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From http://www.nclrc.org/cultureclub/speakers_corner.html#cinco

Cinco de mayo: To Celebrate or Not To Celebrate?
By Sheila Cockey
April 2010

“Let me state up front: I do not celebrate the 5th of May in my classes. I commemorate it. In my mind it is more of an American holiday than a Mexican one. Why? My opinion only, but…It is more an American holiday because it is the result of an advertising blitz created by the marketers of a specific Mexican beer, with the desire to increase sales in the U.S.”

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