Submitted by Joe Burgan. According to legend, Aztlan was the ancestral homeland of the Aztec people, a place believed by many to be located somewhere in the southwestern United States. In Chicano folklore, the name was used to describe the part of Mexico taken over by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War of 1846. During the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and '70s, Aztlan became a symbol of political nationalism and ethnic pride. But immigration reformers, both moderate and extreme, see a much darker meaning in the term. To them, Aztlan represents an insidious movement of radical Chicano nationalists and Mexicans seeking to reclaim much of the Southwest, including Colorado, for Mexico. (Rocky Mountain News)
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Old name stirs dispute
Submitted by Joe Burgan. According to legend, Aztlan was the ancestral homeland of the Aztec people, a place believed by many to be located somewhere in the southwestern United States. In Chicano folklore, the name was used to describe the part of Mexico taken over by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War of 1846. During the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and '70s, Aztlan became a symbol of political nationalism and ethnic pride. But immigration reformers, both moderate and extreme, see a much darker meaning in the term. To them, Aztlan represents an insidious movement of radical Chicano nationalists and Mexicans seeking to reclaim much of the Southwest, including Colorado, for Mexico. (Rocky Mountain News)
Naw, we don't want to reclaim Aztlan for Mexico. We want sole possession and will do it by exercising our American right at the ballot box.
ReplyDeleteThere is no reconquista. What is occurring is a shift in demographics.
That shift will bring Chicano political issues to the ballots and because of our numbers many of our initiatives will become law.
If you take the time to understand our political platforms, you'll see that you might agree with many of them.