Tourist racism hits Mexicans at home: ‘We’re in Polanco — speak English’
Attacks by tourists and foreign residents reignite the debate over hate and gentrification in the country, where thousands of people continue to face discrimination based on their skin color and background
A tourist's demand that a Sinaloa band cease performing on Mazatlán beach last year ignited a national conversation on xenophobic behavior directed at Mexicans at home. Since the incident, similar occurrences have surfaced, prompting complaints on social media. In recent months, several incidents have come to light, ranging from a café employee being asked to remove a Mexican flag during a national celebration, to a DJ chastising young women for speaking loudly in a restaurant, and a foreigner pressuring a man filming a video on a public street to speak English instead of Spanish.
Additionally, an American woman physically assaulted workers at a taqueria in Mexico City. These incidents have fueled discontent over gentrification, dispossession, and racism within Mexico's borders.
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