Why the title? We have pretty black triathletes, they are
Mexicans. They could have African ancestries
because we have a huge population of African Mexicans in Oaxaca. Imagine one of the them winning the World
Triathlon Championship in Australia, 2018.
She was one of the very few women of color. The biggest racist manifestation was lived in
Mexico not in Australia after she returned.
It is difficult to believe, but this is present in Mexico since the time
the Spaniards arrived to conquest. In
this sense, George Floyd has died many times in Mexico violently and without
violence. Dying for native people happens
in Mexico slowly with segregation, lack of opportunities and corruption; as it
is the case of the Native Americans and people in the ghettos in the USA. In this context, Floyd’s death happened even
before the policemen killed him. His
chances of having a successful life were null because of his History,
development and even his language (grammar).
Success in this context is “white,” success is a byproduct of conquering
countries, industrial revolution and capitalism (see Johnson below). “White privilege” is what made the Spaniards
conquered Mexico; the advantage of feeling superior by God and the experience
of merciless wars. “If God gave us our
color and grammar; we must be special and superior.” This is what makes Jesse Owen so great, as well
as our Cecilia; they were against the Gods.
They overcame a huge handicap when battling the “white privilege.”
We are working on how to be
like my ancestries: “Holly people.” We
are working on our grammar. “To speak of God as “He” misrepresents what I believe,
but I am a prisoner of the English language, which lacks a neutral pronoun. (I
refuse to speak of God as “it.”)… I’m not about to write a sentence like, “Here
God tells God’s people that God will punish them if they reject God’s
demands.”” (p. 18-20)
Discriminating because of
the skin color is pure ignorance. Ignorance
and stupidity do not justify killing somebody.
The Nuremberg trials happened keeping this premise:
The fact that a person acted pursuant to order
of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility
under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.
We have many reasons to
discriminate and skin color is not one of them.
We definitely discriminate people who lie like Trump.
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