A Mexican cowboy is called vaquero or charro and they are the original cowboys. The American settlers learned how to herd cattle from Mexican immigrants
I used to live in one of the most podunk counties in Florida, Polk County. It was the meth capital of the planet for a while.
I cannot explain to you the joy I felt when I heard cowboys talking about Mexicans coming in and stealing their culture by wearing cowboy hats and blue jeans with a tucked collared shirt and then explaining to them that they actually stole the Mexican's style.
Such is the gross, cyclical nature of cultural appropriation or just the general, less nefarious, merging of cultures.
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u/Justeff83 3d ago
A Mexican cowboy is called vaquero or charro and they are the original cowboys. The American settlers learned how to herd cattle from Mexican immigrants