# Mexicans control your damn kids while in public! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209 "2009-06-18T19:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![abbeytxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/121 "2009-06-19T03:01:38Z")
I know this is just going to be an exercise in futility, but not all Texans are racist, redneck, Bible thumping, Bush voting, morons. Thanks, I feel better. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/122 "2009-06-19T03:02:32Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I don’t mean to sound like a racist but, Ah fuck it. If being pissed off that Mexicans wont control kids in public makes me a racist, then I guess I’m a racist. > > Of course I don’t like it when the following don’t control their kids either: > > Whites,Blacks,Browns,Yellows,Greens,Vulcans,Tatooinians,Jews,Serbs,Indians(far east and native american) and the list goes on… I work retail in an area with lots of Latinos {by the way, how do you know they’re all from Mexico? I can’t tell. } as well as folks from the Middle East , Africa, etc. and all classes and groups of American’s. Yes it’s annoying as hell when parents won’t control their kids in public. We had a lady today who walked away from her two year old {not safe} who then proceeded to tear open a package of coloring markers with books and begin to color. She was pissed when we told her she had to pay for it. Parents hand their kids our merchandise to play while they shop when they have no intention of buying it. Guess what? It happens in all ethnic groups and also in all ethnic groups you’ll find good parents who discipline their kids and teach them respect. After years in retail I’d say I see an increase in the number of parents who don’t bother to teach their kids basic manners and self control, or respect for others. It’s fucking aggravating as hell. Large box stores a partly to blame because they don’t have the staff to control things and they’re so scared of offended a customer that they won’t tell parents “control your kids of get out” I find it hard to believe you haven’t seen other groups having awful kids as well. If you live in a neighborhood with a primarily Latino population I’m sure you’d see more bad Latino kids, but calling all Latinos Mexicans is , excuse me for being blunt, ignorant at best. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/123 "2009-06-19T03:17:25Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I don’t want to sound racist or anything, but all goddamn niggers should goddamn hang. I thought genetics already took care of that? Or am dat a miff? ---
**Author:** ![isentropic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ea924/32.png) [@isentropic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isentropic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/124 "2009-06-19T03:22:04Z")
So, in summary what you are saying is: 1. Annoying parents are annoying, and 2. I only notice when they are Mexican. 3. Just in case you are drunk and/or high, I’m not a self-hating Mexican. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/125 "2009-06-19T03:28:17Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I’m afraid I have to call bullshit on this one. Nobody goes to Kansas City, Missouri as a tourist. We used to go down from Ames for a fun-packed family weekend back when I was a wee sprog. Besides, everything’s up to date in Kansas City. They’ve gone about as fur as they can go. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/126 "2009-06-19T03:30:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t mean to sound racist, but why cant Mexicans control their fucking kids in public? The funny thing is, the family in question was actually Honduran. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/127 "2009-06-19T03:41:49Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Oh, that’s EXACTLY what a PC would say. > > Hi, my name’s Jim, and I’m a Mac. Hi, my name is Mighty\_Girl, and I am bi.\* \*I got both a Mac AND a PC. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/128 "2009-06-19T03:46:41Z")
Of course Mexicans can’t control your damn kids while in public. Everyone knows that if you’re looking for a nanny you hire a Costa Rican. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/129 "2009-06-19T04:01:56Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Well Texas _does_ border Mexico, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility that he’s been in contact with more Mexicans than other people of latin descent. California borders Mexico also, but I’ve met tons of Guatemalans, Costa Ricans, Salvadorans, etc. here. Even though L.A. is half Latino, it seems like I hardly ever come across Mexicans here. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/130 "2009-06-19T04:13:26Z")
> [@abbeytxs](#): > > I know this is just going to be an exercise in futility, but not all Texans are racist, redneck, Bible thumping, Bush voting, morons. > > Thanks, I feel better. It’s a little ironic that someone would make such a wide generalization about the people of Texas in a thread with an OP that is being damned for making wide generalizations about Mexicans. And I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard people on this board generalize about “rednecks” and “white trash.” The rule here and among most left-leaning places in general seems to be, “making generalizations about nonwhite groups = bad. Making generalizations about lower economic classes of whites = okay.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/131 "2009-06-19T04:30:22Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It’s a little ironic that someone would make such a wide generalization about the people of Texas in a thread with an OP that is being damned for making wide generalizations about Mexicans. And I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard people on this board generalize about “rednecks” and “white trash.” > > The rule here and among most left-leaning places in general seems to be, “making generalizations about nonwhite groups = bad. Making generalizations about lower economic classes of whites = okay.” I believe he was making use of Juvenal’s amazing new invention called “satire.” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/132 "2009-06-19T04:36:26Z")
No, I do not think he was. I have heard people say this over and over again, whenever someone from Texas does something bad: “Not all Texans are like this [just most of them/just everyone except me.]” There’s another thread right now in the pit titled “Pennsylvania rednecks beat and kill Mexican illegal immigrant; get same sentence as beating a dog.” What is a “redneck” but a way of generalizing about a whole social class? Yeah sure, there are white people who call themselves rednecks. And there are black people who call themselves niggers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/133 "2009-06-19T04:47:04Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I love Eskimos. They’re a proud people, why do you slander them like that? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/134 "2009-06-19T04:59:23Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I dont speak spanish. Learn! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/135 "2009-06-19T10:39:30Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I don’t mean to sound racist, but in my experience Mexican children seem to be somewhat better behaved than other children I see/hear in public places. > > And that goes for Texas as well. You bastard. You _had_ to take this too far, didn’t you? > [@sailor](#): > > Learn! It’s not fair to order him to learn. Let’s teach him some common Mexican phrases. Here’s a useful one, **jackofsevens** : “Donde esta el quarto de baño?” In English, this means _Let us go to Arby’s, where our children can run wild and free while we eat. I love it because it makes the grinos go crazy. We will celebrate with the ceremonial hurling of lemon wedges!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/136 "2009-06-19T11:15:35Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > It may not be fair or rational, but NJ to me is just a miserable place filled with miserable people. Oh, that’s just the act we put on to help ease overcrowding. It keeps everyone who visits from deciding to move here. > [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > I really NEVER EVER want to go there again. [Here ya go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdmWEkk2wtM). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/137 "2009-06-19T11:15:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > … > In English, this means _Let us go to Arby’s, where our children can run wild and free while we eat. I love it because it makes the grinos go crazy. We will celebrate with the ceremonial hurling of lemon wedges!_ Ah, free range Mexicans. They’re much tastier then the Chinese, who are all gristle! ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/138 "2009-06-19T13:00:23Z")
I read the thread title the wrong way- mainly, I thought it said that Mexicans were controlling _my_ damn children in public. Now, that would be waaaaay more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/139 "2009-06-19T13:13:30Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > I work retail in an area with lots of Latinos {by the way, how do you know they’re all from Mexico? I can’t tell. } as well as folks from the Middle East , Africa, etc. and all classes and groups of American’s. Yes it’s annoying as hell when parents won’t control their kids in public. We had a lady today who walked away from her two year old {not safe} who then proceeded to tear open a package of coloring markers with books and begin to color. She was pissed when we told her she had to pay for it. > Parents hand their kids our merchandise to play while they shop when they have no intention of buying it. Guess what? It happens in all ethnic groups and also in all ethnic groups you’ll find good parents who discipline their kids and teach them respect. > > After years in retail I’d say I see an increase in the number of parents who don’t bother to teach their kids basic manners and self control, or respect for others. It’s fucking aggravating as hell. Large box stores a partly to blame because they don’t have the staff to control things and they’re so scared of offended a customer that they won’t tell parents “control your kids of get out” > > I find it hard to believe you haven’t seen other groups having awful kids as well. If you live in a neighborhood with a primarily Latino population I’m sure you’d see more bad Latino kids, but calling all Latinos Mexicans is , excuse me for being blunt, ignorant at best. Fucking _shoppers_. I hate them. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/140 "2009-06-19T13:18:10Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Actually, the only people who REALLY suck are from Cleveland. (As one from Pittsburgh, I’m required to believe that) [Suck this.](http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/ohio/cleveland-terminal-tower) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=8)