Louis Farrakahn spoke yesterday to Hispanics in San Diego
and did nothing sort of incite them. He
celebrates that "non white" birth rates are higher than whites and
that whites will be a "minority" soon. He laments that Mexico "lost"
Colorado, New Mexico, California, Arizona and Texas to those lousy whites. He denigrates America repeatedly for taking
the land in "trickery" and warfare.
Okay, let's examine this.
What IS a Mexican? I mean
originally speaking? In general they are
a mix of "indigenous" peoples -- Aztec primarily and SPANIARD. How many of you recall, from 7th grade
socials studies, learning about the INVASION of the land that is now Mexico by
the evil Spaniards who were from that diabolical place called Europe? The
Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a pivotal victory
for the European settlers. Following the Spanish arrival in what was to become Mexico,
a huge battle erupted between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under the
rule of Montezuma.
The Spaniards were aided by the deadly advantage of disease;
the Europeans brought ailments that the Aztecs had no immunity to. It is
estimated that seventy-five percent of the native population died of violence
or diseases like small pox and measles in just the first century of the
conquest. Finally, the Aztec capital, Tenochititlan, fell on August 13, 1521.
After capturing the city, the Spaniards destroyed the city, and built Mexico
City on top of it. Just as Tenochititlan was destroyed, most of the Aztec
civilization was destroyed with the European Conquest.
So Mexico's capital city is built on the ruins of a City
that was demolished by conquest… Mr.
Farrakahn, a Mexican is "half invader, half invaded" in a rudimentary
sense… We all are to some degree. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE who came to this
continent came from somewhere else…the human being is not indigenous to this
continent as human life did not begin here.
Even the ancestors to the Maya, the Inca, the Aztec and the Anasazi came
across a land bridge at the Aleutian Islands.
As people came they claimed land, they fought one another for that land
and they took land. Even the "Native
Americans" have decadents who are not "native" technically
speaking.
Every land mass on the planet has been occupied and
reoccupied. To judge the actions of man
in the past on the values and laws of today is ridiculous and serves no purpose
but to incite, to open wounds and to live in the past. But for folks who want
to divide, who want to incite and want civil unrest, like Farrakahn, it is a
tool. An evil tool.
The same day I saw this article I heard another report. Mit Romney was working his campaign and
attempted to reach out to a community in West Philly -- an inner City black
community. They nearly drove him out with
torches and clubs and demanded to know why he was in THEIR neighborhood? They
were "offended" that he was on "their turf". So he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. If he did not TRY to reach out - he would
have been blasted for not caring. When
he does try to reach out he is blasted for being an invader.
So why is it that the the groups that demand to be treated
equally have the desire to remain separate?
It seems to be that equal treatment is not what they really want -- they
desire superiority. The quickest way to
get there and to be treated "special" is to cry victim. That way you don't have to DO anything. You don't have to BECOME anything. You can rest on the laurels of those who
achieved before you and denounce the crimes committed against your ancestors.
And you can tell "half stories" omitting the crimes your ancestors
took part in. We, meaning ALL peoples of
the planet, have ancestors who have been invaded, pillaged, and displaced. I don't care who you are. So it is time to stop looking toward the past
and accept what IS. Until you accept
what IS you can't affect it in any meaningful way. Should some things change? Sure.
But to demand change based on things that happened hundreds of years ago
is ineffective and unrealistic and lazy.
