Mexican/Americans street culture takes the cake here. Maybe as offensive as the brazilians you started the thread with. Dont get me wrong, i love my mexican amigos, but they do think they're the shit. I often quiz them on their 'isms'. We always get a good laugh. Im not talking out of my ass either. My town in 80% mexican, my state 38.2%+ not considering most illegals dont take part in the census.
1. Embrace the "hard worker" stereotype but are some of the laziest asses, work related law suit grabbing mother f'rs out there. Sure, they may log 12-14 hour days but do few things to gain a lateral in their job to a higher pay grade with fewer hours, but more accountability and responsibility. Something else they bolster as manly: commitment to long hours, regardless of its pay or stimulation.
2. Sports super fans. This is more important than your spiritual beliefs and personal ethics. All front runner teams. Cowboy and Raider fans because they believe they have something in common with "raiders" and "cowboys"? I understand the outlaw element to align with these teams. Nonetheless, few have actually played one down of football. You also have the use of team jerseys and sports affiliated garments to claim your sureno or norteno position. I live in a southern area of the state, wearing red here is suicide if you're a mexican.
3. Meaningless tattoos. Most common, the spanish last name slammed over the traps and upper back areas. Nice dude. Plenty of other Hernandez' out there with the same wretched tat. Lots of portrait tats, gang related shit, hand tats of initials or dots. All things that will get in their way of any sort of future professional employment or integration within a normal, suburban group of peers.
4. Teen pregnancy run-amok. Generations of deep of knock up time being around 15-16 years old. Destined for state aid and 4 more kids by 23 years old. That detrimental habit shows no end and is in fact a trendy thing to do. Especially amongst the 18-20 year old girl crowds that have no college or professional ambitions but instead seek pregnancy as a means to child support payments and welfare, whilst living for free with family members for the following 2 decades. The young men seem to have no idea of "pulling out" or busting anywhere but inside, which leads me to this point: Mexicans have a superiority complex unmatched even by uber wealthy whites. Their "soil the earth mentality" makes no sense as they incarcerate and bread themselves out of relevance. Viva la raza!
5. Mexicans enjoy pain. They find every reason they can to be jealous of their partners and question their loyalty. Most woman dress to impresses everywhere they go and the men, cheat like crazy but maintain to the bitter end they dont. They brag to their friends about all the side trim they get. They often maintain their womans submissive position with fear and threats. (not making this up. witness it all the time). They bury themselves with fat car payments on Cadillacs and too many children. They deprive themselves of lifes simplest pleasures merely so they can front amongst their peers and appear macho to their male counterparts. Many condone and allow the burden of drugs abuse in their communities and their own homes probably because thats just been the status quo for generations.
6. Place very little importance on academics. I'm sure has a lot do with paid-for education ending in 8th grade in mexico, but there appears to be ridicule even within their own families to those that remain attentive and want to succeed into college here in the US. Maintaining the incorrect pronunciation of english words to sound like an essay (male of female) really entertains me. There is a radio commercial where I live promoting a doctor that specializes in womans health. The woman speaking on the commercial actually sounds like shes having a difficult time trying to sound like a normal english speaking, even though she was most likely born and raise in CA. I get a kick out of it. This isnt all her fault as the California school system has been strong armed into dumbing down the curriculum and accepting meritocracy, because HEY, everyones gotta graduate right?
7. Lastly, politics. Anytime someone touches on the growing and depleting problem of illegal immigration and all related expenses, even the most americanized mexicans become inflamed and protective of their "heritage"? As if, it would even exist at its roots without organized european influence from the beginning? They're considered a conservative group based on their religious roots but will vote democrat any time immigration is touched on or anyone discusses reforming the abused handout system in this state.
Historians wont be able to leave out the facts related to the changes in social climate here in the US from this group.
