Mexico's Response to Korea's World Cup Victory: Gratitude, With a Dose of Racism

On June 27, South Korea scored a victory against the defending World Cup champions Germany. South Koreans were elated, but the real beneficiaries were Mexicans. The unexpected outcome of the match put Mexico through to the Round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup currently ongoing in Russia, and videos and memes of all kinds flooded Twitter, most of them showing elated Mexicans hugging, lifting up, and prostrating themselves in front of South Koreans, be it on the street, outside South Korean embassi