Do the schools in Mexico teach their students that the U.S. 'stole' the Southwest from Mexico?

Question

Is that why the illegals keep insisting that Americans 'stole' their territory and that they have a 'right' to be here, because that's what they actually believe?

If that's the case, I almost feel sorry for all those young students in Mexico who are being brainwashed by their corrupt government.

You'd figure Mexico would get over something that happend hundrends of years ago. A time were everyone from that era are long dead.

I guess I was wrong.

Answer 1

There are Charter schools right here in the U.S. that teach them that, and your tax dollar is paying for it.

Answer 2

People with filthy hands should not point fingers. The Spanish stole the land from the Indians. The Indians stole it from the animals. If they focused on improving education and economics of their country, they could worry less about who stole what from whom. If it were returned, the wealth of those lands would revert back to third world grade.

They are better off with US sovereignty over the Southwest.They are incompetent at running a country or an economy, despite massive resources. By participating in the better run economy, they benefit more. The economy of a Mexican owned Southwest would be smaller than the remittances of the Mexicans working in the US.

If the US had been smaller and weaker, it would not have won WWII. The Mexican government was an ally of Germany. The Nazi Party would be running the US, and Mexico. It would have sent all those non-Aryans to extermination camps. The Mexican government would have collaborated with its good Nazi friends in this enterprise of ethnic cleansing. None of the current Mexicans would be alive today, except for the strength of the US.

US ownership of the Southwest is for the welfare of the Mexican people.

Answer 3

They used to under the old corrupt government (not Fox's or Calderon's but the prior one.) You know, the one that rigged elections, apparently.

They have changed the books they give the school kids, but whole generations there learned it that way.

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Oh, and sassy is absolutely correct about the charter schools. One I know of in particular. However Mexican text books are used quite often in schools in Texas where they teach in both Spanish and English. I sure hope they have reviewed the textbooks for that data point, but I'm certain the out of date textbooks can be had for a real deal....

Answer 4

so they had a corrupt person not turn the money to their government. so why are they not out to settle the score with general santana's family? is it because they have nothing? the reason they want the southwest is because it's prosperous if it were just a bare piece of dirt they would not be interested. the southwest was paid for, fought for and won. so let's go over this, their own government according to what they know failed to recover the money paid for a portion of the southwestern part of the U.S. from general santana or his family. now that makes me question the validity of the claim as i find it hard to believe a government would not grab a person (general santana or his family) by the short hairs to recover their money or get their pound of flesh from him for absconding with governmental money. i highly doubt the voracity of the claim it does not make sense.

Answer 5

If the southwest grew to become into nonetheless Mexico, the suitable cities could under no circumstances have been created, roads geared up or sanitation etc. , Mexico willingly offered it simply by fact it grew to become into desert, it grew to become into stepped forward by making use of our ancestors to the thriving land it relatively is now. needless to say they choose each and every thing back and could lie and steal something no longer locked up.

Answer 6

Well, according to the immigration section here on Y!A, it seems to be the common gripe. I dont hate German people b/c they killed Jews in the past. I dont hate white people b/c long ago they bought slaves, etc...
Isnt it also fact we BOUGHT this land? Either way, what is now is now. right? Start looking out the front because if we keep looking in the rear view, we'll have an accident.
In my heart, I wish we could save the world..Mexico, Darfur, Starvation in Africa, etc.. We just cant. Life isnt fair for ANY of us. And certain parts of the world have it much tougher than any of us can imagine. The US needs to start cleaning the mess here at home. If you do come here-appreciate us and do it the right and legal way.

Answer 7

I taught English at the University of Mexico for two years. I do not know what was taught to the students in elementary education first hand. But to the person, all the Mexicans, everyone of them, told me that the Americans stole 1/2 of their territory. It is easy to see their point. General Santanna took the money General Houston gave him for the territory, and kept it all for himself. He didn't give any to the government. So they feel that since the Americans didn't hand deliver it to Mexico City, it was our fault the government didn't get the money, and our fault they didn't get the document, more like a treaty, that gave us 1/2 of the country.

Answer 8

All or parts of 7 different current US states were taken from Mexico at gunpoint in 1848. This is called the treaty of Guadalupe Hiladago in which the Mexican signer of the treaty had a gun placed at his temple and forced to give the land over in exchange for a paltry sum of money. i do not know if they teach this supposed 'brainwashing' in mexican schools but they should in american schools because it is a historical fact.

Answer 9

This is what happens when people begin to rewrite history.

They lost it during one of the many wars we fought with them when they were still connected to Spain.

I have yet to have anyone show me a deed to the area in contention, so until then, it's ours. Too bad.

Answer 10

That would explain alot of tilted questions on this page.....