Defend Aztlan
I was cleaning up my computer, you know? Deleting files and other stuff, then I found the defend aztlan writing I had done about a year ago I think? I posted it on soychicano, chicano.org, indigenous-revolution.com. I only got responses from soychicano.com, some of the members were cool about it and understood what I was trying to say, but other members were bickering, yeah I know everyone is not going to agree with me, but they were out to say that I was being selfish? I don’t know what’s so selfish about Aztlan, but anyway, I basically said that us Chicanos were not ready right now for Aztlan, mentally..
I talk to this guy who I shall name OG, he’s an older chicano, mid 30s I believe. He’s taught me alot about Chicanismo and about our history, I’ve learned alot from him over the years. Well anyway, recently he started talking to me about how Chicanoism is inherently racist and goes against just about EVERYTHING our ancestors did and how they lived. At first I got mad that he was attacking Chicanos and Chicanismo, but he is somewhat right. Just look at the other chicanos you see protecting the system, protecting the conqueror’s religion. I told him that a few Chicanos who are racist don’t speak for the rest of us. That I could do my best to change that. Chicanismo evolves over time you know? Well the only thing I want to do is stop the racism some Chicanos spew out of their mouth and their keyboards here on the internet.
He also said that we need to follow the red road, follow our true roots, and shed any european ideology that can hurt us. At first I thought he meant we should abandon society as we know it, technology, hospitals, etc. But then he explained himself in detail about how this system is ultimately killing us, an example is the food we eat, more than ever before, raza is dying from various diseases that our ancestors with herbs and other rituals could get rid of. Doctors know the power of herbal medicine and some doctors do practice it, but there’s much more money in drugs that the drug companies pump into our stores and doctor’s offices. I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theory nut but it does make sense. You see, our people had one of the most efficient diets in the world and this statement is backed up by scientists as well. Diseases like malnutrition, diabetes, chemical inbalances in the brain were for the most part unknown. Now you have raza having these problems because we eat fast food and other foods that ultimately will mess up our bodies or kill us. You can even see this on indian reservations! Check out your local indian casino and look at the native people who run it, you will NOT find too many skinny ones. They’re all fat and plump from eating American food.
So my friend OG thinks we’ll never reach Native enlightenment if we keep following Chicanismo and its ideals. I say we can through chicanismo, but it would take lots of work and lots of people to support each other through ideals and opinions. We as Chicanos can evolve Chicanismo and make it better, work on it, make it better for our people, if not for our children and grandchildren, etcetera.
Most Chicanos have christianity ingrained into their soul and mind, they have greed in there as well, as for some of us, throw in racism and hate. It’s not an easy task, but we must shed these from ourselves or at least not teach these ideals to our children. I would say its almost impossible because of the kind of society we live in, but we MUSt try. We have to.
Defend Aztlan:
“Its not enough, Aztlan as our own nation, a Chicano country, what will be the difference between that and now? We are not enlightened, we are still poisoned by the ancient White Man’s disease; greed. Aztlan now will not be any different, instead of an opressor that has white skin, it will be brown, no difference. Its not worth for any Chicano to die or risk their freedom for a nation that will not consist of truly free minds and people. We need a revolution of the mind.
It is our duty to inform the masses about the diseases that infects the world. Power, greed, deception, I cannot rid these diseases from my body, it is too strong, I have tried for and hoped for these diseases to leave my body and mind. The only way we can stop its multiplication is to prevent them from entering the minds of our children, inform them so they can be ready for what it is. You cannot fight your enemy if you do not know who or what it is. You must find the weaknesses of your enemy. Let’s tell our children the side effects of these diseases. Inform them of our experiences and how it will eventually destroy us and the people around us if we do nothing.
I love Aztlan and I love my people, I just want us to prepare for the worst, to expect the unexpected, so that we can fight through anything.
Astlan is said to be the western part of the united states. if this is true, then the “native people” are descendents of our ancesters; therefore, our family. yet they are not acknowledged as so. as for this concept of diseases are caused in part of european influences, “we are still poisoned by the ancient White Man’s disease; greed”, i must disagree, just like the Manifest Destiny that the white man decreed that all the land that the could get was thiers, the aztecs also had their own “Manifest Destiny”. It was the vision of the Eagle eating a snake on a cactus. This drove them until the came to teotihuacan where they conquered it’s people and then conquered the surrounding lands. The Aztecs adopted the religion and the customs of those indigenas. GREED drove them to sacrifice not only the enemies but also their own. Don’t get me wrong. I have indegena blood in me and I am proud of who I am. I am no vendido.