I am a Mexican American/Native American Male searching for friends
willing to discuss the diversity of the Mexican and the Latin
American People. We as a people are the product of mixing,
biologically and culturally. The Ancestry of the Latin American
Peoples come from accross the oceans, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY are
Native to the Land. Our sad reality is that we are the conqueror
and the conquered, the master and the slave. It is this struggle
that has created anger and fustration within ourselves.
We cannot change what we are, but we decide which INHERITANCE to
take from each group.
My Mexican heritage includes Spanish, French, Yaqui Indian, and
African. I have many "Mexican" friends whose heritages are just as
diverse, with Indian bloods coming from the Maya, Huichol, and Mayo
just to name a few. But many are not willing to discuss their own
diversity.
In addition, I have found the issue of identity to be a hot topic
among many Latinos/Hispanos & any other name you choose to give
us. Given that we all live in los Estados Unidos, and that the
gringo sees us all the same, should we not cooperate
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Quotes from Sitting Bull, Lakota Medicine Man and Chief was
considered the last Sioux to surrender to the U.S. Government.
"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have
made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes
and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It
is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Each man is good in the
sight of the Great Spirit."
"I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am
chief. I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and
will hear what I say..."
"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the
results of that love."
"In my earlydays, I was eager to learn and to do things, and
therefore I learned quickly."
"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controlsour
footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights."
"What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by
me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."
"What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me
hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my
children? What law have I broken?"
"Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my
skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father
lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? God made
me an Indian."
In addition to culture, Spirituality is essential. The need for
strong morality and ethics is needed. We must always be careful
that in our pursuit for justice we do not become like our
oppressors. Faith is needed. I am a devote Catholic, but understand
that is in faith that has led me to my God. I am a student of John
Paul II, Paul VI and John XXIII. Religion is a tool, a baby's
walker if you will; it is a means of expressing one's faith. We
must all begin somewhere, and we will need help along the way. It
is true that we are not perfect, and may never be perfect, but that
is no excuse for not trying to achieve perfection. Christ said we
should be perfect, as our Father in Heaven is perfect. Remember,
God will judge us not only by our action, but motives, and lack of
actions.
Why do we live in a world that sees people as objects? Why does this world see people as a means to end, a tool, something to use and then discard? A world that says, I 'd like to toss that, hit that, phuck that, suck that, lick that, bone that? She is a hot piece of ass. I like that chorizo and the huevos hanging from it.
None of these descriptions or phrases shows our true selves.....
I am just a man.
I am imperfect and flawed.
Yet, I am made in the Creator's... (continue reading)
