Why are Mexicans portrayed as lazy?
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Not the ones I know.....!
612959
Because people are generally lazy.
395550
I don't think it is ethnicity that causes us to percieve another culture as being lazy or "lazier."  A lot of what we perceive has to do with the cultural differences created by geography and climate.  People who live in extreme climates will have cultures very different from our own.  An example would be cultures where people take afternoon naps during the hottest part of the day.  I would think technology and drug abuse would cause laziness or rather a lack of motivation compared to people in say, my grandparents or great-grandparents generations.  People didn't have the luxury of laziness then.  If they didn't work - they often wouldn't have shelter or food.
632671
Mostly because they tend to be the same color, thus blend in better than the mexicans... That, and the fact that Scots and Irish are fat, lazy and drink excessively...like Americans!
419921
Because they are lazy and isolent. They sit around "watching the kids" all day, while we have to work so they can shovel food in their mouthes.
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stereotypes are based on things that are sometimes true. A lot of black people enjoy fried chicken for example. A lot of white people are nerdy and use big words. It's not unusual to see a minivan full of Mexicans. I mean come on, some of this stuff you just can't make up!
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Mexico wants to get rid of their poor. They personally don't care where they go just as long as they leave and send money back. These are very uneducated people and a major a drain on the Mexican society as they are on ours. Americans are very misinformed if they think our government, corporate America and small businesses like these people. Mexican serve a purpose and caring about them has nothing to do with it.
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That would be very interesting to consider. We assume you are referring to beings from another planet, hence the word alien. The minimum wage in Mexico is roughly 56 cents per hour not 5 cents. Persons convicted of felonies can not vote. If illegals are permitted to become legal, then they have the right to vote just as you do. USA was founded on a English European model of society and now that the model is becoming more Latino this seems to bother you. Did you ever consider that Mexican culture is founded on models from Spain and Germany? So what are you afraid of really? The only thing constant is change.
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They are like you..........too lazy
650744
yes americans are fat and lazy and should have a greater respect for foreigners and their contribution to your society
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Ed, I completely agree with you that it isn't much of an inconvenience at all.  I think that people are using the "inconvenience" argument to cover up for the fact that they are just angry and frustrated about immigration in the U.S.  Often when people say they don't like a language it's actually a reflection that they don't like the people who speak that language.  So, frustration at pressing 1 could actually be a reflection of racism towards Mexican people.
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Really..Here we go again. If Americans are so fat and Lazy? Why IS that my family that are WHITE and AMERICAN. Do their own work..Work  Constitution, plumbing, roofing, remodel, and the list go on and on. Most of my uncles are in their in their 50's and STILL WORK AND THEY WORK HARD. NEVER WOULD THEY CONSIDER OF HIRING ANY MEXICANS OR ANY PEOPLE THAT DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. I OR MY FAMILY IS NOT FAT NOR LAZY. WE HAVE BUILD HOMES FROM THE GROUND UP. WITHOUT NO HELP FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT HAS NO IDEA EVEN HOW TO DRIVE A NAIL INTO A 2X. I AM SO SICK OF HEARING B/S LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REAL WORK IS.
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Prejudice is a result of ignorance, and it's very ugly.  The people saying that Mexicans are stupid should be pitied.  They are ignorant, and that's a lot worse than stupid.
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I know. If these people are so righteous why aren't they in Mexico standing up for their children's future like many are here in the US. The hypocrisy is so obvious. They are enablers. They make the bar so low for illegals the illegals loose any sense of accomplishment. It is ALWAYS about what can a corporation do for the illegals, how can America do something more for illegals, shouldn't America learn Spanish instead of illegals learning English. It is pathetic. These People are cowards.
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Because they are lazy yet greedy
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Many of them choose to do cheaper labor. I know some Mexicans and they bash themselves
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1)They are putting attention on themselves for some reason.. I think they are the largest heritage is Mexican. They just do that stuff because they don't think completely.. It isn't like us white folk go around with our English heritage; because we fought for our independence from them.. Not all Mexicans see it as being an American at all, and just are here for money.\n2)It keeps a lot of prices in agriculture, cleaning services and landscaping cheap.\n3)A lot of them drop out of school, or are in very low level classes; so they are not with the people that will need education in their lives.\n4-I forgot to add that not all Mexicans are like this.. just a lot of the ones doing their whole heritage thing.. and I did not know they were going around burning our flag.. And they are diffidently not the only ones that do.. But the ones with 2 generations legal, fit completely well into society