a european-american selena fan, explaining differences in reaction death of selena between european-americans , mexican-americans in texas.
on april 12, 1995, 2 weeks after selena s death, texas governor george w. bush declared birthday selena day in texas. bush said selena represented essence of south texas culture . on selena day, approximately thousand fans gathered @ grave , began singing traditional mexican folk songs; police brought in control crowd. on same day, crowd of 3 thousand attended organized mass of resurrection selena @ johnnyland concert park.
in april , may year, european-americans in texas wrote editor of brazosport facts questioning fuss on death; offended because selena day coincided easter sunday. others said, easter more important selena day , , believed people should let selena rest in peace , on lives. mexican-americans living in texas wrote newspaper; agreed others critical of selena day, stating did not need celebrate day , should not have responded announcement rudely. seen corpus christi caller times, said had printed several of negative comments left people , many comments unprintable . latino filmmaker lourdes portillo said did not know selena when heard shooting.
when news of selena s death broke, americans asked , said not important , suggesting latinos on . author , texas monthly magazine contributor joe nick patoski said anglo-americans , mexican-americans divided in reactions selena s death. patoski said anglo-americans didn t understand fuss . echoed in corpus christi caller times, found racial divisions in reactions selena s death. educators had observed reactions said, emergence of icon in minority culture can both bewildering , threatening anglos . melicent rothschild said americans not understand cultural role models of groups have felt discriminated against . following selena s death, cultural confrontations reported. vocally opposed memorials singer, feeling costed taxpayers. others complained newspapers media interest in selena s death. many media outlets received negative comments people around country. baffled rossler massacre, occurred around same time of selena s death, did not generate same amount of media exposure. mayor mary rhodes said many of people complaining media exposure selena receiving had never heard of her.
in 1997 biopic film selena, store manager asks latinos running towards singer autograph, s selena? . americans felt scene irrelevant , on dramatized . 1 selena fan said event depicted in scene happens time latinos , friends, , feel community has been ignored . lauraine miller said, selena has opened eyes , , miller had become more american . fan said, nobody ever lets forget mexican american in u.s.
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