ThursdayOctober042007

Some Texans Fail To Find Humor In Wet Back Viral Marketing Campaign

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A Georgetown, Texas car salesman got fired after distributing an email ad with the headline “Tired of the Wet Backs????” The ad was a promotion for vehicles with air-conditioned seats. The offending spam was sent to 1,200 customers, including some in the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Oops! As thoughtless as the ad might sound, the comments on the Houston Chronicle’s website are even more incendiary. To wit:

I don’t know why anyone would be angry about this ad…I for one AM tired of the wet backs. If we disgorged all the illegal aliens from our schools, took the resources they are sponging off of us, we could greatly increase the amount of money being spent per American Student.

Nice. Can’t wait to not go to Houston anytime soon.

Slur in car ad prompts dealership apology [Houston Chronicle]
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Comments

Actually Georgetown is just north of Austin, nowhere near Houston.

I guess this man assumed that Mexicans don’t use email……they don’t know about fancy things like the Internet and computers.

@ MrsZ he probably does assume we don’t. i interviewed for a job a few weeks ago for a texas newspaper and the publisher told me, “how many Hispanics do you think actually use the Internet?” meaning, “Hispanics don’t use the Internet”.

hear it for the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung…

Well hispanics may use internet but their is a difference between mexican and mexican americans(hispanics) so thats something yall need to know. So yeah hispanics do use the internet and other than that “hispanics”wetbacks” are advised watching the news and i for one don’t think its right that nothing was done other than the guy being fired. I think if was an white or black person a big deal would’ve been made and i might exaggerate but i honestly feel that way. They make it seem like oh it just some mexican that is here illegally they deserve to be treated that way and be called names but it isnt that way we are people we are all human. Most mexicans are here to do all the dirty work no other person wants to do. So that they can support their families. And here letting people from far away countries people who might even terrorize our country and the ones who are helping the country are being kicked out. And by help I mean building the houses were white people live in or whatever. And I am just tired of mexicans or hispanics being criticized cause ONE mexican gets arrested for something. Although whites, blacks and other races get arrested for must worse things.

@jocey…yes, mexican-americans are aware that we are different from mexicans…its hard for us (or me at least) to ignore those differences.

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