Bill Esparza, author of the book “L.A. Mexicano,” slams the “Mexican Week” episode of TheGreatBritishBakingShow: “The real problem here is the lack of respect for the people. They have no business doing cultural weeks of any kind.'
“Tacos, new one on me,” says one contestant, as they are given the assignment for the technical challenge of making tortillas from canned “yellow field corn” and adding steak, spicy refried beans, guacamole and pico de gallo to make some sort of gloppy pile of taco topped with rare meat.
“The food was beyond absurd, because the people who were directing them to make it didn’t know what they were doing,” said Esparza, “The episode goes beyond the awful food. It almost seems like it’s offensive on purpose.” Austin, Texas-based journalist Kate Sánchez tried to put the furor into perspective, noting “Don’t get me wrong it’s definitely racist but also DACA was deemed illegal and my community is being actively harmed by forces not on my TV so glocklymolo and ominous maraca shaking is at least the stuff I can laugh at.” However, she did admit that peeling an avocado like a potato constituted “an act of physical violence against my people.
“Bracing ourselves for a whole lot of cringe,” wrote German-based historian and teacher Daniel Salina Córdova, who also shared a bingo card featuring all the stereotypically Mexican tropes used on the show.episode. Bracing ourselves for a whole lot of cringe, very bad Spanish pronunciation and weird "takes" on Mexican bread and cuisine.“Mexican week on the #GBBO is so cringingly racially and culturally insensitive I have to ask how it was approved,” wrote @kcrusher on Twitter.
Thanks for tweeting along with us during Mexico Week folks – plenty to taco bout! Until next Tuesday, sweet treats!
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