Famous Mexican musicians say 'don't vote for the racists' like Donald Trump
Source: Guardian
Famous Mexican musicians say 'don't vote for the racists' like Donald Trump
Maná and Los Tigres del Norte joined forces on stage to make it clear how they feel about Republican presidential candidate at this year’s Latin Grammys
Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
Friday 20 November 2015 14.57 EST
Amid the crooning boleros, swivelling hips, and Cumbia beats, it was a stark moment of political protest that stole the show at this year’s Latin Grammy awards.
Two of Mexico’s most famous groups – rock band Maná and norteño legends Los Tigres del Norte – joined forces on stage to make it abundantly clear how they feel about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
After a stirring performance of the Los Tigres’ migrant anthem Somos Mas Americanos – We are more American – the musicians unveiled a sign: “Latinos unidos no voten por los racistas” – Latinos, united, don’t vote for the racists.
Los Tigres, Mexican immigrants based in San Jose, California, have over the past 50 years gained huge popularity on both sides of the border, singing about the harsh realities of love, immigration and the narcotics trade.
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Musicians Protest Donald Trump's Racism With Song and Banner During the Latin Grammys
By Tom Barnes November 20, 2015
Thursday night at the 16th annual Latin Grammys, two of Mexico's biggest bands, the rock group Maná and the norteño band Los Tigres Del Norte, appeared onstage together for a monumental and politically incisive performance. They chose to perform a clear, confrontational protest anthem, "Somos Más Americanos" ("We Are More American"
and waved an even more confrontational banner, taking aim at one man in particular: the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump.
At the end of their song, after "remind[ing] the gringo that I didn't cross the border, the border crossed me," as the song's lyrics translate, the group held up a sign that read "Latinos unidos no voten por racistas!" ("Latinos united. Don't vote for racists!" .
Shots fired. The sign nods to comments Trump made during his campaign announcement — ones he's repeated time and time again — that those Mexicans that choose to immigrate to the United States were "bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. And they're rapists."
"I'm personally offended," Jorge Hernández, co-founder of Los Tigres Del Norte, told Rolling Stone. "And I think our people are too ... We know he has a large following. I really didn't expect there to be this much awakened racism, and I'm honestly surprised that many people unite to his form of thinking."
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http://mic.com/articles/128982/donald-trump-latin-grammys-somos-mas-americanos#.ZvvAX7914
