"If you want to get drunk and drink tequila, go do it. You don't need to put on a sombrero and a fake mustache and pretend to be Mexican to do that."
Here's the truth behind Cinco de Mayo.
Here's the truth behind Cinco de Mayo.
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00:00It's Ingrigado!
00:21Anything having to do with denigrating folks' identity,
00:24anything that dehumanizes people is insanely problematic, right?
00:29So putting on mustaches and sombreros
00:32and speaking quote-unquote Mexican,
00:34it perpetuates harm.
00:44They were all canceled because of a little thing called
00:47cultural appropriation.
00:50Happy May 5th, everybody!
00:53I would say Cinco de Mayo has become
00:57this opportunity for alcohol corporations and bars
01:04to sell a bunch of booze to folks,
01:06sell tequila,
01:07and to just slap the word Mexico in front of it.
01:10It's a pinche desmadre!
01:28One, two, three!
01:30Viva Puebla!
01:46I would say the majority of folks have no clue about
01:48the Batalla de Puebla or anything whatsoever.
01:51I would think they might think it's Mexican Independence Day,
01:54but yeah, to Mexicans I would say
01:56it's just a desmadre, yo.
01:58It's an excuse for folks to get really, really drunk.
02:14Cinco de Mayo is hilarious to me.
02:17I didn't really notice it at all growing up in L.A.
02:20I think the first time I ever really noticed it
02:22was when I went to college at UC Santa Barbara
02:25and folks were talking about Cinco de Drinco,
02:28Cinco de Drinco.
02:30I would see white kids with sombreros and Mexican mustaches
02:34and I just did not understand what the hell was going on.
02:38And the more folks that I met from Mexico,
02:41the more ridiculous I thought Cinco de Mayo was.
02:44If you want to get drunk and drink tequila,
02:46that's awesome, go do it.
02:47You don't need to put on a sombrero and a fake mustache
02:50and pretend to be Mexican to do that.