Cain Velasquez is Mexican/isn't Mexican Thread ***Threads Merged***

[Gigaton Punch]

I'm not sure Cain's mom is actually an immigrant. I know we always hear about his dad but his mom might've been born in the US.

EDIT - OK, I'm right. His mother was born in the US and that's how his father has been allowed to stay here.

His father Efrain Velasquez was a Mexican immigrant who dreamed of something more than the poverty stricken lifestyle he was accustomed to in Mexico. Efrain would set his sights on the United States. After making six trips across the blazing hot desert, only to be deported all six times, it was lucky number seven that led to Efrain meeting his wife Isabel in Arizona. After wedding Isable, an American national, Efrain was finally permitted to remain in the states.

http://www.lowkickmma.com/UFC/Cain-Velasquez-Like-Father-Like-Son-9108/

 

[spooNN]

I don't know but it's pretty silly. Almost seems like people are more concerned about where Cain is from instead of the great match up that is about to happen.

 

[ermac88]

>Mexico sucks so bad that Cain's dad illegally crosses border 7 times

>Cain's dad dreams of a better life in the US

>Cain's dad does everything he can to leave Mexico


>Somehow Mexico is responsible for the greatness of Cain


I'm confuzzled. Cain's father risked life, limb and the possibility of prison to get the fuck out of Mexico to make a better life for himself and the children he wanted. Cain's father is a criminal who broke US law over and over to escape Mexico, but somehow the Cain family is more proud of Mexico than the United States?

"I'm confuzzled"

yes you are
stop posting

 

[pridefc33]

He was not born in Mexico and does not hold a mexican passport.
That means he is not mexican.
Mexican is a nationality, not an ethnicity.

Yes but even if your born in the Usa we still call are ourselves Mexican. People in Mexico call us Mexican as well. Thats how we describe ourselves.

 

[Level25Virgin]

Damn racist tattoos, damn this thread, and damn Alexander Hamilton!

 

[sloter21]

Sure he had the tattoo, but they've definitely milked Cain for the Hispanic market. As for him identifying himself as Mexican, I can call myself a Klingon, but it don't make me one.
If he identifies with Mexico more than America, why does he continue to live in the US? He has the money to move.

No you can't because your parents weren't klingons.

 

[DaleBoca]

He was not born in Mexico and does not hold a mexican passport.
That means he is not mexican.
Mexican is a nationality, not an ethnicity.

It doesn't matter where you're born, it has more to do what your parents are. Kyrie Irving was born in Australia, so he's Aussie, right?

 

[vkram]

It doesn't matter where you're born, it has more to do what your parents are. Kyrie Irving was born in Australia, so he's Aussie, right?

Kyrie has an American passport plus he pretty much grew up in the U.S. (since he was 2 yo). Cain is an American that has Mexican blood in him (and Brazilian from all those beatings he gave to JDS and Bigfoot).

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Yes but even if your born in the Usa we still call are ourselves Mexican. People in Mexico call us Mexican as well. Thats how we describe ourselves.

Fox News does too. Heck if you were born in Puerto Rico they call you Mexican.

 

[Lemmy]

lol, he's a US central america descend like some other thousands.

He's not even latino at all, we (from south europe) are latins, they are native american\latins\whites mixed.

 

[0Byte]

Cain Velasquez is Mexican.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

How many butt hurt threads do we need to make about Cain?

 

[MillingMeSoftly]

these guys are phonies

he was born in america to an american born mother, lives in a nice neighborhood in america, runs a business in america, employs americans, pays taxes to america, married another american, and sends his american kids to a private american school

and when it's convenient, he claims mexico.. even though he's never lived there

he ABANDONED them

Cain velazquez just bought a Maserati for 200k
he could have bought a lexus for 41k and driven around in style, then send 159 thousand back to mexico and built two schools.

But he didnt. He didn't send back 159 thousand dollars, he didn't send 159 dollars, he didnt' even send back 159 cents !



He's forgotten his people, his homeland and his heritage... and instead is chasing the american dream
HE IS AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS.

 

[shonuf]

keep all this talk in here.

 

[DGT4NOW]

these guys are phonies

he was born in america to an american born mother, lives in a nice neighborhood in america, runs a business in america, employs americans, pays taxes to america, married another american, and sends his american kids to a private american school

and when it's convenient, he claims mexico.. even though he's never lived there

he ABANDONED them

Cain velazquez just bought a Maserati for 200k
he could have bought a lexus for 41k and driven around in style, then send 159 thousand back to mexico and built two schools.

But he didnt. He didn't send back 159 thousand dollars, he didn't send 159 dollars, he didnt' even send back 159 cents !



He's forgotten his people, his homeland and his heritage... and instead is chasing the american dream
HE IS AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS.

Valid points that were offset but your annoying choice to use an annoying color & bold it!

 

[BROKENSPROKET]

Well, not by law, but by heart.

Tell me if I am wrong.

Both illegal immigrants and american citizens of Mexican descent believe that So. California, New Mexico, Arizona and much of Texas were stolen for their ancestors and that land, in their hearts, is Mexico. So any Hispanic, of Mexican descent, born in the US believes that they are Mexican, heart and soul.

That is what I understand from Hispanic friends that I have.

 

[surgeyou1]

 

[Jermei]

We know. Normal people understand the Cain is Mexican but not really thing. He's American, he's Mexican, he's both, who cares. Wave the two flags like Tito or whatever, nobody cares... well they do, but I don't.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

The Mexicans stole that land, too, genius.

 

[fight4it]

We know. Normal people understand the Cain is Mexican but not really thing. He's American, he's Mexican, he's both, who cares. Wave the two flags like Tito or whatever, nobody cares... well they do, but I don't.

This. he is America but his parents are mexican. It does irritate that he doesnt carry the american flag but this has been done to death already