VivirLatino

Well, Mel Gibson just can’t seem to back his magnificent bully sized asshole out of the public spot light these days, can he? After telling us a while ago about his dislike of Teh Jews, and then eventually letting us know he hoped a “pack of N*ggers” raped his wife, and then sharing with us the extra special secret of how he slaps his wife while she holds a fucking child in his hands…we *now* find out that he apparently is not all that fond of Teh Beaner either.

Witness:

Mel referred to one of his staffers as a “wetback,” Radaronline.com reports.

“I will report her to the f**king people that take f**king money from the wetbacks,” he said.

‘Wetbacks’ is a slur originally used to disparage Mexicans who swam across the Rio Grande to enter Texas illegally. It seems Mel was threatening to turn his staffer over to immigration authorities.

I honestly get kinda sick of the number of people in positions of power that have extra special names for the non-white, non-male, flaming queer amongst us, so usually I roll my eyes and move on. But…this case of extra special naming comes with a price: the threat to call ICE. Even if the woman he’s threatening this against is totally legal, just having ICE sniffing around can be traumatic and bring lots of expensive legal work that the woman may not have the money to deal with. I think it’s also important to point out that although this is *racism*–it is also sexism–the fact that he is threatening this against a woman when he already has a history of terrorizing women speaks to me of deeply held violent misogyny. It also makes me wonder in what other ways he’s threatened his wife (who is a Russian citizen living in the US). Unfortunatly, if you pay attention to most of the headlines–while Mel may be rightfully called a racist, the fact that he has beaten his wife and threatened to use the legal structure to terrorize another woman seems to be flying under the radar of “sexism” or “abusive.” Not sure why nobody has the guts to call him abusive, we didn’t seem to have much of a problem calling Chris Brown that did we?

Anyway. There isn’t much to do after being reminded of one’s wet back besides say, “Mel Gibson, you are a jackass.” And call it a day.