Tex[t]-Mex on “Mexican” sartorial pleasures…

Don’t Leave the House this Halloween Without Outing Your Inner “Mexican”

Arriba, arriba!

“Don’t let a little thing like a stereotype get in the way of your “Mexican” sartorial pleasures!”

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See Ya Pendejos

Guanabee.com lists the 20 Most Outdated Stereotypes In Film And Television HERE, including:

Gold Hat, The Dirty Mexican
Little, Brown, Mexican Rodent
The Greasy, Immigrant, Latino Drug Lord
(and everyone’s favorite) The Hot, Latin Maid Who Barely Speaks English

Check out #6. Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) – Cheech, The Drugged-Out Cholo With The Ridiculous Accent

“We saw an interview once with Cheech Marin where he said he was literally coaxed into being more and more cholo with this character to sell it better. Today Cheech has a serious career as a Mexican sidekick (sigh), but he will never be as beloved as when he played the unemployable pothead from L.A.”