How to be costeñito!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVDK_QWloyw

CULTURE APPROPIATION.

There are some similarities and differences between the video of “Bangkok’s Mexican gangsters” and the culture appropriation.

First, the culture appropriation is the adaptation of some elements of one culture from another culture. This is the main similarity with the Bangkok’s Mexican style, because they adopt the clothing style and look from a Mexican subculture “The Mexican Gangsters”. In the next pictures you can see a Mexican Ganga and a Bangkok’s Mexican gangsters.

You can realize the way of dressing its the same in both groups, and that’s because they adopt it from the Mexican gangsters.

On the other hand, the difference I could watch is that they have not adopted this style for commercial purposes but for making themselves look cool because the way of dressing fits with their personality. Despite it, they don’t behave like the real Mexican gangsters.

In my personal opinion these people don’t identify with the dominant culture in their society and that’s why they have took the style of the Latin gangster just to look different. Also, I think they are trying to brake the stereotype of the Asians people and change their aspect.