Reply #32: It struck me lately (I can be pretty clueless)

[EFerrari]

that the signature song for mariachi music is a love song to a black woman. And that the UFW's theme song was a song celebrating diversity (De Colores) -- not *their* color (as if there was one), but all colors. If you search "generosity Mexican people", you get 5 million hits.

I studied folklore with Alan Dundes for a while. He could argue national character in every direction and I'm not really sure what can be taken away from that, finally. But if national character, cultural character does exist, generosity and humor are definitely part of the Mexican national character. Which means, to my mind, it's a damn good thing that our own culture has a chance to mingle with such an affirming influence. :party: