Thread: Miss USA’s Fall Echoes in Spanish-language Blogosphere

Miss USA’s Fall Echoes in Spanish-language Blogosphere

New America Media, News Feature, Elena Shore, Posted: Jun 10, 2007

Editor’s Note: Miss USA’s tumble at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico has taken on a life of its own in Spanish-language blogs triggering discussion of hot-button issues like immigration, the wall and regional politics, writes Elena Shore. Shore monitors Spanish-language media for New America Media.

When Miss USA slipped and fell at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico last week, some members of the mostly Mexican audience booed her and began to chant, “Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!â€

[quote]More than any other country in Latin America, another blogger writes, Mexicans have a history of identifying with their indigenous roots. “Some people still have this mentality of victims and victimizers, of xenophobia ('everything outside is bad'), and, above all, of hatred for Americans and Spaniards.â€

[quote]“They have treated us like garbage, they have stolen our land, and now they even built a damned wall. They deserve this and more.â€