Machete Race War Is On

Now that the movie Machete has been released on the unsuspecting public, the Machete race war is on. White people need to lock their doors and load their guns because the Mexicans are coming across the border and they’re gonna win!

Ok, reality check time. Machete is a movie, and it’s actually kind of boring and the plot is extremely hard to follow. You’re given the feeling that Mexicans are really good people that work hard (all very true). White people are corrupt, evil opportunists who want to hog all the good things in life. If you made it all the way to the end without falling asleep then you get treated to an explosive mini-war that might even be like it was at the Alamo, only this time the Mexicans win. The ending is probably the best part of the whole movie!

What you DON’T see in the whole movie is African Americans. Where do they stand on these issues? Are they just a corrupt and evil? Why are the Mexicans fighting only white people (I think there were a couple of token black people in that big fight scene…not sure)? And which side are the African Americans on anyway? Will they come to the white people’s aid or will they stand on the side of their minority brethren? Hey, and what about the Asians in American…where do they stand?

One more question occurs to me: If a plane crashes on the border between Mexico and the United States, on which side should they bury the survivors?

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