"Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans," the manifesto reads. "With our heart in our hands and our hands in the soil, we declare the independence of our mestizo nation. We are a bronze people with a bronze culture."
- Associated Press
2007-10-06 13:25:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Aztlan is about as real as Fantasy Island. I think nothing of that statement other than the delusional ones rambling about a nonexistent place should wipe the drool from their chins and go take their meds. It's tiresome to keep redirecting these people to reality.
2007-10-06 13:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by GoodJuJu2U 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming that the statement comes from a political group in Mexico.
By way of background, there are three "ethnic" groups in Mexico.
The first group are the mostly pure-blooded descendants of the immigrants from Spain. This group, while a small percentage of the population, has been the politically and economically dominant group in the country for most of its history.
The second group is the very small number who can claim to be pure-blooded descendants of the Aztecs.
The third group are the mestizos. The mestizos are basically the "mixed" race in the country tracing, combining both the native population and the immigrants. They are also the overwhelming majority of the people of Mexico.
Basically, this group (and I can think of several that could have issued this statement) is proclaiming the need to redistribute the wealth away from the first group (the descendants of the foreign Europeans) to those who have done the grunt work in Mexico for the past 500 years *the Mestizos."
Anyone who knows the history of Central and South America knows that this group has a point. These countries have been oligarchies for most of their history of independence. However, at the present moment in time, a massive redistribution of the wealth would not help Mexico become a stable and growing economy which Mexico needs as much as it needs social and economic justice. Equally poor is not a good form of equality.
2007-10-06 13:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fringe radical groups have been around for a long long time. It is no more fair to lump all Mexicans in with the Aztlan movement then it is to lump all Puetro Ricans in with the old FALN or all leftist with the SLA or African Americans with the Black Panther party.
Fringe groups will always develop and they will always thank God have the right to speak, since we have freedom of speech in this nation.
In the long run they will fade away as many other such groups have
2007-10-06 13:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
historically, land has belonged to the people who can keep it by means of force. North america was once the domain of the american indian. Couldnt hold it. If we look at history, every major civilization has eventually fell and another stronger one has taken over its lands. May not be fair, but thats the way it is. Someone claiming they own lands that they cannot hold or have no legal claim to is of little to no interest to anyone but them.
2007-10-06 13:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as its south of the border, go for it. Personally in the US its they who own the land, pay the taxes, and buy the seed who have the power. As it should be.
2007-10-06 13:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where was this and what happened next? Mexico, I presume?
2007-10-06 13:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by deanna b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think very little of it.
2007-10-06 13:30:08 · answer #7 · answered by eldude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's ignorant, racist propaganda
2007-10-06 13:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋