Mira nomás. From Britain but made in Taiwan.

by Daphne Santana Strassmann
East Coast Correspondent | The Tex[t]-Mex Gallerblog

Mexicans got an apology (sort of) from Top Gear's Britons. But now? Guanabee tells us that the Top Gear slur scandal, got the Taiwanese Animation treatment (just like Al Gore). Eso!

Here's another take on the growing controversy:

Año Uña

...a huge tip of the hat to Eduardo Santacruz, regular Galleryblog contributor for the link to this trailer...

Mexs(T)igmata and Salma's time travels

by Daphne Santana Strassmann
East Coast Correspondent | the Tex[t]-Mex Gallerblog



Guanabee pointed us to these magical images of la Hayek photographed by by Andy Warhol protegé Matthew Rolston for his 2008 book beautyLight.

Semiotics and Race!

http://imprint.printmag.com/daily-heller/jim-crow-had-to-go

Mextasy: Classic Santo Mexican Wrestling Poster! Lucha Libr...

Mextasy: Classic Santo Mexican Wrestling Poster!

African Americans Romance Comics @ Sequential Crush

Narco-Tunes Geeking at Wired Magazine

Today I set my last issue of Wired free from its plastic bag and this article waited between the shiny pages and Helvetica typography. If you go to el wired.com you'll rock through some youtube examples of Narcocorridos (Es mas o menos, como Charro Gangsta Rap).

NPR did a story on Narcocorridos back in 09.



That's kind of expected right? It is after all culture (listen to the Weekend Edition segment)

Thing is, when the Geeks get a hold of the Narco culture, a FPS video game is not far behind. All of the characters will be wearing awesome Chuntaritos.


No way you can do a taconazo in those.

More Thievin' Mesicans! Graphic Reminders of Popular Culture Visions of the "Mexican" in America

I really enjoy the remarkable archive-work being done over at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine--bloggers like Pappy are our 21st century librarians, sharing a graphic hoard that reveals a gnarly, complicated past. Pappy's words from the post where I gleaned the comics below are well-chosen and apt: "Some of the artwork is very good, but some is crude, some of the stories even cruder. There are racist depictions of Mexicans and at least one ugly page of caricatured black people. For those I apologize, with the excuse that it was the way things were done in those days, without regard to any offense they might cause." While appreciated, the excuse here is unnecessary--in my view, for what it is worth, it's only by understanding how racist representation infuses popular entertainment that one arrives at a fuller understanding of our nation's legacy and destiny. On with the comics!

Tricky "Mexicans" in "Stolen Gold"

 "Mexicans" Enslave Shirtless Caucasians in "Valley of Living Death"

The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming.... to Insult Mexicans!

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