By Kiyonna • May 4 2019

Americans always hollerin’ about cultural appropriation, when some of us literally dress up as Leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day.

And we never miss the opportunity to get wasted on Cinco De Mayo — yet we live in a country where the President has it out for our Mexican bredren.

But what does Cinco De Mayo even represent? Well it’s not Mexican Independence Day like some thought. The day actually commemorates a Mexican victory over French troops in the Battle of Puebla, which was no where near pretty.

According to USA Today, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French forces of Napoleon III on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla. Mexico had trouble paying back war debts to European countries, and France had come to Mexico to collect that debt.Carlos Tortolero, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, told reporters, Cinco de Mayo has become more of an American holiday than a Mexican one. But most non-Mexican Americans have “no idea” about the day’s history.

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