You might sort of remember Rebecca Black from her smash YouTube hit “Friday” and her successive attempts to turn the mockery of the universe into lasting fame, but now she’s taking whatever notoriety she still retains and making an endorsement in the Mexican Presidential race. Seriously. This is actually what’s happening.
It may come as a shock to many but Rebecca Black is in fact Latina. As she proudly stated in this mun2 interview, her mother is Mexican. Yet, her cultural heritage may not be as strange or shocking as the political stance that the 14-year-old YouTube singing sensation recently took in Mexico.Black showed her support for PRI presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto in a video posted by his supporters on the web on Monday. Her statements were made during a recent PRI meeting in the state of Morelos.
“I believe that Peña Nieto is going to do a fantastic job,” the teen said with her mother at her side in a room full of young PRI supporters. Black’s mother, Georgina Marquez, translated her words into Spanish, as the singer is not fully proficient in that language.
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But the video by the Mexican-American Rebecca Black was not very well taken by many social media users in Mexico, who wondered how a 14-year-old from California, who does not speak Spanish properly, ended up endorsing a Mexican presidential candidate, and “interfering” in that country’s elections.
“I think this is a bad joke from the PRI,” said Astrid Capon, an entertainment reporter who hosts a videoblog on Youtube.
“This girl is not Mexican, she is not well informed (on the country’s politics) and for the PRI to believe that because she is famous, young people will follow (her views) is almost offensive,” Capon said in her videoblog.
This article appears in May 24-30, 2012.
For some reason that Red Star manages to miss, it’s important to remark on the activities of a one-hit wonder (and obscure and that)…
How long before one of the commenters here calls for her deportation?
Remarkably, Dan Gibson doesn’t make his posting decisions based on what Red Star finds remarkable. Life (and the blog) still move onward!
@Tom 39 minutes.
DEPORT HER!
(not due to any racist ideology, bigoted political beliefs or the like, simply because of that song)
“The 14-year-old YouTube singing sensation” this remark is hysterical!!! She is only well known as being immensely dis-liked on You Tube because of her lack of talent. She needs to learn how to do something that she is actual good at before she goes “Public” again. Too many people watching “Reality” television and seeing other talentless people becoming famous for no real reason. Sad… but I am sure we will all see more of this kind of thing!
Funny in MX a non Mexican engaging in political activities can be deported or better imprisoned. I choose the second because you can’t sing about viernes when you have no comida.
Ms. Black is very much as an American as anyone born here. Her Mother, which is a Doctor, came here legally with papers to practice Medicine. Her mother married a white American who was against having his Mexican American kids growing up with Mexican culture and to speak spanish. Her mother has a large family in Mexico as well in the political arena. Ms. Black is concern about all the killings in her families country, so if a 14 year old got the chance to voice her opinion, she should be admired. As for you Ms. Capon of YouTube, you should be fired for not doing your homework.
She is endorsing a political party very well known for being the most corrupt (it’s documented). She should have done her homework.