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They are certainly feckless, flatulent, and over weight though the same could be said about Americans but I don't think as a whole they are lazy. There is a tradition of taking long naps in the afternoon and the rich upper class Mexicans are probably more lazy then most other upper class people (they get their money to work for them) but your average Mexican peasant is willing to work pretty hard for not a lot of money. Will BBC's Top Gear team get into hot water of it's "xenophobic remarks"? Personally, I don't see the remarks as xenophobic so much as biased against one nationality but Mexico's ambassador to the UK is claiming it is.
UK Show "Top Gear" Enrages Mexican Ambassador
Hosts of Popular Automotive Show Face Pressure to Apologize for Joking about "Lazy, Feckless" Mexicans
(CBS) London - Hosts of the famous UK automotive show "Top Gear" were under fire Wednesday after making what the Mexican Ambassador of London called "xenophobic" statements.
The Guardian reports that Ambassador Eduardo Medina-More Icaza sent a letter to BBC executives demanding an apology after the show's hosts rhetorically asked why anyone would want to buy a Mexican car, likening the vehicles to Mexican nationals who host Richard Hammond dubbed "lazy, feckless, flatulent [and] overweight".
The Guardian reports that Hammond's co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, called Mexican food "refried sick".
"These offensive, xenophobic and humiliating remarks serve only to reinforce negative stereotypes and perpetuate prejudice against Mexico and its people," said Icaza.
More than 500 people have complained to the BBC.
Last year, Top Gear gave "60 Minutes" a behind-the-scenes look at what makes the show tick. They learned that the hosts' controversial banter is definitely an important factor.
Hosts of Popular Automotive Show Face Pressure to Apologize for Joking about "Lazy, Feckless" Mexicans
(CBS) London - Hosts of the famous UK automotive show "Top Gear" were under fire Wednesday after making what the Mexican Ambassador of London called "xenophobic" statements.
The Guardian reports that Ambassador Eduardo Medina-More Icaza sent a letter to BBC executives demanding an apology after the show's hosts rhetorically asked why anyone would want to buy a Mexican car, likening the vehicles to Mexican nationals who host Richard Hammond dubbed "lazy, feckless, flatulent [and] overweight".
The Guardian reports that Hammond's co-hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, called Mexican food "refried sick".
"These offensive, xenophobic and humiliating remarks serve only to reinforce negative stereotypes and perpetuate prejudice against Mexico and its people," said Icaza.
More than 500 people have complained to the BBC.
Last year, Top Gear gave "60 Minutes" a behind-the-scenes look at what makes the show tick. They learned that the hosts' controversial banter is definitely an important factor.
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