‘Ridiculous’: University Apologizes for Holding Event That Served Mexican Food

[Halubaris Maphotika]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/10/09/ridiculous-university-apologizes-for-holding-event-that-served-mexican-food/

 

Most of the Mexican cuisine we identify as "Mexican Cuisine" is predominantly American, but whatever. Discuss.

[Kyng]

I can't see why people get so aggravated over something as simple as food. If the food tastes good, I wouldn't complain.

[Tentacruel]

This is what's wrong with America. 

[Βyakuya]

They were not in bad taste. They still tried to serve decent good and then this one sheet who doesn't know better used the "offended" card to get a point. If the food is good then it isn't offending anyone if it's not satirizing anything. Stereotypes were always proficient in promoting any cuisine shown in America. Can we get over it?

[Halubaris Maphotika]

Can we get over it?

Apparently not...

[epicmemesbro]

O_o Those who were "offended" made it sound as if the celebration was the equivalent of black-face....

 

I am more offended at their lack of genuine Mexican food than that.

[Sethera]

Sheesh, all the campus wanted to do was liven up their food selection. I wish our dining hall had events like that. Unfortunately, it doesn't. What, does that student want them to serve hamburgers and fries every day? I would get tired of that really quick.

[epicmemesbro]

This is not different than say Taco Tuesday. Those who where offended must have been really politically correct to think of it as culturally insensitive....

 

 

 

I'm curious, what food do Caucasians typically eat for dinner. Pork chops? I've been wondering for quite a while now...

[Tojin]

Usually whatever frozen sheet we're in the mood for. At least, that's how it works with my family (unless Mom found a new recipe she wants to try out).

[The Amazing Avian]

I like to wave the Mexican food superiority flag but I do it mostly as a joke. You can't expect genuine cuisine from another country and to be offended you don't receive it is just stupid.

[.Rooster]

If foreign cuisine is supposed to be offensive and racist, then we should stop making tacos, samosas, curries and other s*** and instead make fish fingers , chips and beans all day. Oh! But of course, that will be offensive and racist too! Instead, we should just starve, but that is also offensive like how breathing is offensive and living is offensive (don't forget sleeping). 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Some people simply have nothing better to do than complain about trivial sheet like this.

This girl is one of them.

 

The university didn't owe the students an apology for being culturally insensitive to Mexican cuisine, all because one person got insulted.

If it were a whole group of students, then maybe, but everyone else liked it.

 

Would be like me complaining that all of the Asian food places at college are ethnically racist towards us, because they aren't "authentic".

As far as I'm concerned, they're as close as you're going to get (and they taste about right).

 

LIke Lujan mentioned already, you can't expect genuine cuisine from another country and get pissed off if it isn't here.

 

Sheesh, all the campus wanted to do was liven up their food selection. I wish our dining hall had events like that. Unfortunately, it doesn't. What, does that student want them to serve hamburgers and fries every day? I would get tired of that really quick.

 

Oh, I'd get tired of hamburgers real quick too if they did that.

(Though I bring home lunch most of the time, so wouldn't be too much of a problem.)

[Krein]

Five bucks says she's a Tumblr feminist.

[Halubaris Maphotika]

Five bucks says she's a Tumblr feminist.

I wish I could like this a million times. But I can't.

[Tentacruel]

Five bucks says she's white. 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Take with grain of salt, but here's something related to that student in question: https://thebadger14.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/mitzi-gamez/

[Halubaris Maphotika]

Take with grain of salt, but here's something related to that student in question: https://thebadger14.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/mitzi-gamez/

Seems fine to me, the guy cites a lot of sources within the article and frankly I could trust his blog over half of the "Accredited" sources nowadays.

 

HuffPost, Gawker, Guardian, Al Jezeera...

[epicmemesbro]

Not surprised that it happened in North Carolina. If it happened in areas with high Mexican populations like California you'd be hearing reports like this on a regular basis. This place is filled with tumblr folk. I wonder if people around here complain. Its unsettling how a Caucasian "activist" all of a sudden represents all Mexicans to the point that she can consider what is offensive to us o_O.