Food is deeply ingrained in cultural identity, and is one way to learn about a community’s heritage, familial customs and values. In the U.S., Mexican food is one of the most popular cuisines, with 1 in 10 restaurants serving Mexican, according to recent findings from the Pew Research Center. This trend reflects an expanding Mexican American population, with 37.2 million people or 11.2% of the U.S. population tracing their ancestry back to Mexico.
Are Mexican food places really about an increasing Mexican population? 10% seems about right for the general interest. Kinda seems like a clickbait article for conservatives. What is the other 90%?
Totally clickbait. Japan has a lot of KFC restaurants, but not a lot of people from Kentucky.
30% of the Japanese population originates from Kentucky. You don’t have to look it up. And if someone asks you for a reference, you can use this comment.
“If it’s on the internet, it’s true!” - George Washington
KFC should do a “Mexican” seasoning crispy chicken.
I just got an idea for a meetup group…
KFC changed it’s name from Kentucky fried chicken to KFC to distance itself from Kentucky (and the word “fried” to a lesser extent)
Yeah, it seems to assume an increase in Mexican food’s popularity must come from Mexicans, when it can easily be explained by how Mexican food’s really fuckin good.
More Mexican food means more Mexicans!!!
Would you like to ban Mexican food?
NO It’s my freedom to have whatever food I want!!!
But, it would make the Mexicans leave.
FREEEEEDOOMMMMM!!!
If that bs were true than there’s apparently a lot more Chinese living in the Midwest than I thought.
I suspect it’s got as much to do with Mexican/texmex food being fuckin good as it does with an increasing Latin American population.
Yeah, I agree. Their premise is faulty. Places serve tacos and quesadillas because they’re cheap and easy to produce and many Americans like them, not simply because there are more Latinos in the US.
Now, if they said that there are more independent family-owned Mexican restaurants, I would consider that a bit more compelling.
As a fan of tacos and salsas, I couldn’t be happier
Not reflecting expanding population, reflecting that it’s good fucking food regardless of where your stupid grandparents are from. And the fact that it’s typically cheaper fare in a country brutally and constantly raped by capitalism.
Grandparents are kinda stupid.
My grandparents were frim southern California as were their grandparents before them and before that they were somewhere out east causing trouble, except one ancestor who was still in California. What im trying to say is that my ancestors were eating mexican food before all you motherfuckers! Also praise the mighty Bakers for having burgers, burritos, and milkshakes (their thoughly americanizef but ive gotta show my Inland Imperial pride).
About to order some Mexican food right now.
I can’t imagine how fucking boring food would be if white nationalists had their way. No thanks.
I’m not even sure I know what white nationalist food is.
If Undercover Brother is any indication: White people eat foods that are white.
Tacos are like, the best food.
I did look into this once. People do have an ambiguity tolerance which links well with our ability to handle diversity. If you are okay with a situation you don’t fully grasp you can try new situations. My question was if we could see human government history through this lense. If the rulers happened to have low tolerance they passed different rules vs ones that had high tolerance.
I mean American food is just British food plus corn.
Who puts corn on a hamburger?
White people co-opting Mexican cuisine.
You’re tryring too hard there because you need to then accuse the Mexicans of stealing the Hamburger, which was invented in the US.
Did all the Americans here have their beans and corn for breakfast, as is tradition?
I’m afraid that the food in the UK is known to be horrid. Much of the food tradition surely came from places like England, Germany, Italy, parts of Africa, etc. In the end, though, these people had to use the ingredients they found here and that’s where food went its own way.
Cuz it’s bomb.
Erm, Mexican families having their own families plus people wanting to eat Mexican food? In the UK, we had people trying to say too many Indians coming into the country, based upon the number of Indian restaurants. Indian food is just more popular than fish & chips.
Not only that, you’d surely struggle to find REAL, AUTHENTIC Indian food and not someone’s UK-style curry.
Mexican restaurants are so good godayum, there can never be enough!
This is a good thing!
In most Midwest towns it is Mexican food or hamburgers. I will take Mexican food 9 times out of 10 and I am not Mexican. The alternatives are just bad.
Twin cities has a lot of varied ethnic foods.
Some of it you don’t even have to look to hard to find, if you’re keen to visit. But, I don’t wanna think about what it’s like outside the metro.
Twin Cities represent! Need the MN train gif
I’m white AF. I’m currently in line for my second of the same burrito I had for lunch.
Obese AF?
Mexican food is amazing.
That is all.
I’d think 1 in 10 also serve Italian. Those cuisines are cheaper to make.
Does pizza count as Italian?
Yes, but you have to have a moustache and act like you speak Italian
Mexican food is a beautiful thing
We need more Mexicans in Australia, all we have is crappy Taco Bill
I feel your sentiment, but it’s just such a fucking long swing 😂. But no worries, once my fellow Mexican brethren hear about the wonders of Australia and how fresh it’s air is compared to the constant heat of Tierracaliente, we’ll be making submarines, boats or even a tiny tunnel with it’s own motorcycle on rails.
No worries. We’ll get there.
We need more Mexicans in Australia, all we have is crappy Taco Bill
Now you’ve made Taco Bill sad. He may not be Mexican but he loves tacos as much as anyone!
