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I’m comparting this video to continue to educate the masses. Nelson Mandela said that, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Many people don’t ever question the history they have been taught in the American history books. Teachers use rote memorization techniques to ingrain the information to the students from K-12. Once this repetitive information has been indoctrinated into the masses, no one questions it. Some of us DO know, because we were taught to understand that there are multiple “accounts”, “versions”, of the events that transpired in history. I find it interesting that so much of the brutality parts of history have been either minimized, if not completely omitted entirely.
For example, teaching elementary students that the pilgrims and indians were friends, when we know now, that is entirely false. I mean I had to get to college for a gringo professor to actually tell the class: “Everything they taught you in elementary school about the pilgrims and indians was a lie”. But it’s not like we didn’t already know that. It’s just a shock value, when a Caucasian professor actually TEACHES THE TRUTH across the podium!
In my years of elementary, and secondary education, I always wondered why we were never taught any substantial history about Mexicans, and Mexican History. I would want to know that, because I’m Chicana (Mexican American). I do remember how they always emphasized that Santa Ana sold The Alamo because he had been caught. (Side Eye) But this post isn’t about that specific account. Rather, WHY weren’t we taught hardly anything about our people? I mean, we learned about the genocide of the Native American Indians, and The Atlantic Slave Trade, and The Holocaust, so then……..why weren’t we also taught about the killings that happened in Texas to the Mexican Ranchers/Land Owners? Why was that atrocity specifically left out?
No one in my school ever, NOT ONCE, taught me about that. My father told me about it when I was a young girl, and that is how I knew about it. Now imagine had my father never told me that information, or worse, that I hadn’t paid attention to his words. Then I too, would be one of these ignorant fools, voting against my own interest right now. Why in 2025-2026, don’t we teach our students about the massacres of the Texas Rangers who killed Mexican American men and stole their ranches?
I want to share some tidbits of information on this horrific event that I found on the internet. But I also want to highlight and point out a specific sentence that caught my attention. I’ll share that at the end. Just scan the QR code to access the information about these massacres.
The final paragraph at the end of the blurb is really surprising to say the least. It says:
“This period of history, often ignored in official narratives for a long time, is being brought to light through the efforts of historians and descendants of the victims, notably through the “Refusing to Forget” project. Historical markers have been erected in recent years to acknowledge these events, such as the one for the Porvenir Massacre dedicated in 2018.”
It’s a start.
But America…..we need to do better. And parents, teach your children your family’s origin stories. Otherwise, they will tell you, that your story is a lie, and that there’s, is the true version.
Another Example: If any of you have ever watched the movie Mi Familia, starring Edward James Olmos, Jimmi Smits, and more, you will remember a scene where the scholarly, nerdy brother, “Memo” who grew up and became a lawyer brings his Anglo fiance’ and her family to meet his very Mexican Family. During this family introductory gathering, the father is telling his story and how his uncle owned the property, the house he lives in, when California was still Mexico. And he proceeds to tell these Anglo’s that the uncle died and was buried in the back yard. But “Memo” who has assimilated into the American Culture tries to deny the family story and says it’s just a “MADE UP STORY” that never actually happened. This is what is happening to our youth, our children. THEY ARE DENYING WHO WE ARE. PARENTS WAKE UP!!!!! DO NOT LET THEM TELL YOU THAT THEIR NARRATIVE, THAT THEIR ACCOUNT, THAT THEIR HISTORY, IS THE ONLY ACCURATE ONE. PLEASE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN YOUR FAMIL’YS ORIGIN STORIES.
I don’t have a problem with the youth adapting into American culture, but to outright deny, or disown your own Mexican Heritage, to assimilate and abandon who made you YOU, is disappointing. This won’t happen if we intervene NOW! When it matters. Teach your children about their apellidos, the families they come from, their family’s lineage, important stuff, and the silly stuff too. It matters.
You’re probably wondering why do I even care? Well, I care…because my father taught me who I really am. While my Spanish might be scoffed at and ridiculed….I was taught to be proud of it and proud to speak it. No one is going to make me ashamed of being born in America, but having Mexican Pride and DNA running all through my veins.
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