The Mexicans On The Big Screen
...ting on a state exam because of the Hispanic race. The professor that taught that math class had faith that all his students, regardless of their study habits or lack there of for some, could excel to pass that 2 state exam. Now all the students in that class consisted of Mexican Americans and each student’s mindset was different at how much they wanted in life. The professor encouraged his class to achieve for better study habits to be able to pass that exam to prove to the school district that they all had the ability to pass. When the exam took place every student passed. According to the school district they suspected that there was cheating that took place during the exam only because it was unbelievable that all Hispanic students in that class passed and that didn’t seem right in their eyes. So the school district forced the students to take a harder exam to see the ending results and once again the students passed that exam showing that they did have potential of succeeding. In the beginning scenes of the film Constatine, we were introduced to a Mexican American family. Keanu Reeves maked an appearance at a Hispanic family’s apartment. The set up of the apartment showed them living with no air condition, only with running fans. They also showed inside of the apartment a picture of the Virgin Mary and Rosaries hanging from the walls. To add along with that the furniture shown in the apartment looked dirty and worn through. Today many Mexican familes have better living standards than the ones portrayed currently in films like this. Growing up I use to love watching Looney Tunes on weekend mornings. Back then I may not have known the difference of racial stereotyping, but looking back there was plenty of it. With broken English as way of him speaking, Speedy Gonzalez was a popular character. They dressed him up with a sombrero and would make him do what is known as gritos from time to time. To accompany Speedy Gonzalez they brought his 3 cousin named Slow Poke Rodriguez in. He was portrayed as very slow moving and slow talking. To think that a cartoon show would characterize two mice as misinterpreted Mexicans shows how little people know about Hispanics. The hit television show Will And Grace ...