JUST RANKIN’ SH!T
8 Latinx Cultural Staples Ruined by White People, Ranked
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8. Tequila
Fuck you and your $200 bottle of Avión tequila, Turtle.
7. Spanglish
Our language deserves better than being reduced to a shitty Adam Sandler flick that uses the word “fiery” in its official plot synopsis.
6. Street tacos
If your “street taco” mix includes the words “meatless” or “urban,” it came from no street.
5. Cowboys
Anyone who tells you Marlboro invented cowboys is just blowing smoke. It was Mexican vaqueros who set the stage for the Wild West — and they weren’t the basis for a racist football rivalry or children’s game.
4. Julio Iglesias
Nobody ever took dude seriously after he sang with Willie Nelson.
3. Rolling Rs
We thought we had a monopoly on rolling the letter R in casual Spanglish conversation — cooking our meats on the parrrrrilla and giving shoutouts to the homies from San Juan…
