{"id":22596,"date":"2010-05-05T10:07:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=22596"},"modified":"2013-12-15T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T08:19:08","slug":"how-not-to-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2010\/05\/05\/how-not-to-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Celebrate Cinco De Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexican Independence Day<\/span> May 5th commemorates the Battle of Pueblo in which Mexico defeated the French…\u00a0 how better to celebrate than to animate offensive stereotypes and make fun of Spanish!<\/p>\n

Maya sent us a link to publicity for a clothing swap schedule for May 5th called “Swappo de Mayo<\/a>,” of course:<\/p>\n

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And Maddy B. sent us a screen shot from buycostumes.com<\/a>.\u00a0 This image was featured on the front page in mid-April:<\/p>\n

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See also our post featuring “celebrations” of Martin Luther King Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Thanks to Ramona, Jess, Ryan, Kristen, CS, and Jorge for the correction on the significance of the date!)<\/p>\n

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UPDATE:<\/strong> Several Readers who corrected my mistake have stated that it was offensive.\u00a0 I’m really sorry.<\/p>\n

Gwen and I have a policy of owning our mistakes.\u00a0 I don’t know everything, even things that I really should <\/em>know.\u00a0 One of the best things about this blog, for me as an author, is that I learn all the time.\u00a0 I don’t resent being\u00a0corrected, I am grateful.<\/p>\n

I apologize that my ignorance was offensive. My hope is that, by leaving the post up, with my ignorance laid bare, I am modeling the kind of humility that allows people to learn new ideas and accept correction from others.<\/p>\nLisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em>American Hookup<\/a>, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em>Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a>.\u00a0You can follow her on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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