Hispanic leaders in Ohio can now be happy. The local radio station WLW has agreed to bring down a billboard considered by many as offensive.
The culprit is a huge billboard showing a donkey and a man wearing a Mexican sombrero and dark moustache under a sign that reads “The Big Juan.” See? the radio station’s slogan is actually “The Big One,” thus the play on words.
As usual, the main complain had to do with the use of stereotypes and what the gringos at the station thought was the way Mexicans look. Now, if you ask me I think “The Big Juan” thing is actually quite funny, but if WLW wanted to be accurate, instead of bringing down the billboard it could have just replaced the donkey with an SUV or, even better, a Hummer. That would make Juan your “typical” Mexican in the U.S.
As far as the flag is concerned, it could very well become the bumper sticker. Ajúa!!!
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