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[IceCold48]

ok so i was just informed by the geniuses in the ufc marketing department that if cain velasquez were to win on saturday he would be the first mexican heavyweight champion ever!

this is great that they informed me of this because if i did not know he was mexican i would not be enticed to watch this fight!

i beleive that this is a wonderful marketing strategy because mexicans will support brown pride and racists will tune in to watch him get killed.

this feat also amazes me because of the massive amounts of mexican heavyweights and heavyweight champions it is unbelievable there was never a mexican champ!

i am also happy to see this amazing man fight because if he wins not only will he be the first mexican heavyweight champion but because it is so amazing that it will apparently make ricco rodriquez's championship not count!!!! wooooooooow! i am so excited now thank you dana!

[mma #1 fan]

Ricco is a American /Puerto Rica/Mexican. Were as Cain is Mexican/American . I just see them as American's as they were born here in the America.

[Pasha K]

If his parents are Mexican I think he is much more Mexican than American, no matter where he was born.

[carbondioxide830]

nah if ur born in america, ur american no matter where ur parents r from...thats what america is all about. that's y if ur born on american soil, ur a citizen by default (fyi: if ur born in another country and ur mom is an american citizen, ur also a u.s. citizen by default).

basically he's an american who speaks spanish who's father happens to be from mexico.

edit: cain's wife is fuckin hot

[Chute_Boxe44]

Originally Posted by Pashak

If his parents are Mexican I think he is much more Mexican than American, no matter where he was born.

Ya I'm sorry but that’s a crock of shit. Let's say both my parents were Japanese and I was born and raised in Canada. I would then be Canadian, not "Japanese Canadian", that would be ridiculous.

There is a huge difference between embracing your heritage and being born and raised there.

[Daellusx]

You are what you want to be no matter what piece of rock you were born in.

[CHAEL fan]

Mexican, American, whatever....the only thing that matters is, he is a great fighter who will be the next UFC HW Champ!

[TheKidInside]

in America some people have no concept of ethnicity/nationality/heritage etc

I am a Jew from the Ukraine. so in America I am called a Jewish American (as I am a citizen)

now, my nationality (which means where you are born no matter what, so I could be a nazi SS officer and somehow born in Israel and I'd be an Israeli by nationality)

my ethnicity: Jewish (as well as my religion and culture)

race: Caucasoid


Cain: Born in the US. so nationality, American. Heritage: Mexican. that's it

he's waaaaaaaaaaaay more American than he is Mexican, believe that.

[Tallulah Belle]

I once went on holiday in Spain recently, does that make me slightly Mexican?

[H33LHooK]

Originally Posted by Chute_Boxe44

Ya I'm sorry but that’s a crock of shit. Let's say both my parents were Japanese and I was born and raised in Canada. I would then be Canadian, not "Japanese Canadian", that would be ridiculous.

There is a huge difference between embracing your heritage and being born and raised there.

Actually, if you were born and raised in Canada, you actually would most likely self-identify as a Japanese-Canadian; "hyphen-Canadians" are all the rage here.

Canada's official policy on nationalism as it pertains to ethnicity is "We are a cultural mosaic"; that means you get to bring whatever crazy baggage you want over here, and are not only supposed to be tolerated for it, but are actually often encouraged to flaunt it in public (Eg: Siks with knives are allowed in schools, police forces not being able to force their members to remove turbans when donning a helmet, etc, etc).

Whereas the US has a "cultural melting pot" scenario that sees folks expected to leave at least some of their troubles and b.s. at the door.

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