RE: Why should I be ashamed? A rant by a Mexican.
March 18, 2018 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2018 at 4:44 pm by chimp3.)
This is a subject dear to my heart. My ethnic background is Syrian/ French Canadian. I grew up in Boston, Ma. When I was 11 we moved to Phoenix, Az. My folks rented a home in Phoenix from Boston without seeing it first. We moved right into the barrio.
This is a recent photo of a Dia de los Muertos celebration at my old Junior High School:
![[Image: IMG_5176.jpeg]](https://www.isaacschools.org/cms/lib/AZ01801167/Centricity/ModuleInstance/648/large/IMG_5176.jpeg)
I learned something valuable about Mexicans. Before 1860 this was Mexico:
![[Image: 9718328_orig.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.washingtonsblog.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2F9718328_orig.jpg)
So, you have to take into consideration the Chicano. Mexicans who were here before it was the U.S. They did not go away because the gringos won a few wars. They continued speaking Spanish, making chorizo and tamales, celebrating their daughters Quinceaneras. They continued making music and art. The "Mexicans" are just as much a part of the USA as the Cajuns.Just as much as part of USA as the French are a part of Canada. There is no way to disentangle Mexico from the US of A. Viva la Raza!
This is a recent photo of a Dia de los Muertos celebration at my old Junior High School:
I learned something valuable about Mexicans. Before 1860 this was Mexico:
So, you have to take into consideration the Chicano. Mexicans who were here before it was the U.S. They did not go away because the gringos won a few wars. They continued speaking Spanish, making chorizo and tamales, celebrating their daughters Quinceaneras. They continued making music and art. The "Mexicans" are just as much a part of the USA as the Cajuns.Just as much as part of USA as the French are a part of Canada. There is no way to disentangle Mexico from the US of A. Viva la Raza!
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