JE#1A

Me and my father watched Speedy Gonzalez when I was younger. I never stopped to question the 'stereotypes behind the image' pero tampoco did I ever stop to question the stereotypes behind any image. I can't say I agree with the article "Autopsy of a Rat," granted there is alot of commentary behind Speedy's image, I can't look at the cartoon and feel dislike or hatred. To me Speedy was the long-lost revolutionary cousin of Jerry from Tom and Jerry. Los dos un par de traviesos that always sought to escape the hands of a nasty gato.

 It all reminds me of a print I saw recently, Raul Caracoza's "Speedy" (2007), in this image Speedy stands proud with his fist in the air, wearing a red shirt with the black eagle from the UFW flag. What I did find of interest was Daffy's statement at the end of the short espisode, "There won't be a mouse in the house even if it means blowing up the house." Que es eso? So much hatred that one is willing to destroy their own home to not share it with a fellow neighbor, one that has always been there nonetheless? Seems to me like that commentary serves more as insight into the gringo mindset (not in a positive way either) than a commentary againt Mexicanos. Al fin del dia, hasta mis primos know about Speedy Gonzalez in Mexico.