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Multicultural Mexico: Modern Era

21 Tuesday Jun 2016

Posted by Victor H. Garza 高山 in Culture

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In 1942 Emilio “El Indio” Fernandez directed a movie called “Soy Puro Mexico” (I am a Pure Mexican). But what does being a “Pure Mexican” mean? Jose Vasconcelos, Mexico’s Minister of Education from 1921-24 wrote a book called “La Raza Cosmica” (The Cosmic Race) where he described a Mestizo (mixed-race) Mexican as a child coming from a “Spaniard and Indigenous” couple. Many Mexicans, including myself, grew up with this concept. However, Spain and Mexico have always had a diverse population! Spain had the presences of Arabs during approximately 800 years and Mexico has indigenous people that range from the tall Raramuri Indians in northwest Mexico to the “Asian” looking Maya Indians in southeastern Mexico. Mexico also has a “Third Root”, the African population that arrived during the 16th Century. So there is no doubt that Mexico’s population is Multiethnic going beyond the traditional concept of “Spanish and Indigenous”. As a matter of fact, last year I did a DNA test to discover my ancestry and the results were enlightening! My genes come from: Asia 2%, Africa 5%, the Americas 28% and Europe 65% (besides Spain, my genes also came from far away places like Finland & Russia!). There is no doubt that under our “tanned skin”, Mexicans carry genes that go beyond Spanish & Indigenous bloods! During the last 400 years Mexico has truly been a “Melting Pot”!

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La famosa película “Soy Puro Mexicano” dirigida en 1942 por Emilio “El Indio” Fernández lleva en su título la palabra “puro”. ¿Pero a que se refiere ser “puro mexicano”. José Vasconcelos, Secretario de la Educación Pública de 1921-1924 introdujo en su libro “La Raza Cósmica” que el mestizo mexicano provenía de la mezcla del indio y el español. Al igual que yo, muchos mexicanos crecimos con este concepto pero creo que “ser mexicano” va mucho mas allá de ser descendientes de los indígenas y españoles pues desde el siglo XVI la raza africana también ha estado presente en nuestro país. Además, los españoles históricamente vienen de una mezcla entre visigodos, bereberes, árabes, etc., y los indígenas de México también reflejan una inmensa variedad que va desde los Rarámuri del noroeste del país hasta los Maya en el sureste de México. ¡Así que no cabe duda que el mestizaje de México es diverso y rico! De hecho, el año pasado me hice una prueba genética del ADN para conocer las raíces de “mi mestizaje” y ¡vaya que el resultado fue sorprendente! Tengo genes de Asia 2%, de África 5%, de América 28% y de Europa 65% (además de España también aparecieron genes de lugares tan lejanos como Finlandia y Rusia). No cabe duda que bajo nuestra “piel morena”…los mexicanos llevamos genes que van mas allá de la sangre española y la sangre indígena. Los mexicanos somos un arcoíris étnico. ¡Viva México!

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