This Video of Unbridled Privilege and Sexism Has Everything That Mexicans Hate About the Super Rich Rafa Fernandez de Castro - Fusion | |
go to original March 27, 2015 |
Anyone who’s ever seen a Mexican telenovela knows that Mexico’s rich and powerful love being rich and powerful. But in the case of the mirreyes - a term used to describe the privileged children of Mexico’s richest 1 percent - reality can be even more obnoxious than anything portrayed in the soap operas.
But don’t take our word for it - see for yourself in this video produced to celebrate the high school graduating class of 2015 at Instituto Cumbres, an exclusive all-male private Catholic school in Mexico City.
It is unclear whether the school approved of or in anyway participated in the making of the video. Instituto Cumbres did not respond to Fusion’s request for comment. Grupo Mann, the ad agency who produced the video, did not respond to Fusion’s request for comment.
Instituto Cumbres is run by the Legion of Christ, a controversial congregation that owns other schools and universities across Mexico. Until a few years ago, the religious organization was headed by the priest Marcial Maciel, whose 64-year tenure over the schools and legionaries included dozens of sexual abuse scandals.
Today, the school is making headlines of its own thanks to this video, which other Mexicans are decrying as sexist, degrading and generally abhorrent.
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