Yet then, all I need to see are little tidbits like the sign I saw Sunday outside a restaurant seeking workers to be reminded that every time we see an Equipo Mexico win, it upsets the sensibilities of so many in our society.
PARTICULARLY
THOSE WHO think they’re offending us when they go out in public wearing their
ridiculous red “Make America Great Again” caps.
The
fact that Mexico pulled off a shocking 1-0 victory over the German national
team on Sunday (Germany is actually the defending World Cup champion, and so
many Anglo pundits were determined to believe that Mexico was unworthy of a
spot on the same pitch with Die Manschaft)
was my ethnic brethren’s way of saying “Drop Dead!” to the nitwits who probably
see nothing wrong with The Sign.
Which,
I must admit, my father was the first to notice. We went out for a Father’s Day
dinner (we all wanted a hearty meal, but nobody wanted to cook in Sunday’s
excessive heat), and as we left, he pointed out what he termed a racist sign.
For
the restaurant in question had two signs on their window – one in English and
the other in Spanish. The English sign was a properly printed poster seeking a
need for people to work in jobs as cashiers and counter-help.
THE SIGN EN Español was a makeshift thing that expressed a need for trabajador para lavaplatos. As in dishwashers. As in back-in-the-kitchen and out of sight of paying customers. Implying that such people wouldn’t be bright enough to speak English.
Although
I’d wonder if there’s really an intelligence level between up-front and
behind-the-scenes workers when it comes to a restaurant employee pulling
minimum wage-or-less (and counting on a share of tips to make up the
difference).
In the overall scheme of things, this is a lesser snub. It is almost laughable that
anybody who thinks in such a way would be capable of running a business that
doesn’t immediately delve into bankruptcy.
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But
then again, I still had the after-glow of watching the Mexico victory over
Germany just a few hours earlier on Sunday. And in seeing that moment when
television cameras panned over to the faces of German fans in shock that they had
actually lost to “Me-xi-co! Me-xi-co!”
ONE
THAT I watched largely on the Spanish-language Telemundo network broadcasts. I
tried watching the Fox Sports 1 English-language broadcast, but quickly found
it annoying to hear announcers complaining that the Mexican fans who made the
trip to Moscow to watch their team in the World Cup managed to sing their
national anthem in a louder, more boisterous manner than the German fans.
Almost
implying that Mexican fans should be meek and accept their eventual defeat.
Which didn’t happen, and which gave many people of Mexican ethnic origins a
moment of joy.
Particularly
in Mexico City, where seismic sensors detected a small earthquake – albeit of
man-made causes, in the federal district. Which, coincidentally, matched up
with the exact minute when Hirving “Chucky” Lozano scored the Sunday match’s
lone goal in the 35th minute.
Chicago
Cubs fans love to think the whole world was all worked up when they had their
post-World Series victory parade to Millennium Park. Yet not even they managed
to create a seismic disturbance of the likes we saw Sunday.
I
DO HAVE to admit one thing – I wasn’t alone on Sunday. I noticed while trying
to order food a family – of whom the mother and three sons were all clad in
various jerseys of the Mexican national team.
It
has me thinking I’m going to have to go out and get myself an El Tri jersey – although I’m still
trying to figure out which design I like the most.
Although
I also have to confess it wasn’t a complete picture; the father/husband figure
of the family?
He
apparently is still living in the past of 2016 – he was wearing a Chicago Cubs
jersey! I’d like to think the rest of his family was ashamed to be seen in public
with him.
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