A sporting side note (Memín Pinguín) Redux

Kent (via Monsivais) brings up an important point. That is, how can Monsivais (a mestizo[?] urban intellectual) possibly speak on behalf of the Afro-Mexicans caricatured on the stamps, which he does not to defend them, mind you, but to effectively pass over the question of their racial stereotyping, favoring to spar with the Cultural Imperialists to the north? Did anybody bother asking Afro-Mexicans if Jesse Jackson and company were reasonable in their criticisms? (Not that I am a fan of JJ...) Monsivais' downplaying this act of cultural insensitivity is itself a thinly veiled act of cultural imperialism against his fellow black mexicans, tamping down as it does the entire possibility of a marginalized population having a point of view in all of this. I would say that by downplaying this question, Monsivais reveals a mindset akin to that of the fair skinned, blond haired Mexican businessmen who say things like, "When WE were conquered by the Spanish..."