UPDATE: People keep asking us, “Why did you write this piece?” It was a community pitch and conversation our group had here:
@latinorebels this is what bites me..there was a lot of racism against mayweather, but no one says nothing.even the memes…
— tlacaelel kaibil (@tlacaelelkaibil) September 15, 2013
@latinorebels that is why i get mad that your page calls out every other "racist" but what about our self racism. maywather was the best
— tlacaelel kaibil (@tlacaelelkaibil) September 15, 2013
@latinorebels also..if latinos want immigration passed..they should try to get the africanamerican community on board..racism is not helping
— tlacaelel kaibil (@tlacaelelkaibil) September 15, 2013
@latinorebels as "colored" we benefited from civil rights work by people like malcolm and martin..their struggle helped us too
— tlacaelel kaibil (@tlacaelelkaibil) September 15, 2013
Original story here:
You would think that fans of Mexico’s Canelo Álvarez would have been a bit more classy after Floyd Mayweather soundly defeated the young fighter Saturday night in Vegas. Granted, we aren’t Mayweather fans, but we cannot ignore the fact that the controversial champion is 45-0 and is boxing’s best. We know that he is not a popular champion, but did the reaction to his win have to get so racial? Guess so, and while Twitter is buzzing because ignorant people are outraged that an Indian-American won Miss America, not many are talking about the blatant racism targeted at Mayweather for defeating a white red-headed kid from Mexico. Racism ruled the weekend on Twitter, and to be honest with you, it is an ugly secret that keeps getting ignored.
Pretty ugly comments.
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[…] If you are a boxing fan and were reading Latino Rebels, you might also have seen this report of anti-African American racism following Floyd Mayweather̵…. […]
[…] racist epithets tweeps typed in response to Mayweather’s amazing win. According to a report from Latino Rebels, online bigots concluded that Mayweather didn’t win because of his talent, skill and training. […]
[…] racist epithets tweeps typed in response to Mayweather’s amazing win. According to a report from Latino Rebels, online bigots concluded that Mayweather didn’t win because of his talent, skill and training. […]
ROFL MAYWEATHER GOT MEXICANS MAD AS HELL
Fuck wetbacks