Okay so, tomorrow is May 5th or Cinco de Mayo, if you’re that type of person.
And contrary to popular belief, it is not Mexico’s Independence day. That day is September 16th (celebrated on the 15th). So if you believe you are celebrating Mexico’s independence, then you are wrong.
Also, if you wear a sombrero and dress in “typical’ Mexican fashion, then you are being racist. And if you use this day as an excuse to get wasted on tequila then you’re just gross and have reduced a pretty significant day in Mexican history to a day where you eat tacos and get bombed on margaritas.
Also, Cinco de Mayo isn’t really celebrated nationwide in Mexico. It’s mostly celebrated in Puebla. Because Cinco de Mayo is also know as “La Batalla de Puebla” or “The Battle of Puebla” where the Mexican army won, despite the odds, against the French army during the French intervention in Mexico.
Now, I need you to remember that because it is important. To me, since Puebla is where my mother was born. To my people. And to my culture.
Cinco de Mayo is not yours to celebrate. It is not your excuse to get drunk on what will be a Thursday.
Now, despite that being said, I don’t mind if you celebrate Cinco de Mayo so long as you know it’s significance and you don’t reduce the day to gross stereotypes.
Respect the culture and Mexicans will invite you over for a cook out and a good conversation. We are not what you see on tv. We are a diverse people who love our culture and don’t mind sharing as long as there is respect.
Respect Cinco de Mayo and Enjoy Cinco de Mayo.
By your logic, mexicans shouldn’t celebrate the 4th of July then. How bout quit with the stupidity and realize that culuture is meant to be shared and explored to learn about them?
It’s like we can’t celebrate anything without being scolded by tumblr people.
Neither of you read it? “I don’t mind if you celebrate Cinco de Mayo so long as you know it’s significance and you don’t reduce the day to gross stereotypes.”
Here’s where they lost you huh: “Cinco de Mayo is not yours to celebrate. ” Metaphor: it is not your birthday party but you’re still welcome to come but don’t come in a costume meant to mock the bday person or get so wasted you dont even say happy bday
“Celebrate it, but recognize it’s not yours and be respectful”
date the person who says, “have fun, be safe, and call if you need anything” not the person who gets mad at you for going out w/o them
hi… ever heard of… bpd…?
hi… ever heard of… not excusing your own abusive behaviors on account of mental illness…?
date the person with bpd who says “have fun, be safe, and call if you need anything” and genuinely wants you to have a good time despite their urge to get jealous or angry
honestly “i’ll do whatever you want” “then perish” is the single most powerful exchange possible in the english language and it’s from some bizarre “hewwo” obama rp
And there was that other post where someone dreamt that Obama said “violence for violence is the rule of beasts” like what is it about Obama that makes people come up with such raw fucking dialogue for him
my mother had a dream where he lived in the forest and she had a cigarette with him and he said “to become god is the loneliest achievement of them all” and put it out and walked into the mist and i’ve never fucking forgotten that
