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When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?
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Sparky lemmy.today Sparky@lemmy.today
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Mexico is a country south of the United States, and many US immigrants are Mexicans, yet saying the word "Mexico" and calling something "Mexico" has become derogatory in California, so when and how did that happen?

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breadsmasher lemmy.world breadsmasher@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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when trump was elected.

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LordFireCrotch lemmy.today LordFireCrotch@lemmy.today
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Funnily enough, the word "California" is derogatory in other states

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Sarah Valentine pawb.social SarahValentine@pawb.social
Joined: 2026-06-30
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Do you think that "many US immigrants are Mexicans" means it's okay to just call any Central/South American thing you see Mexican?

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Sparky lemmy.today Sparky@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-11
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Do you think that "many US immigrants are Mexicans" means it's okay to just call any Central/South American thing you see Mexican?

when and how did "Mexico" become a derogatory word in California?

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Sarah Valentine pawb.social SarahValentine@pawb.social
Joined: 2026-06-30
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when and how did "Mexico" become a derogatory word in California?

No, you answer my question first.

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aldhissla piefed.world aldhissla@piefed.world
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🤮

This thread is so 🇺🇸...

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BlameTheAntifa lemmy.world BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-22
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That is not a California thing so much as an Orange County thing. California is not homogeneous and has some horrific neonazi enclaves. We call those shitholes Calibama. If you live in one, get out.

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Jhex lemmy.world Jhex@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-28
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when the many racists in the USA felt they were protected by the child raping president

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Sparky lemmy.today Sparky@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-11
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No, you answer my question first.
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Sarah Valentine pawb.social SarahValentine@pawb.social
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the technological and scientific development level in all Spanish-speaking countries is about the same.

[citation needed]

Mexico would have developed better by speaking American English.

[citation needed]

This is just racist propaganda with no basis in fact. Blocked and reported.

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Sparky lemmy.today Sparky@lemmy.today
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the technological and scientific development level in all Spanish-speaking countries is about the same. [citation needed] Mexico would have developed better by speaking American English. [citation needed] This is just racist propaganda with no basis in fact. Blocked and reported.

if the United States speaks Spanish instead of American English, it would certainly not have developed into the country it is today.

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Che Banana beehaw.org The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org
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if the United States speaks Spanish instead of American English, it would certainly not have developed into the country it is today.

And hooooo boy is that going great!

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

It's not...? The fuck did you even get this ridiculous idea from?

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Sparky lemmy.today Sparky@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-11
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And hooooo boy is that going great!

I would rather turn Mexico into the next California, than turn California into just a bigger-sized Mexico.

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undefined lemmy.hogru.ch undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
Joined: 2024-11-07
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That is not a California thing so much as an Orange County thing. California is not homogeneous and has some horrific neonazi enclaves. We call those shitholes Calibama. If you live in one, get out.

Is it really? I have never heard of this being used as a derogatory term in 13 years of living in the County of Los Angeles.

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undefined lemmy.hogru.ch undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
Joined: 2024-11-07
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Funnily enough, the word "California" is derogatory in other states

I was born and raised in Iowa but I’ve been living in California for 13 years now and whenever I visit family and friends elsewhere I’m always hearing it’s because they want to do some evil-ass shit and California is preventing them from doing so.

For example, Iowa is hellbent on not complying with California’s law on pigs’ cage sizes. They’d rather keep locking up animals so tightly they can’t even fucking move.

Or the plastic bag law, we’re apparently so evil here in California because we don’t want any more of these fucking “recyclable” (but never accepted for recycling) bags everywhere. Some lady gave me attitude driving into an Arizona gas station because I didn’t want a whole-ass bag for two items I could easily carry and she made sure I knew “you’re not in California anymore” — thank Jesus God I can use plastic bags again!!

Literally nobody I’ve met here has ever talked about or cared about your shit hole state. Maybe improve it instead of shitting on us.

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undefined lemmy.hogru.ch undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
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I would rather turn Mexico into the next California, than turn California into just a bigger-sized Mexico.

Have you ever been to Mexico?

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Che Banana beehaw.org The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org
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I would rather turn Mexico into the next California, than turn California into just a bigger-sized Mexico.

Mexicans may have something to say about that

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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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WTF are you talking about? Provide some actual proof that this is really happening first.

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