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latina1955@... wrote:
This is our legacy shared by all Mexicans....we carry the
blood of the "Conquistadores" or at least the aspiring Spaniards who
wished to "conquer" or believed themselves better than the indigenous
population ......and the "Indios" , "Africanos", those of us that were
forced in servitude.....we are a contradiction of faces.....to deny our
mother is the same as to deny our fathers.....we are the faces of proud
and racist Europeans, and as we turn to our profile, we are also the
faces of proud and resilient "Indios", Africanos, and many others....we
are like a divorced family.....some of us are proud of certain roots,
others are proud of the other roots...but we are undeniably a product
of both....and those of us that understand our inheritance our richer
for our experiences......
Esperanza
Muy bien dicho!
lots of thoughts encapsulating years of inner stuggle in my mind. What
a conflict I've gone through in the past to be proud of my Indio side
and ashamed of my Spaniard side. . .then getting into genealogy barely
2 + years ago and starting to take on different feelings
[understanding] to the Spaniard side.
thanks for expressing yourself and your participation,
joseph
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