As I searched the internet for anything that depicted Mexicans in the Media I came up with something that was on you tube. It was titled 300 Mexicans which is a parody of 300 the movie that came out not to long ago. Some of the comments that where left on the message board said this parody was tasteless and down right raciest while others thought it was funny and actually had some truth behind the parody. The parody itself is depicting a large massive Mexican army of janitors and farm laborers running across the Mexican boarder to the United States side with an aggressive attack almost to say they where invading the United States. Here is the Link so you can all see the video for yourself. http://youtube.com/watch?v=l7qKD-Ph7ds. In my opinion this video places a stereotype that every Mexican that crosses the boarder is set to take back the United States and create havoc. All you saw in the video was violent aggression by people who clearly where farm laborers and janitors. I wanted to know what everyone else thought of this video; clearly what I have read it is a mixture of both funny and rude. I would like to know what you all think. Please be has honest has possible thanks. As we read Fluid Boarders we read about stigmas that we place on other people. I see many stigmas in this video, one being that every Mexican who comes over illegally is crime prone and will leach of the services of the United States. These stigmas are strong and many people who are not educated on this topic will not look beyond stigmas and judge unfairly.
Miguel out-
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I find the video funny. Yet at the same time it is offensive to Latinos, specifically to Mexicans. But what I see is people trying to find a job, excluding the pregnant woman that is shown. By showing the pregnant woman it is implying the fact that Mexicans want to have their babies in the USA. I believe that this video can be seen in many different ways by people. I see it in a comic sense.
I think that this video is pretty funny, and I dont think that it should be taken as offensive to the latino community at all. I think that it is more offensive to the white American community because it shows how neglectful we have become to these people who just want to survive. Also I think that it is good to be able to laugh at situations, and if your latino to laugh at your own people otherwise it will be harder to move forward.
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