Thoughts On Cinco De Mayo, I Guess

I could write something heavy about how this city's local bars and cocktail lounges celebrate Cinco De Mayo and what I call the 'Ricky Martin-izing' of this holiday for cheap, quick mass consumption ..in the grand Corporate American tradition.

I could write something about how it rubs me the wrong way, as a fifth-generation Mexican American, that this seemingly unattainable victory of simple farmers, peasants (oppressed by wealthy land-owners) and Zapotec peoples over the French Army of 1862 isn't commemorated more respectfully, ..but, I won't. There's a truly exceptional article on CARLOS IN DC that says it all more eloquently than I ever could, this early in the morning.

I missed the whole thing, anyway.

Yesterday was a hot and busy day--got home late and way too exhausted to get my Cinco on. Put some hot sauce on a fish sandwich, last night, if that--but, that really doesn't count. Creo que no.

Consider this...we live in a magnificent city full of genuine opportunities to be students of and ambassadors to cultures from all over the World. In this age of SNUGGIES, hate-radio demagogues and reality TV, let us pursue substance, where we can.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

Mel Dyer

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