EDJ... a question.....?
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Like I said above, I know that I can trace part of my ancestry back to Spain, France, and Japan, but I definitely don´t consider myself anything other than Mexican because the Native blood in me makes me completely different than them. I believe that even if someone (who´s in a case similar to mine) has hardly any Native blood, as long as it´s there, they are completely different than the people of Europe from where their ancestors came from.
Yet your position goes against both concepts of La Raza Cosmica.
Also, if you are totally different than those in Spain because of the Native blood in you, then aren't you totally different from the Natives because of the Spanish blood in you?
Don't get me wrong, homeboy. I am speaking from personal experience on this one. I felt the same as you at one time. I still feel completely removed from the Spanish (I mean the ones from Spain, not those that grew up here), yet having been involved in indigenous activism and lifestyle, I feel closer to that side of my lineage. Yet, I can't help but feel that this is mostly due to the fact that I live close to indigenous peoples.
So, at the end of the day, I am just a Chicano from San Diego. I am not asking you to re-label yourself or change your politics. I am asking you to be wary of divisive cultural perspectives.
Also, if you are totally different than those in Spain because of the Native blood in you, then aren't you totally different from the Natives because of the Spanish blood in you?
Don't get me wrong, homeboy. I am speaking from personal experience on this one. I felt the same as you at one time. I still feel completely removed from the Spanish (I mean the ones from Spain, not those that grew up here), yet having been involved in indigenous activism and lifestyle, I feel closer to that side of my lineage. Yet, I can't help but feel that this is mostly due to the fact that I live close to indigenous peoples.
So, at the end of the day, I am just a Chicano from San Diego. I am not asking you to re-label yourself or change your politics. I am asking you to be wary of divisive cultural perspectives.
Your Mom is freakin' Spanish! Repeat after me...I Lamberto Quintero am Spanish, French...and Japanese!
Something happen between you and your Mom? Why are you trying to distance yourself from her side of the family?
Do you think it's just cool to be Mexican?
You may not despise your Spanish side...but you are trying to separate yourself from it. Like it or not...you ARE Spanish...and French, and Japanese.
Like enserio said...
My best friend...his Dad is Black, and his Mom is White. Yet, he doesn't acknowledge his white side. He says people only see the fact that he his black. That may be true, but like it or not...he is half white.
You can't pick and choose what you are.
Something happen between you and your Mom? Why are you trying to distance yourself from her side of the family?
Do you think it's just cool to be Mexican?
You may not despise your Spanish side...but you are trying to separate yourself from it. Like it or not...you ARE Spanish...and French, and Japanese.
Like enserio said...
My best friend...his Dad is Black, and his Mom is White. Yet, he doesn't acknowledge his white side. He says people only see the fact that he his black. That may be true, but like it or not...he is half white.
You can't pick and choose what you are.
Of course, that´s what being a Meztiso is; a combination of the two. But look at where I ended up, in Mexico. That is where my family is from, that is my country and those are my people. Of course there is an obvious connection to Spain, but the revolution led by Miguel Hidalgo made us our own country and our own people, seperate from Spain. If every colony that came from Spain, England, France, etc., still claimed to be Spanish, English and French, what would be the point of their revolutions for independance?
I understand exactly what you´re saying my friend, and I don´t deny my Spanish blood, but politically, culturally, and with everything else, I am Mexican. I´m sure the ancestors of the Americans who started the United States don´t consider themselves to be English, although they have that blood in them. What really is the point of having a revolution and independance if the people of that country still claim to be citizens or people of the mother country?
At the end of the day, I am just a Mexican living in Sacramento. I am wary of divisive cultural perspectives and the many different ones there are among my fellow people. Unfortunately, I don´t speak Nahuatl (sp?), Mayan, or any Native language. I speak Spanish, and I was raised catholic. I am very aware which side of me this came from.
I understand exactly what you´re saying my friend, and I don´t deny my Spanish blood, but politically, culturally, and with everything else, I am Mexican. I´m sure the ancestors of the Americans who started the United States don´t consider themselves to be English, although they have that blood in them. What really is the point of having a revolution and independance if the people of that country still claim to be citizens or people of the mother country?
At the end of the day, I am just a Mexican living in Sacramento. I am wary of divisive cultural perspectives and the many different ones there are among my fellow people. Unfortunately, I don´t speak Nahuatl (sp?), Mayan, or any Native language. I speak Spanish, and I was raised catholic. I am very aware which side of me this came from.
How am I trying to seperate myself though? Do I think it´s just cool to be Mexican? LMAO, let me explain something to you. When you´re family is born and raised in a certain country for many generations, they are considered part of that country. I really had no say on being Mexican, I was just born into it, like everyone else who is born into this world. So I really don´t understand why you would ask such a silly question.
And nothing happened between my mom and I, she considers herself Mexican too. I have Spanish, French, and Japanese in me, but I am NOT directly affiliated with either of those countries, so I don´t see how I am Spanish, French or Japanese. I am, however, directly affiliated with Mexico. That is where my family is from, my relatives live, and it has been this way for a very long time. There was a war between Mexicans and the Spanish a long time ago, and that made Mexico it´s own country. Just understand that, and you´ll know why I don´t say I am Spanish.
I acknowledge the fact that I have Spanish, French, Japanese, and Native blood in me. And I have never stated otherwise.
And nothing happened between my mom and I, she considers herself Mexican too. I have Spanish, French, and Japanese in me, but I am NOT directly affiliated with either of those countries, so I don´t see how I am Spanish, French or Japanese. I am, however, directly affiliated with Mexico. That is where my family is from, my relatives live, and it has been this way for a very long time. There was a war between Mexicans and the Spanish a long time ago, and that made Mexico it´s own country. Just understand that, and you´ll know why I don´t say I am Spanish.
I acknowledge the fact that I have Spanish, French, Japanese, and Native blood in me. And I have never stated otherwise.
I think the dumbest question people ask me is what I consider myself more of either black or white I mean what the fuck kinda question is that. I consider myself a person to be honest. but I came up with a answer one day I said if white folks are trippin I will just say im black then if the black folks are trippin Im gonna be white and if they are both trippin Im neither lmao. but for real im proud of both sides and slowly but surely learning more bout who I am and where im from