The Big Question: Is Big Tex Mexican?

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Amy Silverstein

Yesterday afternoon, Texas gaped as the resurrected Big Tex experienced, in the vaguely unsettling words of State Fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding, a "premature birth." Fair Park's official Twitter feed announced the successful delivery with an equally unfortunate metaphor: "Ta-daaa! Big Tex drops his robe earlier than announced."

Rest assured that Big Tex was fully clothed in his custom-made Dickies when high winds prompted fair officials to remove his cloak of secrecy a day earlier than planned to reveal....a giant, semi-animatronic cowboy that looked pretty much like the old model. A bit more junk in the trunk, but otherwise indistinguishable.

Well, not quite indistinguishable. A close inspection reveals that the face has a darker complexion than before, leading many to pose a vital question:

Does Big Tex look African American or Mexican? pic.twitter.com/BtARDyVdYo
— K104 Morning Show (@K104MorningShow) September 25, 2013

Most people go with the latter. On Twitter, his unofficial nickname is Big Tex-Mex.

More at http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/09/the_big_question_is_big_tex_me.php .

[font color=green]Gasp! Time to quadruple the Border Patrol.[/font]

Hey, look. The Internet is already embracing that diversity:

@K104MorningShow I seen him mowing the cotton bowl So Mexican
— Donovan Lewis (@TheTicketToken) September 26, 2013