Yesterday I could not sleep, I had an idea in mind ... Tomorrow is September ... which taught me is the patriotic month, and begin to see flags on houses, cars, offices ... home ... be Mexican And why we are Mexicans? In the primary symbols teach us, to worship the flag, we salute while singing the anthem and be proud of the heroes who gave us freedom (independence), a secular state (Auckland), land (Zapata), oil (Cárdenas ) ... wait, we really independent? Secular state and all that is supposed heroes gave us? aah because we must also repudiate Santa Anna, scoundrel who dared to sell Mexican territory, the dictator Díaz ... No, the truth is that heroes are not heroes and villains are not villains, they were human beings ... and if the heroes give us identity as Mexicans, and these Heroes are not fully heroes ... how we feel about Mexicans? What is to be Mexican?
Aaaaah, I can not remember "The Labyrinth of Solitude" by Octavio Paz and I wonder what really are the result of rape? the clash of civilizations, between English and indigenous mestizo? and this mixture started to be a country of contrasts, not only because we became independent in debt up to his neck and without the recognition of other states, but also because it started favoritism of "whites" and contempt for the "indigenous, black and variants "... at this time we are mestizos? that makes us Mexicans? the mix of indigenous and English ... I
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country of contrasts ... remember the "glorious past" of the Mayan, Teotihuacan, Aztec ... but we are blinded to the indigenous question in mind, to the 60 existing indigenous peoples, to the more than 12.7 million indigenous people, representing 10.5% of the total indigenous population of Mexico ... do not even know the languages, not only does the Mayan and Nahuatl ... There zoque, Tzeltal, tsoltsil, pame, purepecha ... there are writers who write in their mother tongue ... I wonder we can resume this Indian? do we? Mexican feel? that makes us Mexicans? Many would say no ...
drug trafficking, their war, corrupt institutions, rotten politics, piracy, media selling, extreme poverty, second floor of peripheral, supervision, Metrobus, commuter rail ... that is loq ue us Mexicans? is part of our identity? ... I'm thinking ...
mariachi, charreria, Guelaguetza, crafts, marimba, food ... tacos, chilaquiles, mole, pozole, tamales mixiotes, calendar, locations ... waterfalls, beaches, forests, lakes ... Mexico is also ... medals, trophies, competitions ... is part of our identity?
To me that is Mexico ... Mexico has a history, it has heroes and villains who actually are not as white or as black ... Mexico has problems in the present, and that country does not? ... but what does Mexico are people, human beings different ... some offenders, some working, some "politicking" gotten down to a religion ... each defines itself that is Mexico and that is for everyone, and therefore it is to be Mexican ... For my part I consider myself not only Mexican born in this country because many are born here and go, and I think I'm Mexican because I recognize the history of my country ... demystified the story has people, circumstances, choices and actions ... because I find the events in my country: the bad news and good, trying to raise my voice against the poor and contributing my bit for the good ... and above all, because I know that the country will be defined by me, no matter how small my actions, and not the country that is going to define me, maybe I condition but does not define me, I'm Mexican conviction, not by my birth certificate ... and because you are considered Mexican? that is its identity?
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