Edgar Rivas: Mexico & The Race Card
By HHR | July 13th, 2010 | Category: Featured, Politics | 6 commentsLast Tuesday, Mexico joined the Obama administration in a lawsuit against Arizona for its passing of SB1070. Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, said about the law, that it “…opens the door to unacceptable racial discrimination.” But, Mexico itself has a history of unacceptable racial discrimination that continues till this day with no end in sight.
Racism and xenophobia is a part of Mexican culture. Some examples, In the 1930s most Chinese Mexicans and their descendents (No “Anchor Babies” there) were forced out of Mexico and deported to China, and over 300 were massacred, for no other reason than they were Chinese. If you ever heard the Mexican school yard rhyme that starts by saying, “Chino, Chino, Japones…,” you know about the prejudice Mexicans feel for Asians. Mexicans also have a history of denying blacks (The Afro-Mexican) exist in Mexico and degrade them by calling them “Mayates”(Their version of the “N” word). And, they continue to mistreat their indigenous peoples. “Mexico’s biggest and most visible class division is its division between Indians and those of predominantly Spanish and European ancestry. Prejudice against those who are predominantly descended from indigenous peoples is widespread.”