Teacher On Netflix's 'Cheer' Claims Tex-Mex Is 'A Way Better Version Of Mexican Food'

Joseph Neese
Photo credit: Netflix - Netflix
Photo credit: Netflix - Netflix

From Delish

Bingers have been triggered by Netflix's new six-part docuseries "Cheer," which chronicles the highs and lows of the student athletes who train at Navarro, an award-winning community college in Texas.

But you will be surprised to learn that the outrage has absolutely nothing to do with the high-flying ariels and death-defying stunts performed by the team of cheerleaders ... and everything to do with Mexican food.

In arguably the most pivotal scene of the entire series, one of the students' teachers, who proudly proclaims to be "the biggest gun toting broad that you probably ever did see," shares her roster of "fun facts" about the Lone Star State.

What this Navarro teacher says about Mexican food is neither fun nor a fact, but we need to start from the top of her lesson for full impact.

"Just a little bit of fun facts to kind of get you interested in Texas!" she begins. "Ah, we gave the world the Quaid brothers! You probably don't even remember Randy Quaid, but he was in Christmas Vacation. He's the crazy uncle that's like, 'Shitter's full!'"

Sorry, teach. You haven't grabbed my attention yet. Are those actually the two most famous people from Texas? (CC: Beyoncé)

"So we have NASA. They shut it down for a little while," the teacher says. "It is picking back up. And as you guys have probably heard, under President Trump — he just kind of invented the what? SPACE FORCE."

OK. You're seriously losing me now ...

"Tex-Mex ..."

Now, we're talking!!!

"... It's the best ever!" the teacher continues. "It is not real Mexican food. It is a way better version of Mexican food."

Nikita T. Hamilton, a writer for Freeform's "The Bold Type," pointed out on Twitter that the camera then "zooms in on the one Latinx presenting student with blank facial expression."

Um, why do Texans think they invented Mexican food? This Mexican American is legitimately curious ...

Luckily, a quick search on Twitter confirmed that I was far from the only person who was "triggered" by this teacher's "fun facts." And I feel mildly better about the world now.

Lainers tweeted, "Yoooo. This teacher really said tex mex was a better version of Mexican food and I’ve never been more triggered #GTFOH"

Amber called the classroom scene the "worst part" about the entire series, writing: "Girl, you’re crazy. No wonder you’re in Corsicana."

Fabiana went one step further, dubbing the teacher "the true villain" of the series.


Pandora editor Quinn Keaney asked, "which is the more horrifying part of #cheer’s first episode: all the concussions, or the gun-toting 'professor' who claims that tex-mex is 'a way better version of mexican food'?"

Edgar del Real took it upon himself to apologize on behalf of all Texas, writing: "Tex-Mex is not better than Mexican food. Blasphemy!"

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