Comments on: Si Somos Americanos – If We Are (All) Americans http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/10/27/si-somos-americanos-if-we-are-all-americans/ Where Manifest Destiny Goes to Die Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:53:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nezua http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/10/27/si-somos-americanos-if-we-are-all-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 nezua Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:48:44 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=1043#comment-1271 as i see it, eurocentrist standards of worth were soaked into the ground over 500 years ago and all over and since then, too, by many a sword and pike and gun and neck bleeding into la tierra, cut down under the greed of "explorers." and it sprouts up and into the views of so many to this day. i generally call it "The Long War on the Indigenous" and it manifests even in the ugly discourse on migrants from south of the border in our current political conversation. but its changing. slowly. we are changing it. as i see it, eurocentrist standards of worth were soaked into the ground over 500 years ago and all over and since then, too, by many a sword and pike and gun and neck bleeding into la tierra, cut down under the greed of “explorers.” and it sprouts up and into the views of so many to this day. i generally call it “The Long War on the Indigenous” and it manifests even in the ugly discourse on migrants from south of the border in our current political conversation.

but its changing. slowly. we are changing it.

]]> By: chicano2nd http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/10/27/si-somos-americanos-if-we-are-all-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 chicano2nd Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:26:28 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=1043#comment-1269 Why is it that the more indigenous looking the leader looks the less the pinche cabrone gabuacho wants to acknowledge his or her legitimacy? Why is it that the more indigenous looking the leader looks the less the pinche cabrone gabuacho wants to acknowledge his or her legitimacy?

]]> By: bint alshamsa http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2008/10/27/si-somos-americanos-if-we-are-all-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 bint alshamsa Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:22 +0000 http://theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/?p=1043#comment-1183 I think that Morales is on the right path and he obviously has the support of the people. It's an exciting time to be in Bolivia. My aunt and uncle and one of my cousins are living there right now and they couldn't be happier. I think that Morales is on the right path and he obviously has the support of the people. It’s an exciting time to be in Bolivia. My aunt and uncle and one of my cousins are living there right now and they couldn’t be happier.

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