FRONT PAGE OF LOS ANGELES TIMES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1998
The day after the infamous soccer game. |
Remember 1998?
Times front page designed to say: "It ain't true, folks,
Mexicans love America!"
At left: In an attempt to convince its readers that Mexicans
are true American patriots, the L.A. Times featured Mexicans
waiving the U.S. flag at infamous soccer game. In truth, Mexican
anti-Americanism was rampant.
"91,000 out of 91,225 fans . . . acted as if they
hated the U.S."
 See our 1998 story
|
|
|
| "If we win, Mexicans will
be going bananas and yelling all over the place, like, 'Oh, my
God, we have reconquered Texas and New Mexico and California!'
" Mena said. "It's a vicarious way of achieving an
illusion... |
|
 Why
the disparaging terms? |
