Recovering History, Constructing Race the Indian, Black,...

Recovering History, Constructing Race: the Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans Recovering Aztlan : Racial Formation Through a Shared History (1) Traditionally history of the Americas and American population has been taught in a direction heading west from Europe to the California frontier. In Recovering History, Constructing Race, Martha Mencahca locates the origins of the history of the Americas in a floral pattern where migration from Asia, Europe, and Africa both voluntary and forced converge magnetically in Mexico then spreads out again to the north and northeast. By creating this patters she complicates the idea of race, history, and nationality. The term Mexican, which today refers to a specific nationality†¦show more content†¦Another group who settled near Teotihuacà ¡n were the Mexica who would later be known as the Aztec. The European heritage of Mexicans is complex as well in that the Spanish peninsula was a contested sight and one of migration from Africa, Europe, and the east. The African ancestry of Mexicans is perhaps the most straightforward in that most of the slaves that were brought into Me xico came from the west coast of Africa and specifically the kingdom of Mali. The Malinke people of Mali, who were left vulnerable by ecological disaster and war, were unable to defend themselves militarily and became an easy target for the Portuguese slave traders. (3) By situating each of the three major groups involved in the formation of the Mexican people as she does, Menchaca, prepares her reader not for a story of separation by race, but one of thoroughly blended racial identity. During the Spanish period, though class structure was always of the utmost concern, she situates racial mixing as an integral part of the Spanish conquest of America. By befriending and allying themselves militarily with the Tlaxcalan people of Central America they were able to overthrow the Aztec. A key component of this friendship early on was to maintain the established nobility within the Tlaxcalan hierarchy. Loyal Tlaxcalan nobility were given power as regional magistrates where Aztecs had previously ruled. They, in turn, did much of the work of puttingShow MoreRelatedAddress Racial Inequalities : Past And Present1247 Words   |  5 Pagesinequality at the personal level, I chose to look at the perception of racial inequalities through the eyes of white America. First I wanted to address the idea of color blind racism. Bonilla-Silva explains how white America believes that â€Å"the nation is beyond race†¦.and believes they have nothing to do minorities issues with racial inequality.† When whites are asked about racial inequality toward blacks they use the â€Å"it wasn’t me† stance to deny any responsibility. 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