mexican picture

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/04/109209_comment.php
This image can be found on the cover of one of the local papers in California, OC WEEKLY. The cover is drawn to show how people view stereotypically view mexicans. The picture shows the mexican man wearing a sombrero and a vest, which most images of mexican are viewed wearing similar clothes. During halloween their were many people dressed up in this same attire. It also shows the man having low eyes, indicating that he is sleepy. Being sleepy could symbolize that the man is lazy as well, which many people stereotype mexicans as. The character also has dark skin and a mustache which is commonly seen. Lastly he has a cross around his neck. Mexicans are viewed as very religous. The cross also indiates that they are christians and all worship Jesus, which is another stererotype. I chose this image because we learned about stereotypes in class and we are currently are learning about racism towards mexican americans.
This items relates to class because it is similar to Welcome to Cleveland in class activity we did earlier this year. Welcome to Cleveland was an article about racist stereotypes towards Native Americans through the Cleveland Indians Mascot. It showed pictures of racist stereotypes of other images. One of these images was of a mexican. The picture showes a man wearing a sombrero and he has a mustache as well. This is similar to the image in OC WEEKLY.
In my opinion, I think that is a racist stereotype of mexicans. Growing up watching cartoons such as the loney toons and others i saw latinos portrayed in this manner. Like I stated earlier during halloween i saw several cosumes of people wearing a sombrero, a sancho, and a fake mustache, which is exactly like the image in the article.