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Cinco de Mayo
What, did you think that Cinco de Mayo was about La Batalla de Puebla? Were you taught that on this day poor Mexican soldiers were able to do the unthinkable and defeat the prestigious muy acá French Army?
Híjole! Where have you been getting your facts from, actual history books or something?
Psssshhhhhh. Come on son, we all know Cinco de Mayo is the day white kids wear multi-colored panchos, oversized sombreros, and fake mustaches to celebrate how truly racist they can be. In fact in some regions across the States, Cinco de Mayo is also known as National I’m a Dumb Racist Day. That’s exactly what the college kids in the images above were celebrating back in ‘07. Aw man, good times, good times.
The celebration of gringomaximos celebrating Cinco de Mayo dates back to Columbus days when Christopher himself stepped onto Hispaniola and said, “Whoooo let’s get wasted and colonize some people up in here!” However, since dates are iffy the original celebration branched into 3 separate holidays—Cinco de Mayo, Thanksgiving Day, and Columbus Day.
Also, there are people who claim that Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican Independence Day and this is also true.
Because who needs facts when you’re privileged and white? Amirite?
So cheers and FUCK YOU white people!
-sincerely,
TheReverseRacist
Me all day and everyday.
(Source: willnotshutup.blogg.se)
These two quotes by Santorum are in my head intricately related, “I don’t believe in an America where the separation of Church and State is absolute” -tied to- “We will have tough provisions in place to make sure that there are protections for religious liberty in this country, that are higher than the laws related to sexual liberties.”
And this is what is fundamentally wrong with Santorum, politics, and other right wing conservative politicians with like minded goals. First off, it should be something like treason to not accept a principle of our Constitution like the separation of Church and State. He is running for President in an America where what he wants is unconstitutional and if this belief were granted, America would not be the land of the free. Instead, it would be a religiously unfree country, and thus sexually unfree land. It is no understatement to state that were he to become president he will seek to fundamentally change American’s rights and liberties. Also, which religion is he speaking for when he says he will protect “religious liberty” or support a Church and State union? Surely, not Hinduism, not Islam, and not the liberty to no religion. Clearly, he is speaking about Christianity, his religion. And this is not religious liberty. Having a State sponsored Christian religion is not religious liberty or freedom. Quite the contrary, it is harmful to most other American’s religious beliefs or non-religious beliefs. Finally, of course this is about sex and about his effort to control through moralization American’s sexuality. He seeks to limit American’s sexual liberties via a Christianity morality, exclusively. There is so much wrong with this, with these politics he espouses. Why doesn’t everyone else see that?
What has allowed me to critically analyze his rhetoric is this illuminating, and intelligent book Love the Sin Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance by Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini. Learn and enjoy.
I focused on these two quotes by Santorum because I am more aware of their context and origins. However, his conflation on Black people and welfare goes to show the level at which racism, classism is still upheld and perpetuated. Let’s not even get into his sexism. He has little understanding, and that is an understatement.
(Source: zoekazans)
