ABSTRACT
Mexico is a country with over three thousand years of continuous civilization, but knowledge of its history, culture and people has tended to be either minimal or-worse-affected by the kind of stereotypes we acquire from film or television. People and even nations are often pigeon-holed according to people’s preconceived ideas, which are of course seldom accurate. This is certainly the fate of the Mexican people. I have visited Mexico on a number of occasions and seen both major cities and rural areas. In both, a warm, dignified and considerate people provide a marked contrast to the simple peasants or scruffy bandits who are all too often seen on screen.
