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Insensitive about Stinco De Mayo: Put on your Sombrero and Poncho, Double dip the Guac, but don't get it on your fake mustache

Seven Pieces of Advice from the Social-Justice Internet for a Culturally Sensitive Cinco De Mayo | National Review Online

by KATHERINE TIMPF May 5, 2015 

Don’t say “guac.” 

It’s that time again: Cinco de Mayo, a day that used to be one of celebration but has now been deemed “problematic” by Social Justice Warriors, (also known as the Kind of People No One Wants to Be Around, which might be why they hate fun so much).  In case you are for some reason concerned about offending them, here’s a list of their guidelines this year for (hopefully) getting through May 5 without doing something that they’ll demand you apologize for:  

1. “Stop Calling Guacamole ‘Guac’” Because That’s Culturally Insensitive. — USA Today Yep, that’s right. The common phrase “chips and guac” is apparently some sort of racially insensitive slur or something, according to USA Today college contributor Dani Marrero. She explains that this seemingly innocuous abbreviation is actually like super upsetting and terrible because the word “guacamole” “has significance as it comes from indigenous Nahuatl language.” 

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417932/seven-pieces-advice-social-justice-internet-culturally-sensitive-cinco-de-mayo



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