First, read this article about a school in Northern California. They were kicked off campus for wearing t-shirts with US flags on Cinco de Mayo.Okay, I can't say whether or not those students who all decided to wear the same t-shirts and bandannas were doing to incite a fight. What I can say is those of Mexican heritage, the administrators and the alleged perpetrators were completely lacking historical knowledge.
And that should be more of a pisser than anything else.
I mean, c'mon, get it together.
Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. It's to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when a small Mexican Army fought off a much larger French
Army and won.I can't say whether the French Army was drunk off their butts after a night of imbibing the best tequila (and you know, the French would only have premium stuff). However, if one wanted to be irreverent, those students should have worn French ones. They could wear berets, screen films by Truffaut, perhaps have a picnic with serving French food made from recipes straight out of the very American Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," and yes, blare Edith Piaf in the cafeteria. They could practice pithy pick up lines and say, "You have a certain je ne sais quois."
The Mexican students could counter by offering up their own well known cuisine, which we here in California eat everyday (salsa and tortillas are staples in our house. Proof of some kind of gastronomic victory). They could have
a film retrospective of works by Cantinflas, display artwork by Diego Rivera, and wear their own t-shirts as well. They could have any number of musicians --take your pick. Maybe they could ask Salma Hayek to make an appearance. If she did, well, there's no doubt, Mexico will have won again.But both ought to think about being the melting pot rather than the salad bowl with all its various elements, which has led to separation. Read about that here in Victor Davis Hanson's "The Remains of a California Day."
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I am too stumped by the first article to pay much attention to the second. I can't even sort of understand what the school was thinking to make those boys leave.
ReplyDeleteI read that article a couple hours ago and was shocked. (Yes, I know I probably shouldn't have.) The lack of historical knowledge was astounding and mixed in with the ridiculousness of sending American students home from an American school for wearing the American flag was mind boggling. I thought everyone knew Cinco de Mayo was more an excuse for Americans to get drunk than a holiday of reflection. My mistake.
ReplyDeleteWhy know history when you can have fun yelling and screaming and getting on TV.
ReplyDeleteAs a American from LEGAL Immigrant family who had to have a sponsor and money to be allowed into America.... and registered Democrat who did vote for Obama...
This is all smokescreen to cover up what is really wrong with immigration and the need for the Democratic party to secure its voting base, the way we turn a blind eye to the LAW and the way the Government of Mexico and illegals feel their sense of entitlement to just walk across the border. Live in Tucson and you will understand this last part. Anchor baby anyone?
The lack of everyone calling for boycotts to understand that Arizonans are frustrated and tired of the flouting of the law and common sense.
If you want to be mad and boycott someone how about the government of Mexico who refuses to take care of their people and thinks it is easier to just depend on the U.S. to be top in their GNP.
Shame on everyone who screams and Obama for his Lindsey Loahan "Mean Girls" comment about ice cream. I want a President who puts out fires and not add fuel.
Obama, apologize to the Arizona Police who are overworked, understaffed, underpaid and who are in real danger everyday.
We are at war here on the border no one knows and really doesn't care.
Great post! Certainly hitting hard on a particularly important aspect of this story. Eliciting a great comment from AP, kick off line was superb. Air time really is the ultimate point eh?
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