she’s basically accusing me of “stolen valor” by saying “youre not indigenous, youre mexican,” despite having 25% “indigenous peoples: mexico” on my ancestry DNA test. can anyone please explain to my mother how this works? i tried to explain it but she wont listen to me.
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This is leftover racism from Europeans. They looked down on the indigenous people so they never admitted they were mixed. Do that for a few generations n you get people like your mother. Keep educating her.
There are indigenous people all over North and South America. First Nations people in Canada, Native American groups in the USA and Mexico, and Native tribes all over Central and South America.
Ask her if she knows where the words “chocolate,” “tamales” and “guacamole” come from (hint: they’re not originally Spanish, but derived from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec people before the conquistadores showed up).
Octavio Paz reminds us of the old saying:
En México, hay un ley por los criollos, un ley por los mestizos, y nada ley por los indios.
On the other hand, a recent National Geographic article reminds us that the United States of the Republic of Mexico has 47 indigenous languages currently in use. Hay mucha gente quien no hablan español en méxico.
Did your mom really say “stolen valor”?
Maybe ask Dallas Goldtooth and the 1491s
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Goldtooth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Goldtooth)
Also consider Redbone and Jimi Hendrix, if your mom’s from the SE U.S. . .
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