The characters in these stories are all fictional but the situations that unfold in the narratives are fact. During 2001 through 2004 I was working with janitorial companies while performing as a stand up comedian. The things that happened to "Antonio Tabasco" are based off real life events that happened to me.
Either getting evicted due to a corporate buy out, or working with other Hispanic Americans whom Anglos discriminated against. Racism is wrong but it still plagues America today. A huge percent of those who face bigotry on a daily basis, are the Hispanic people.
We are not just hated because of the color of our skin, but because we do not always prefer to speak English everywhere we go. My passion behind this character is not only to show the world that a Mexican can be a good person that believes in God and his country but to show everybody, everywhere who believes in a super man that is Caucasian, should also believe in a Mexican that is Super.
When I was growing up as a Mexican America child, the heroes on television were always white people with blond hair and blue eyes. The media shoved it so badly in my face that I felt ashamed of my heritage. If I had a Mexican role model when I was younger, I never would have been afraid to tell others of my ethnic background when confronted on the issue.
As an adult, I do not have this problem anymore but that does not mean Latino children are not facing the same epidemic today.
Dante Antonio Dominguez
