According to reader Eric, it looks like the store famous for their rack of luchador masks might be crossing a boundary:
Have you guys noticed these racist masks that they’re selling at that place on 24th between Capp and South Van Ness?
What the fuck?!?
Mission Mission 
That is a Memin Pinguin mask. Famous Mexican comic book character.
http://blogs.bet.com/news/newsyoushouldknow/critics-blast-mexican-black-cartoon-as-racist/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
Yeah, we get it.
Awww… did you get P.C. butt-hurt about this?
can’t we all just Obama.
I fail to see it
That’s because you’re not black. If you have any black friends, you should ask them if they fail to see it as well.
shhhh… I hear a whaaaambulance
Not only is it a very well known character in mexican pop culture, it’s also older than dirt.
And now it’s proof that even though you might not be a racist that doesn’t mean you are not prejudiced, you are really just seeing your own ignorance and sub-concious hatred.
Most black people I know ‘get’ that.
Swaaaaneeeee!
i work right above that store. first of all, the people who own that store are kind of assholes. second, i saw that mask when they first put it out and i almost pissed myself.
So Flosser, *exactly* how are those masks different than the representations portrayed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMrdcs4ucc ?
No, really…how are they different?
I wonder if black Mexicans think its racist? I’m not greatly offended by it, but it’s a bit tacky and ignorant to sell it in the US.