Wednesday, November 30, 2005
white mexican racism rears its ugly head
From The Black Commentator: White Mexican Racism Rears its Ugly Head Again by Abdul Karim Bangura is a brief but fresh and up-to-date article which discussing the African (Afrikan) presence in Mexican culture and society. It also includes a number of good links to materials (many of which have appeared on Planet Grenada before).
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To be fair, it doesn't even have to be white Mexicans. Most Mexicans in the border region here are pretty dark and they still drop N-bombs, or the Spanish equivalents, like crazy in a lot of neighborhoods.
Yes, actually I was actually thinking about removing "white" from the title but that was the title of the actual article.
And also "white" itself can be kind of fluid and socially constructed. I mean, if they are lighter than my family immediate family, have straight hair, and are going around using the n-word against people who look like me what else would I call them?
And also, in different parts of the world you can often see the same story, in Mexico itself, or India or Australia the Pacific Islands. There is colorism with light skinned people on top.
And even if that top group of people wouldn't necessarily be "white" here, they are "white" there.
Elenita,
Could you explain which specific parts the article gets wrong? Or what in the article isn't actually true?
Just reading it over, Fox really did make certain comments about Blacks and Mexicans (which true or not were offensive). The Mexican government really did come out with those Memin Pinguin stamps.
Much of the rest of the article was trying to say that there were positive images of Blacks in Mexican culture which would have been more suitable if the Mexican government wanted to honor Black people.
The comment saying that blacks will not do jobs that mexicans do is just a negative sterotype of blacks. Why does he have to say blacks will not do the job what about whites, asians, mexican-americans none of these people will do the job but once again it is easier to pronounce a negative comment against the black community. And why should blacks do those jobs when they are not immigrants or illegal immigrants they have been in America long enough to know better and want more. Mexicans are coming from mexico to work here in america for more money and blacks want the same as mexicans more money.
The comment saying that blacks will not do jobs that mexicans do is just a negative sterotype of blacks. Why does he have to say blacks will not do the job what about whites, asians, mexican-americans none of these people will do the job but once again it is easier to pronounce a negative comment against the black community. And why should blacks do those jobs when they are not immigrants or illegal immigrants they have been in America long enough to know better and want more. Mexicans are coming from mexico to work here in america for more money and blacks want the same as mexicans more money.
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