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Did I say anything about banning anything? I am not advocating banning or not banning anything. I just don't get why wearing sombreros is in any way amusing or
by vasilipupkin 11y ago
Did I say anything about banning anything? I am not advocating banning or not banning anything. I just don't get why wearing sombreros is in any way amusing or interesting or funny. It does seem somewhat unnecessary. The context of why people typically used to wear sombreros is because they used to think looking like a Mexican ( or a crude caricature of a Mexican ) was funny.
- lazaroclapp 11y agoSorry, didn't meant you were trying to get it banned, just that unless there is something to the story that I am missing (and there might be, the party might well have been much more racist than just wearing sombreros) the university reaction seems heavy-handed. I guess your point depends on what sort of caricature and whether Mexicans at the party are more likely to feel insulted or amused... also whether people think the caricature reflects the truth or not. And whether Mexicans and Mexican-Americans feel they are in on the joke or that the joke is done at their expense. But the mere fact that it involves sombreros, or even that sombreros are considered exaggerated and funny, doesn't necessarily make the party a categorical mockery. For example, if we (in Mexico) dress like this for a football match: http://bit.ly/1X1qkWc http://bit.ly/1X1qkWc Are we making fun of this: http://bit.ly/1TgiqtO http://bit.ly/1TgiqtO ? I am not going to say a sombrero party cannot be a mockery, but I wonder if it often is. Am I stereotyping myself every time I ask people over for a tequila party?