Recently a local sports bar, which is part of a chain, ran an ad on social media for “Mexican Monday”.
A bar that advertises that its menu consists of “Traditional American” posted,
“Come join in on the fun tonight at Busters! Everyone is enjoying Mexican Monday!! Stop in tonight for great Mexican food, $6 Margaritas and festive vibes! Join us for Mexican Mondays…EVERY MONDAY….come join the FIESTA!!”
This was punctuated with emojis of a dancing Senorita, a margarita, and a taco.
They posted pictures in the ad with some employees and some children dressed up for the festive night, wearing cheap straw, souvenir style sombreros and thick, stick on mustaches, and a picture of a piñata with a haunting similarity to the pictures of the corona virus being used in news stories, although, I assume, it was just a total, but unfortunate coincidence. But if I noticed, others will.
All that was missing was a cactus and a donkey, but they just might not have published a picture with either in it.
The customer pictures were of cute little blond kids, hopefully not knowing they were promoting a stereotype, but being used to do so, and a group picture of a bunch of adults in the cheap sombreros.
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It seems that in a town in a county, with a sheriff who spreads anti-immigrant tropes and is, unfortunately, supported in this by a large swath of locals, within a country, with a president whose opinion of Mexicans has been made abundantly clear, while the actual Mexican people are dismissable, their stereotypes are beloved.
While they might not be acceptable as people, they certainly have value when it comes to selling beer and cheap rip off Taco Bell type menu items, except, perhaps, with real meat, when their stereotype can be used to make a buck.
Busters is a national chain. I went to the Facebook page connected to the local restaurant informing them that I am looking forward to “Stereotype Sunday”, and received the response,
” Hi Joe….I have Residence Documents and live in Mexico most of the time…this is all in fun…no stereotypes…no one loves Mexico and it’s people more than I do…so relax and enjoy…”
An anonymous claim from a corporate nameless employee with no way to verify any of it as anything other than just a dismissive response was posted.
While there is no way to deal with the truth or lack of it in the autobiographical claim, “I have Residence Documents and live in Mexico most of the time”, the proof of stereotypes are in the restaurant’s posted pictures.
Not satisfied, I responded that anyone can make any claim as a defense, and asking how I was to know this is true. In response, my post, the response, and my response to it were removed.
I suggest that as a way to show this is not just using stereotypes to make profit, they pledge a certain percentage of their Mexico Monday profits to a legal advocacy group that represents people seeking asylum at the southern border who need it, especially the kids in cages.
Otherwise, perhaps, claiming that “I have many Black Friends”, we can look forward to their having “Black Face Fridays”.