Just as what we call “Mexican” food is hardly Mexican. Hence why you have certain restaurants that add the word “authentic” implying they are serving something other than the Americanized version.
You’re having some kind of weird, nuance based semantic argument. When in reality all this was was a rich white entitled conservative sounding like an ■■■■■■■■
Sure, Tacos are part of american culture, but they sure as hell are part of Mexian culture as well! Using his argument, budweiser is mexican.
Burritos and other soft tortilla fare are more traditional Mexican. Crispy corn tortilla shells may not be.
Apparently what we’d call soft fish tacos were being eaten by Aztecs. It should also be noted that versions of this food were known north of what would thankfully be called the border too, long, long before the 40’s when crispy tocos were first described and popularized.
Which brings up the point: in y’all’s PC zeal who do you think you are to be dissing the Pueblo people? For instance. It’s pro-Mexican cultural bias.
None at all. We had Tejanos as citizens (who fought for independence too) even if there’d not been even one legal immigrant to enter either the Republic after Texas Independence. Likewise the people who came with California.
… and that is if we allowed that we should play the Left’s cultural appropriation rules even a bit, which we shouldn’t. A proverbial Scottish-Korean should be able to open a Mexican food stand to serve tourist to Skara Brae if he wanted with no recriminations.