And yet no one questions America and holds them up to a different standard. With the Latin Kings, we often get asked questions that should be asked to society in general. When we allow people to ask us about machismo, just the word machismo implies that it is a Latino problem. When you say machismo, you are saying that it is particular to Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican or Latino meen in general. We fall into that little trap that they set up for us.
Male chauvinism exists in all cultures.
And then we play into it, as if it is something that is inherit in Latino men. We have problems in society in general. The Latin Kings are just a microcosm. We can't be held to a different standard than everyone else. And I'm a Latin King saying that that's a great police officer.