It is a fact that the best way to break down a stereotype is going straight to the country or place from which you want to talk about as in the second video.
Talking about stereotypes, there's something I'd like to stand out: if it exists a stereotype about a whole country, then it's because something is going on there. And from my point of view, the mayority of Mexicans, uncluding me, have been working really hard to enrich such stereotypes in at least one way. Let's be realistic and wonder what have we been doing wrong and change the way the whole world look at us.
In the other hand, Mexicans have a particular sense of humor and as everybody knows we laugh about ourselves all the time under any circumstances. But that doesn't mean that the English from that T.V. programme, even if they are making a joke, have the chance to laugh about us or anyone else. Would they react the way we did if someone laugh about their country and traditions? Of course not! I'm completely sure they would make something about Mexicans laughing about UK, especially because we're not a First World Country as they are.
Let's do something with the image we've been giving to the world and laugh about stereotypes.... after all we're Mexicans, aren't we?
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