Playing Mexicans and Indians

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The truth about American Indians and Mexicans is something you are all totally ignorant about.

I am American Indian. I am from a federally recognized tribe where I am an enrolled member.

Mexican people were the most horrible people to Indians historically. What happened in the 50's and 60's between them was pure racism on the mexicans part. I have a whole reservation of elders who can testify to that.

They claimed Indians were savages and wanted no part of them until casinos came along.

My mother worked for BIA in the Tribal Enrollment Dept. Her daily calls consisted of "I WANT MY INDIAN MONEY!" in broken English. People will change their skin color, religion for a few measly bucks.

If mexican people want to play it that way the Spanish were the ones who committed atrocities against my people. You are no better than the white people who did this.

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To be culturally Indian in Mexico is to be a nobody in culturally mestizo Mexico, Mexican Indians are sea bed level in Mexican society. Once or twice I have heard a Mexican angrily use the insult "pinche Indio" on another Mexican (work place setting, boss to minion), which has about the same meaning as "fucking nigger".