# Is it just me or has there been a "backlash" against Cinco De Mayo? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687 "2018-05-06T05:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/41 "2018-05-10T15:23:28Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Lots of them - MLK Day springs to mind first. So far commercialism has seemed to pass that one by. [It’s](https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/articles/2018-01-11/14-best-sales-to-shop-during-mlk-day-weekend) [a](https://www.retailmenot.com/holidays/mlk-weekend) [bit](https://www.appliancesconnection.com/mlk-day-sale.html) [commercialized.](https://www.tcpalm.com/story/money/business/bargainista/2018/01/11/long-holiday-weekend-martin-luther-king-jr-day-means-its-time-sale/1022597001/) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/42 "2018-05-11T05:21:18Z")
What holiday in the U.S. hasn’t been commercialized by now? Memorial Day is coming up. “Let’s honor the memory of our brave men and women by getting 15% off plastic lawn furniture at Walmart!” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/43 "2018-05-11T14:04:46Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What holiday in the U.S. hasn’t been commercialized by now? Memorial Day is coming up. “Let’s honor the memory of our brave men and women by getting 15% off plastic lawn furniture at Walmart!” Groundhog day? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/44 "2018-05-11T14:20:25Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I nominate St. Jean Baptiste Day. I was thinking a National Poutine Day. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/45 "2018-05-11T14:33:29Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oddly enough, every post I’ve seen on Facebook on this in my feed (which, honestly was only three, I think), came from a Mexican source, not white SJWs. One from a local Mexican craft brewery started with: “We have received a ton of inquiries about 5 de mayo, yet we have never embraced it as people would expect because we have mixed feelings about this “holiday” and think of it as one of the most misunderstood celebrations in the US.” and went on as a thoughtful post of what the story behind 5 May was and ending with the statement that they wholeheartedly support it as a day of Mexican culture, but there will not be sombreros and fake mustaches at the party. Paletas, though, yes. > > And my Mexican friends had similar posts: basically, have fun, celebrate, but also be aware of the history of cinco de mayo and its meaning in the culture. But that’s entirely reasonable IMO, seeing an opportunity to educate people about their culture. that’s not the same as some bored, privileged white kids screaming “cultural appropriation” so they can feel better about having “done something.” ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/46 "2018-05-11T14:59:43Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What holiday in the U.S. hasn’t been commercialized by now? Memorial Day is coming up. “Let’s honor the memory of our brave men and women by getting 15% off plastic lawn furniture at Walmart!” I can picture 9/11 becoming commercialized in the next 20-30 years. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/47 "2018-05-11T18:31:57Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > I can picture 9/11 becoming commercialized in the next 20-30 years. It might, but there’s no certainty of it. Pearl Harbor Day, the equivalent from three generations earlier, did not. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687/48 "2018-05-11T18:51:20Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > But that’s entirely reasonable IMO, seeing an opportunity to educate people about their culture. that’s not the same as some bored, privileged white kids screaming “cultural appropriation” so they can feel better about having “done something.” And that’s exactly my point: that I don’t think it’s just overprivileged white SJWs who are taking this up, which is what some/many of the posts make it out to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-has-there-been-a-backlash-against-cinco-de-mayo/813687.md?page=2)