Portland Vengeance! Cultural Appropriators FORCED to close "burrito stand", allowing true Mexicans to market

Lol so black people can't even sell clothes, non-African/Caribbean food, electronics, or Internet services?

Men can't sell women's clothes? women can't sell men's clothes?

Why can't the "true Mexicans" sell their burritos back in Mejico, rather than Portland?

First, Portland sucks.

Second, are there not taco trucks in Portland being run by people who actually know how to cook Mexican food and not a couple dumb white chicks who took a vacation south of Tijuana?

Third, Oxxo has the best hotdogs in Mexico.

This is why Trump won.

There is a difference between appropriation and appreciation. They were celebrating Mexican culture. The sad thing is that the people tearing them down are confused white people.

I'm going to eat a hard shell from Taco Bell for each of them.

Sara Palin wrote:

This is why Trump won.

There is a difference between appropriation and appreciation. They were celebrating Mexican culture. The sad thing is that the people tearing them down are confused white people.

I'm going to eat a hard shell from Taco Bell for each of them.

Bingo.

The amount of ridiculousness like this is getting way out of hand.

South of the border wrote:

Why can't the "true Mexicans" sell their burritos back in Mejico, rather than Portland?

True Mexico is wherever a Mexican is.

South of the border wrote:

Why can't the "true Mexicans" sell their burritos back in Mejico, rather than Portland?

Burritos aren't even Mexican, really.

You won't find them on any menu in Mexico.

Sara Palin wrote:

This is why Trump won.

There is a difference between appropriation and appreciation. They were celebrating Mexican culture. The sad thing is that the people tearing them down are confused white people.

I'm going to eat a hard shell from Taco Bell for each of them.

and will continue to win, regardless of Russia.

exthrower wrote:

It's called "liberalism"....These are all leftists. They live in an alternate reality.

I thought the article was fake initially. Turns out that it isn't. Mind blowing.

2 questions:

How do you colinize a style of food?

Do they allow Chipotle and qdoba?

Sounds like they've colonized frivolous lawsuits.

What's wrong with people? wrote:

exthrower wrote:

It's called "liberalism"....These are all leftists. They live in an alternate reality.

I thought the article was fake initially. Turns out that it isn't. Mind blowing.

So did I. I wanted to make sure I wasn't on another site like the Onion that I wasn't aware of.

The real crime here is the french fries in a burrito.

The people in Portland are nuts, but there is something to the "cultural appropriation" story. There is a taco restaurant in my area that is consistently on the top of all the "best" lists, which is a big deal for a city the size of my home town. The restaurant is run by Mexicans, is very authentic and is a favorite for both Mexicans and white people. They have two locations and everyone always chats up the managers about opening more because there is always a line out the door. They can't do it because they can't find banks or investors who will fund them. Then, there is another taco chain owned and run by some white chefs who dropped out of the high end culinary world to pursue their passion for tacos. They have expanded quickly from a single location in a small dumpy old building to a chain that is pushing 35 locations. They are funded to expand to over 50 locations in four states. The white people get to run with Mexican culture and make bank, but the actual Mexicans who turn out just as good a product can't go anywhere.

There's nothing special about mexican food.

Buy tortillas

Buy some meat

Heat them up

Put them together

Add additional toppings such as onions, pico, cheese, salsa

Serve

Any twit can make great mexican food. Of course, I'm spoiled because my wife illegally immigrated to America with her family in 6th grade.

In other news the French government is suing Julia Child for unlawful appropriation of French cuisine.

I only eat authentic Scottish breakfast burritos made by McDonald's. They're just as good as the burritos in Dundee!

Sara Palin wrote:

This is why Trump won.

There is a difference between appropriation and appreciation. They were celebrating Mexican culture. The sad thing is that the people tearing them down are confused white people.

I'm going to eat a hard shell from Taco Bell for each of them.

There IS a difference between the two, but nope, to me, this is both appropriation and appreciation. Their actual descriptions are explaining how they're appropriating.

Is it illegal tho? Nope.

I don't know see where they were FORCED to close their burrito stand. Why didn't they just keep it open? I've eaten Mexican food cooked by Chinese at Chinese-owned restaurants.

sbeefyk1 wrote:

There's nothing special about mexican food.

Buy tortillas

Buy some meat

Heat them up

Put them together

Add additional toppings such as onions, pico, cheese, salsa

Serve

Any twit can make great mexican food. Of course, I'm spoiled because my wife illegally immigrated to America with her family in 6th grade.

DISAGREE. I once went to Taco Night at a friend's house and he had the nerve to serve hard-shelled tacos, ground beef with TACO SEASONING (wtf??), cheddar cheese, iceberg lettuce, and sour cream.

WTF was that?? Was disgusting!

wejo wrote:

What's wrong with people? wrote:

I thought the article was fake initially. Turns out that it isn't. Mind blowing.

So did I. I wanted to make sure I wasn't on another site like the Onion that I wasn't aware of.

It's just too hard to parody Portlandia. Even "This Week in Misappropriation" is already taken.