Well, I think there are two situations or ways in order to see the problem of Top Gear conducer´s comments:
The first is very simple: everything they said were only jokes (disgusting jokes, of course).
I am sure that all de Mexicans who knew of these comments felt anger and discomfort for their expressions and ideas, but if we are strict, the job of the Top Gear conducer is, in fact, planning, saying and doing stupid or dangerous (or both) things. Furthermore, is easy to imagine for us that they don´t know almost anything about mexican people and food. Only cheese?? Tortilla (like the name of the car)?? Please!! For this reason, we could laugh and feel consideration beacuse comment things like this, are a meaningful part of their work, certainly, is their only grace.
The second is take the comments as insults.
A way of to show our anger fitting and effective is, for me, decrease, avoid, or being more selective with foreing t.v. programs; maybe this could be hard for us, because lost of programs are funny, interesting or really good, but I believe it is necessary. If the big television enterprises allow this kind of expressions is because this is allowed by us too. So, if we are truly angry, this situation must be reflected in this part of the world. Also, we should think that this false ideas about Mexicans are not only in programs like Top Gear; too many programs like series or soap operas and even cartoons reproduce those stereotypes that, we kmow, are absolutely wrong.
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