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Dear Mexican: Tell us about the origin of the grito. No, not the one done in September to celebrate independence, but the one belted out during passionate rancheras like Chente’s “Volver, Volver.” Where did they start? What’s their purpose? A good grito is a way to get a lot of emotion of your chest, but I’ve always wondered ¿esto quién se lo inventó?
El Gallo Gritón
I think that I’ve identified the Mexican “rallying cry,” if you will, but I need your confirmation. Why is it that groups of Mexican men seem to often yell out this high pitched “Aye aye aye!” business as some sort of battle cry or mating call? My brother was an electrician and worked on a lot of construction sites with Mexican men and he also now has picked up this “Aye aye aye!” Furthermore, a friend of mine hears this early in the morning outside her condo while they are working on her remodel. Could it be a wake-up call, perchance?
Whitey Wishing for My Own Call
Dear Pocho and Gabacho: Every male culture needs a battle cry, and our grito has been a Mexican’s best aural artillery for hundreds of years. But unlike the cowboy “Yee-haw!” or Indian “Hoka Hey!” ours can slow down to express sorrow (The “Ay yai yai yai” chorus of “Cielito Lindo”), speed up to show happiness (every drunk primo), extend for a minute to exude machismo, or go off in staccato bursts of approval. Its origin? DEEZ NUTZ. Seriously: The only academic study I tracked down on the subject is “El Grito Mexicano in Texas-Mexican Culture,” an unpublished paper written by esteemed Notre Dame professor Jose E. Limón that the good profe currently can’t locate. And while I’m sure it’s great, its findings won’t matter: whether you want to trace it back to the Mexica or the Moors, the grito is an expression of DEEZ NUTZ—that is to say, huevos. Can women do it, too? Of course—but only DEEZ NUTZ could think of a shout so, well, ballsy.
I’m an Asian—a chino, to be more exact. I love Mexican culture and I adore Mexican women, be they today’s moms or the Jesusitas of the Revolution. To make myself closer to the Mexican community, I’ve tried everything. I visited Mexico, learned some Mexican Spanish, bought two straw sombreros, made two to three Mexican amigas who are either married or too young, danced baile folklorico in front of large audience, and even sang “México Lindo y Querido” at a Chinese-restaurant karaoke to my Chinese colleagues. Yet, despite all my efforts, the most I’ve got from Mexican mujeres is a nice smile and nada más. Mexican mujeres simply puzzle me. I don’t know what they want in a man and how I can get them interested in a chino of cinquentaytres. I guess maybe my grays shut them down. Or they prefer hombres of their own raza? What do you suggest? The only thing I can think of that I have not done is to bring a mariachi to the window of a mujer of my corazón. Should I do that? Will I be arrested by police if I do that? Or will some jealous Mexican men come to chase me off with pistols?
Ching-Chong Charlie
Dear Chinito: You’re doing it all wrong. Mujeres don’t care about how Mexican a non-Mexican guy is when they come a’courtin’; they care about romance. That said, you’re on the right path with a serenata. Any woman who looks down on an hombre doing that has a heart colder than Trump’s—but is still hella smarter.
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“Ching-Chong Charlie”
I’ll bet your pepper is smaller than a Jalapeno.
Ching Chong Charlie:
Funniest damn question I’ve seen in a year.
I don’t know what Mexican women want, but I understand they consider Mexican men too short and fat.
The elite are always setting up poor whites as scapegoats. Even Martin Luther King’s family declared that James Earl Ray did not kill King. Ray always denied he did it. Yes, yes, I know there are no conspiracies, no groups plotting for their own arcane reasons, and our government always gets to the bottom of things and tells us the truth, and nothing but the truth so help them god. But the Roof shooting was yet another staged event, a false flag, featuring a poor white guy with no particular reason for doing what he was doing. And these days it always helps if the victims are children (that’s most effective), young women, certain minorities. Ole Dammegard has done a load of research on this. Think critically. Ehrenrich is just a shill for the controlled media. She a stereotype promoting convenient stereotype. What is cringe worthy is her gloating over the demise of a the very people who have done the most for the country in positive ways. They are the ones who really know how to do stuff. It was from their ranks that came the inventors, the innovators. One of the most hilarious trends in the media is portraying whites — even working class, or perhaps, especially the working class — as “dumb.” It makes no sense. All these “articulate” and “savvy” black people are totally dependent on the inventions of whites (who cares about how much money Edison’s father made) and even these fictional tv portrayals are made up by whites. It’s totally bizarro world. I just view it as black (no pun intended) comedy.
Pot, meet Kettle
Ching Chong,
Mexican women simply prefer their men to have more facial hair than themselves.
There is an easy answer to the other question of why Chinese men don’t want Mexican women and it is that Mexican women are too fat and too dark. Chinese men prize slender, young women with light skin.
As the OP correctly shows that Chinese keep being Chinese while Mexicans keep being Mexicans, like oil and water barely mix together, as simple as that.
There are 10 million reasons “Why Mexican Women Don’t Like Chinese Men” to start with.
They all boil down to the dramatic differences on
IQ level,
education level,
social value system,
morality,
etc. between the two,
even down to the small things such as humour (e.g. OP has already showcased a classic example of what is humorous to a Mexican elite, imagine the masses…)
No wonder the desperately romantico “Chinito” is confused. Panda would advise the “Chinito” that he would stand much better chance with Mexican women if he follows this 3-step killer app:
1. resist the temptation of taking a shower for 2 months, and then
2. gets himself drunk (that perhaps only takes 3 beer ), before
2. yells to the woman with the entirety of his cojones: “Hey, Qué rico culito mujercita! Wanna a free ciggy? Venga to my side, quickly”.
Chin Chong’s question was /is a bit off but the opposite is true! Since the Chinese men imported into Mexico brought no women, places like Guerrero, Vera Cruz, etc being within the “southern belt of Mexico, there was much cohabitation between the lower classes and since the indigenous people were somewhat alike, a fairer skinned chino speaking proper Spanish with a university education, or property with a house, was a far better bargain the the typical chino with bad language skills, no university education or property.
It isn’t all bad but one may simply change the name, lose one’s identity and move to Mexico City to be part of the unknown while seeking fama y fortuna. no tengas miedo, amigo mio. Life is for enjoyment.
Either Ching-Chong Charlie is a troll or he must be drunk, doing all those Mexican stuff and hoping he can find a nice young Mexican madame in distress.
Who the hell wants Mexican women? Yes, only Mexican men.
If you are a Chinese computer programmer or engineer living in Monterey Park, CA or Cupertino, CA for example, you most likely are not interested in dating your Mexican house cleaner.
So, the same answer you got with the question “Why don’t black women like White/Chinese men?”
Trolling aside, seem to me Chinese and Mexican live in different worlds even as they live in the same neighborhood. Education is the biggest factor there is. Education level determine what kind of jobs available. People marry/date who they socialize with in schools and at works. Chinese-American are highly educated (over 50% hold bachelor degree or higher and over 25% of all Sci and engineering PHD in US), while Latino Americans are among the least educated. (about 10% got bachelor degree or higher over the age of 25, even worst than Black)
20 years or so ago, it was cool and common for college graduates to marry/date someone with only high school diploma. It is no longer true today.
RIGHT ON SISTER!!!
Off topic but i have a question for Gustavo because this happened to me again yesterday,
why does it seem that many Hispanics (i didn’t say Mexican and i didn’t say all) don’t understand that “right turn on red” means you STILL HAVE TO STOP?
I can not count the times I’ve approached a green light and seen a car coming from my right just execute their right had turn without so much as an attempt to stop and check for traffic. there’s been some pretty hairy close calls so much so that when i see that car approach now i instinctively change lanes knowing what’s coming.
I’ve been wondering this for years but maybe it’s just me.
It is called Evolution.
But the multicultural ideologists and “Gender-Experts” will find a way to explain “Mother Nature” that she is “wrong”.
Some people are too different.
For example bring an Australian Aborigin and a Bolivian Native together.
What would happen …?
Or an Inuit from Greenland with a African from the Kongo.
Excuse me, but sometimes my phantasy is running wild.
Humans are different and the World shouldn’t be like a huge Brazilian Favela.
That’s rich coming from mexican,if you are a mexican.
A estas chicas les encanta la comida china
¿Sería porque los chinos tienen el pipi chuiquitito?