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Students demonstrated near the Braun Music Center on Monday in an effort to educate the campus community about the history of Cinco de Mayo and protest the alleged cultural appropriation of the days Mexican heritage.
We were thinking we want to have a demonstration given that today is Cinco de Mayo to raise awareness about the issues of cultural appropriation and why a lot of people can be offended by things that go on on this day, explained Brenda Muñoz 14.
Cultural appropriation refers to actions that trivialize aspects of a culture by not respecting a customs symbolic significance or the history of a style of dress or other artifact. On Cinco de Mayo, protestors noted, many students wear serapes, sombreros, and fake mustaches in an effort to dress Mexican.
In addition to the offensive costumes, students also expressed concern that the meaning of the Cinco de Mayo holiday has become lost for most Americans. The holiday is celebrated more often in the United States than in Mexico because it marks a specific, regionally celebrated battle between Mexico and France, rather than Mexican independence generally.
I just feel like Cinco de Mayo and St. Patricks Day have just become holidays that have just become the norm now to just drink and people have just accepted and havent really stopped to think about that its really offensive, said Karen Oropeza 17 about the holidays misrepresentation.
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FarCenter
(19,429 posts)FSogol
(45,357 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)That way shot specials from Sunday through Saturday!
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Battle of Puebla
The Battle of Puebla took place on 5 May 1862 near the city of Puebla during the French intervention in Mexico. The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the occupying French forces. The French eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent battles, but the Mexican victory at Puebla against a much better equipped and larger[5] French army provided a significant morale boost to the Mexican army and also helped slow the French army's advance towards Mexico City.
The Mexican victory is celebrated yearly on the fifth of May. Its celebration is regional in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla,[6][7][8][9] where the holiday is celebrated as El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla).[10][11][12] There is some limited recognition of the holiday in other parts of the country. This holiday remains very popular in the United States where it is celebrated annually as Cinco de Mayo.
msongs
(67,193 posts)Xithras
(16,191 posts)Las culturas son para compartir por todos. Decir que sólo los mexicanos puedan disfrutar de la cultura mexicana es intolerante.
Some of us live in parts of America (and California) where the lines between Mexican culture and Anglo culture have blurred and are vanishing completely. These cultural appropriation protesters are functioning as racial separatists who want to divide our peoples rather than allowing our cultures to meld. They need to be opposed. Estados Unidos es un país donde muchas culturas crean una cultura. Y eso es bueno.