While Schools Remain Shut Worldwide, Mexican School Kids Give A Coronavirus-Themed Performance
A video of school kids giving a coronavirus-themed dance performance at the Ocampo 2020 Carnival in Mexico is doing the rounds on the Internet. In the video that has now gone viral three kids are seen dancing and the set up is the novel pandemic COVID-19. The video has received a lot of attention on Twitter and has almost 10K retweets and 30K likes.
While it has been recommended that schools and offices to remain shut until further notice, Mexico seems to be a little too relaxed despite growing concern regarding the spread of COVID-19. A video of school kids giving a coronavirus-themed dance performance at the Ocampo 2020 Carnival in Mexico, is doing the rounds on the Internet.
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In the video, that has now gone viral, three kids are seen dancing and the set up is the novel pandemic COVID-19. One of the kids is dressed up as a doctor, another one as a nurse and the third kid is the virus itself. The video has received a lot of attention on Twitter and has almost 10K retweets and 30K likes.
Italy, Iran, China: Schools across the country closed for Coronavirus.
¡ª PAISA TWEETS???????????????? ?? (@PaisaTweets_) March 7, 2020
Mexico: ?? pic.twitter.com/IsxH04aGiA
The video shows the doctor running after the virus with large syringe in his hands while the nurse is pretending to wash her hands. However, the video does come across as a little racist, since the child dressed up as the virus is also seen donning a traditional Chinese hat.
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This has brought in a lot of mixed reactions from the people on the micro-blogging website.
Wait. This is racist.
¡ª mrmintbinkie (@mrmintbinkie) March 7, 2020
This ain¡¯t it, bro. I know for a fact if the coronavirus came from Mexico, we wouldn¡¯t like Chinese people dressed up in a sombrero and doing the same shit
¡ª adam (@24vgt) March 7, 2020
Mexico is kind of like that fun crazy uncle who¡¯s always saying inappropriate shit at the dinner table but he familia so you don¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry
¡ª Monica Alicia (@ohgeezthatone) March 7, 2020
I think some of us are forgetting that the H1N1 virus in Mexico has also resulted in xenophobia back in 2009. This is just making it super problematic and xenophobic.
¡ª ????? (@ivxnsson) March 8, 2020
It¡¯s a parody song about the virus itself
¡ª Ayyleo (@AydenLeo) March 7, 2020
Not the hat pic.twitter.com/8gOgfvGZjH
¡ª Isaac (@Iperez0114) March 7, 2020
It¡¯s funny how you can almost forget that every race can be racist
¡ª Giovanni Barajas (@GiovanniBaraj15) March 7, 2020
Seeing them dress that virus to look chinese isn't funny though.... it just shows how racist mexicans can be to other races. pic.twitter.com/l4B4TNB0Le
¡ª Figgy (@KatTheFig) March 8, 2020
It was funny till i saw the moustache, the eyes and the hat. Xenophobia aint cute and i see it all the time in mexico aswell as colourism
¡ª ?#JusticeforJohnnyDepp (@storm_3113) March 8, 2020
Not it
While the virus did originate from China, it has now become a global issue. Racism is not the way to address this pandemic that has taken over our lives. Racism is never the way to do anything.
