Is Cinco de Mayo Mexican Independence Day? | 9
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
For most Americans, Cinco De Mayo is merely one round in the Holy Trinity of Drinking Holidays - along with St. Patrick's Day and New Year's Eve. But is there more to the story? Nikki Boyer serves up giant, salt-rimmed glasses of history with Dr. David Hayes-Bautista (director of UCLA's Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture) and celebrated artist Lalo Alcaraz (creator of the comic strip "La Cucaracha"). They discuss the true, inspiring, David-and-Goliath story behind this festive annual North American celebration.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.1 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:35.1 | So tell the truth Hello |
| 0:38.5 | Hello, we're going to get to the bottom. We are going to get to the bottom of Cinco de Mayo. |
| 0:58.8 | For most Americans, Cinco de Mayo is basically a spicier version of St. Patrick's Day, an excuse to |
| 1:05.0 | booze it up against the backdrop of offensive cultural appropriation. And unfortunately, |
| 1:10.3 | most people don't know what they're commemorating |
| 1:13.1 | with $5 margarita pitchers at their local strip mall sports bar. So, does the 5th of May |
| 1:19.4 | celebrate Mexican Independence Day, or is it something entirely different? That is what we're |
| 1:25.6 | going to find out today on Call Me Curious. And here to help me get to |
| 1:29.5 | the bottom of this celebration is the most celebrated person that I know, my dear friend, Mr. Malone. Hi. |
| 1:36.1 | Hi, Nikki. Hi. I am really excited about this because I, like many Americans, have always thought of |
| 1:43.5 | Cinco de Mayo as, like, Mexican Independence Day, but I don't think that's what it is, Nikki. |
| 1:48.5 | Okay, so, well, I think we're going to dig into this and find out, because I have to be honest with you. You're not alone, Malone. |
| 1:55.0 | I don't really celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Do you? |
| 1:59.9 | No, I don't. But growing up, you know, in the media and on TV, it was always |
| 2:05.4 | advertisements about beer drinking and, you know, on Cinco de Mayo, you know, drinking and partying. |
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