appropriation of a culture

[micc at home.com]

It is good to read such wise words from a fellow Chicano!!!  there are
too many 'warriors" out there trying to instill hatred, ethnocentric
racism, and hostility. all in the name of "cultural awareness and
spirituality"!

mario e. aguilar
www.aguila-blanca.com

HJVsqzIMIS at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hermanos,
>
>     If I could choose between being ignored and being exploited (again) I
> would choose being ignored. There are many of us Chicanos and other
> indigenous descendants who do not believe that the warrior past was the
> highpoint of our people. We believe that it was a phase that many cultures
> pass through, that it served a purpose in time, and that it would have died
> out on its own as it did in many other areas. The the European intrusion
> stopped the natural evolution of the indigenous peoples. We are left with a
> picture of what things were like at that point in time. But we know that not
> all our brothers in Mexico and Central America were at the same point of
> development. In some places, the warfare and kingdom system had come and
> gone, in other places it had never been started, and maybe it never would
> have. We can only speculate.
>     I would rather that video games study the music, astronomy, poetry,
> agriculture, respect for nature, etc., the elements of our culture in which
> we build our pride. The warrior societies and ritual sacrifices should be
> mentioned in a study of our people, but should not be the principal focus.
>
>                                             A los cuatro vientos, Hermanos,
>                                             Henry Vasquez