Hundreds of years after the meeting of the indigenous and the colonial mind, the birth of the Mexican pueblo began to revitalize the land with a new vivid culture. Oppressions from the wealthy, ruling class, both the Mexican and the predatory United States of America, continued. The power of our beauty once again intimidated the white hegemony that had been violently imposed onto us for generations.
Use this tab to learn about the oppressions that came out of the American westward expansionist mind, the Anglo hunt for Mexicans, their lives, lands and labor.
The Lynchings of Persons of Mexican Origin in the United States
Becoming Latinos: Mexican Americans, Chicanos, and the Spanish Myth in the Urban Southwest
Negotiating Conquest: Internal Colonialism and Shared Histories in the South Texas Borderlands
Mass Deportations of Mexican Americans 1930s (video)
Frontier of Dissent: El Regidor, the Regime of Porfirio Díaz, and the Transborder Community