Cadillac F1’s Texas-Themed Paint Scheme Perpetuates One Texan Stereotype That Really Bothers Me
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The United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas was the first Formula One race I ever attended and therefore has a special place in my heart. Also, it took place in Texas, and as a native Texan that makes it better than any other race that was ever held anywhere else. When I heard that Cadillac would be doing a special livery for this year’s GP in Texas I was pleased, as any Texan would be. And then I saw the mistake most graphic designers make when trying to create something that looks Texan.
Any stereotype you have about Texas is probably true, because Texas is big enough, and contains enough people, to find an example to prove anything you want. Texans are reserved and boisterous, proud and humble, god-fearing and hell-raising, sometimes all at once. It is our nature.
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