tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434661872806694237.post8577505882076125443..comments2023-10-09T03:01:39.846-07:00Comments on Afro-Latin American Cultures/ Culturas Afrolatinoamericanas: The Afro-Mexican Dance of the Devils (I)Manuel Apodacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08297741850656804980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434661872806694237.post-41582879260030982682021-12-03T19:00:24.573-08:002021-12-03T19:00:24.573-08:00Whoever said Zapata was African? He is well known ...Whoever said Zapata was African? He is well known in Morelos to be of Nahua family. papapepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924114306286729768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434661872806694237.post-29725293993236670562010-07-30T16:42:59.300-07:002010-07-30T16:42:59.300-07:00I believe Mejicanos and the Chicanos of the U.S. a...I believe Mejicanos and the Chicanos of the U.S. are one in the same and I believe the history books written by those who tried to hide the African slave trade of Mexico have done all Mejicanos ( in Mejico or the U.S. "Chicanos) a disservice with the Spaniard teachings of how it is a social disgrace to be dark skinned. We were never told that Mejico had several presidents of African decent. We were never told that the last Governor of California before it had become a part of the U.S. was a man of Indigenous / African blood (Pió Pico Rivera) We were never told that Emiliano Zapata wa of Indigenous and African Blood...... I remember as an elementary student in Ca. reading a history book that said the Indigenous people worked as slaves and died from the Spaniard diseases and were no longer able to work in the silver and gold mines but I don't ever remember hearing the teacher say that the Indigenous peoples were replaced with African slaves.... The history books were written by our conquerors and some of them that remained in Mexico after Spain took all that they could, tried theirs best to make New Spain or Mejico a Mestizo nation. During the colonization of Mexico the Spaniards encouraged Miscegenation between Indigenous and African people with the promise of free children. This of course continued even after president Vicente Guerrero ( The First Black President of North America)) abolished slavery in Mexico. Well the left over peninsulares (Spaniards born in Mexico) wanted to hide the African diaspora that existed in Mexico so they murdered President Vicente Guerrero and miscegenation continued with every dark skinned Mexican knowing that DARK SKIN EQUALS SUFFERING so parents always insisted that their children marry someone of lighter skin ( this still exists in Mexico as well as in the U.S. with Chicanos) So history continued in Mexico with the continuing concept of hating your dark skin... White people or los blancos y blancas son gente bellisima or so this is what we were taught..... When was the last time Mexico had a president that looks like me or those in my neighborhood? No, instead Mexico elects idiots like Vincent fox, yes I said Vincent since his father was an Irishman born in Cincinnati Ohio!!!! Give me a break..... Vincent Fox represents the entire population of Mejico???? I don't think so..... Vincent Fox was just another white guy who slipped through the cracks of all the years of brainwashing the Mejicano into thinking if you are not white with blond hair, you must be an ugly Indian or Zambo Zambo is the Spaniard term for a Mejicano of Indigenous and African blood(like Emiliano Zapata) Oh yes, they had names for everything. African slaves born in Africa were called Bozales, African slaves born in Mejico were called Criollos, Spaniards born in Spain were called Espanoles and were considered higher class than the one's born in Mejico. African slaves to the Port of Veracruz and they continued to bring slaves up until the beginning of the 1800's. Portugal had a stronghold on slavery and Spain wasn't allowed to bring anymore African slaves to Mexico anymore ( BUT THEY DID ANYWAY) and if their slave ship was being pulled over by the Portuguese the Spaniards would just throw the slaves overboard (of course the slaves were all chained up to one another so the weight of each one would pull them all down under. It was cheaper to lose the entire slave cargo than to pay a fine and have to deal with Portugal. I'm sure just about every Latino, be it Mejicano, Cubano, Peruano o Puertorriqueno, we all have an Aunt or a cousin that loves to tell the story of their CASTILLIAN BLOOD..... I for one am SICK of hearing about CASTILLIAN BLOOD..... How can they be CASTILLIAN when their brother or sister is twice as dark than I am with hair that goes beyond curly!!!!!! HOW????? WHY??????? IT'S WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT BY OUR CONQUERORS!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com