The Quiet Provocation of Flying the Mexican Flag
As more Mexican flags sprouted up in my North Carolina neighborhood, I could not figure out if my neighbors wanted to symbolize immigrant pride or their fatigue over Trump’s shit.
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Shortly after Trump took office in January I noticed an interesting phenomenon in my North Carolina neighborhood: Mexican flags. Within just a mile of my home, I counted three. The first went up just a few houses down from mine, alongside flags for Guatemala and the U.S. I noticed the flags while driving through the neighborhood with my husband one day in February.
“Eeeeey,” I yelled out, happy to see evidence of other Latinos in the neighborhood. “We’re everywhere!”
Not long after, I noticed another Mexican flag go up outside of an apartment around the corner. This one belonged to a Mexican couple that often spent time in the front yard, grilling and playing with their children. Then, across the street from the couple, there was a third Mexican flag outside of a large home that also flew the American flag.