Anyone else notice a lack of Cinco de Mayo celebration this year?
Location: CA, USA
I have some neighbors who regularly have a huge bash lasting all night long - it's happened every Cinco de Mayo for nearly a decade.
This year - nothing.
The whole town is quiet. This used to be one of the noisiest days of the year. Is anyone else noticing this in their community?
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With ICE being given carte blanche to do whatever they want with no oversight; would you be having a gathering? Even if you were 110% legal, would you risk getting someone who isn't snatched up?
I tried to be festive and have been blasting Mexican music for the neighborhood; but it's like 10pm and I'm old, gotta shut it down.
Right. ICE is a bunch of thugs who would love to round up brown people celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
There was a time when that would have been recognized as sarcasm.
Yeah, they are.
The why (ICE) is pretty clear. I was really more interested in where - how widespread is this?
Because honestly, the silence is chilling. It feels like the day is being smothered in this blanket of lukewarm fear.
Honestly all the holidays were a bit muted for 45 so it makes sense they're even quieter for 47. There's even more fear, anxiety, anger, etc. Not the things that really drive a party atmosphere.
What do the numbers mean?
Trump as 45th and 47th president
I see, that's probably something only Americans would generally understand :D
Ahh yeah I probably getting deported. I wasn’t suppose to tell a non American 😁
That's the last civics lesson you'll be teaching around here, pal.
I understood what you meant.
45th and 47th presidents of the United States. Which in this case are the same person
"person"
You know I seriously considered trying to find a more accurate word. I should have.
Situation?
I believe you. It's okay. It isn't worth it. 🫂
Three hamberders in a trench coat
OK, USA. Meant to add that. Definitely quieter overall.
It clearly doesn’t matter to ICE or the regime generally if a person is a citizen
Legal doesn't matter anymore, apparently. They are just going by vibes now.
Random ass tatoos? MS 13.
Got the wrong guy? Don't care.
Due process? Don't need it.
They probably also went easy on the Yom Kippur celebrations in 1933 Germany
This was hilarious for a second then fucking terrifying.
Yeah. Because the usa is now ran by goddamn fucking Nazis
They're afraid of attracting ICE raids
There was literally an article yesterday about towns and cities canceling their events due to fears of ICE raids.
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I'm in California too. Every year I forget it's Cinco and think "Damn, Mexicans are feeling super patriotic! There's two meter Mexican flags attached to half the vehicles on the road today! Oh....... it is the 5th of May isn't it..." Not one this year.
My Mexican neighbor was just sitting on the steps looking depressed as fuck earlier. :(
I was in Mexico for Cinco last year and they didn't seem to give a shit. I asked if anything special was going on and they just laughed and said no.
Mexican here. Cinco de Mayo commerates the Battle of Puebla. It's widely celebrated in the United States and not celebrated here. It's really more a Mexican-American thing.
There are 32 states down here and only one, Puebla itself, has the day off. As a resident of one of the other 31 states, it literally was a normal day at work for me.
Yeah it seems to be more of a Mexican-American thing. Also it has become sort of a Hallmark Holiday in the US, meaning the significance is amplified by marketing.
I mean the weather is usually beautiful on May 5, so any excuse to have a party.
Probably ICE and bad economy
The Russian people I know speculate that the plan was to recruit Russia as an ally against china. Since china is the more dangerous enemy. However it doesn't seem to be working too well because the Russian leadership is just as out of touch with reality
It’s Monday.
You're Monday.
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The towel:
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I am, in fact, high.
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Nope, it's Tuesday.
Username checks out I guess?
(Timezones are such great fun)
It's been Tuesday for nearly 14 hours mate, catch up.
May 5th was a Monday regardless of time zones, dumbass.
We weren't talkin about dates, we're talking about days.
Bless your heart.
You too bud, have a good day!
Yep, people usually go pretty hard in Redwood City but not this year. It is Monday but even for a Monday it's quiet.
Hey, I know this wasn't the point of your comment, but I grew up in Redwood City! Nice to see it mentioned. That was a wonderful place to spend the 90s as a kid.
It's still wonderful :)
They knew it would turn into Cinco De Porto very quickly
Location: MI, USA. My city is insanely white. The second highest demographic being Black, at around 4%. I have never seen or heard any celebrating around here. But you can expect a 2hr wait at any Mexican restaurant.
I heard some communities would boycott specific products, common in these celebrations, as they were instrumental in Trump's campaign. Nevertheless, this is news to me since the celebrations themselves are basically mandatory for Mexicans.
Yeah, I live in a hispanic majority city in CA and the most I saw were trucks having enormous Mexican flags, made me smile a bit. If I were to see a big American flag it would make me very cautious driving near it
If the cause for muted celebration persists, for next year I'd suggest reviving International Workers' Day and/or Beltane, possibly with Cinco de Mayo influences. Nothing like solidarity marches, or bonfires, pagan magic and feasting.
Also California.
Yeah there wasn't much. Only thing I heard about was a restaurant with marg deals and giving out small cute sombrero hats.
But whats the history of cinco de mayo?
Battle of Pueblo
Celebrated more in the US than in Mexico
When my ex studied abroad in Germany, he made a group of Mexican, American and French friends, and they had parties on Cinco de Mayo and on the Seventeenth of May, the former held by the Mexican and American students and the latter by the French after learning about Cinco de Mayo.
And where is your ex from?
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP. 🍻🎺
I DONT WANNA DRINK ANYMORE
Cinco de Mayo commerates the Battle of Puebla. In the 1860s, the French took advantage of the United States being distracted by the Civil War and invaded México. The French were very pro-Confederate at the time. They planned to use México as a supply line to assist the Confederates. On 5 May, 1863, a rag tag group of Mexican soldiers defeated invading/occupying French troops in an embarrassing defeat. This stopped the French plans to support the Confederacy and fueled a Mexican insurgence to drive out the French and return them to Europe.
In the early 20th century, a group of Latinos in Texas (Mexicans, Guatamalans, Hondurans, etc) wanted to celebrate a "Latino pride" sort of day. Ironically, they chose Cinco de Mayo since it was an unknown, never celebrated holiday that wasn't country X's independence day. And it took off from there.
Nah, the Mexican Catholic Church up the road from me threw another huge party today, and I'm in one of the shit hole southern states.
It's a Monday
Yeah I’m sure ICE has absolutely nothing to do with it….
Also people who say “kthnks” are so lame
You don’t think maybe with what’s going on people might be afraid of celebrating their ethnicity? When ethic people are the target of ICE?
I mean it’s a fairly logical conclusion to come to.
Also I never said it’s the only reason, there might be many factors, but to say it’s stupid to think the current situation with ICE has nothing to do with it…. Well that’s just stupid.