing tie-ins way beyond your normal Mexican hat dance drinking games.
No Cinco de Mayo celebration in Virginia
1:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events|Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
7 May 2007
Virginia‘s Mexican-American community had to do without their annual Cinco de Mayo celebration this year, as a result of a curious phone call from ICE officials and fears that possible immigration raids might make attendees an easy target for ICE officials:
An organizer said she called off the traditional May 5 celebration of Hispanic pride after she said she received a phone call from the Fairfax office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.“I don’t want to be responsible for one single parent to be taken from their home, whether they’re illegal or not,” said Maria Roe, who launched the festival three years ago.
Cinco de Mayo en NYC
1:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Events|mexico|New York City · Comments Off
7 May 2007
Yesterday I had the honor of attending Cinco de Mayo festivities here in New York City, in my home borough and ‘hood of Corona, Queens. The celebration, which included music and food, filled Flushing Meadows Park with the Tricolores of Mexico. Some of the famous faces that could be seen included Eugenio Derbez and Carmen Salinas, who were the padrinos of the event and made their peace with each other after Eugenio criticized Carmen for presenting her theatrical work Aventurera here in the bog apple . Mami to be Jennifer Pena sang. One artist who wasn’t present and who earned the ire of the community was Alejandra Guzman. She was slated to appear at the festival but canceled at the last minute via email citing personal problems. Those problems could be related to Alejandra recently telling the press that her mother was battered by her father.
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