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This does read like a hit piece against chicanismo, and it should be! Yeah the whole aztlan shit is very settler colonial and appropriates a lot of stuff from pueblos originarios. Like the danza azteca stuff that’s just new age religion and spirituality co opting dances from pueblos originarios.
I luckily never fell into that stuff because for whatever reason I felt iffy about it when i first heard about it and ignored it but i understand the crisis it causes in your mexican identity. It’s important to remember though that there is an incredibly rich mexican identity both in the “standard” mexican culture and more importantly the culture and identity of pueblo originarios. I also felt kind of lost or stranded in where exactly my identity lied but a big thing for me is realizing i don’t have to box myself into one identity, we are who we are based off of our lived experiences.
As far as actually feeling like you belong the biggest thing that helped me is immersion. even just joining online communities based out of mexico is great, also i feel like mexicans from mexico tend to be much less reactionary and usian brain coded so that’s always nice lol. sorry for the word slop, i just got off work and have been reading the naked lunch so my brain is fried.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply comrade and sorry for the late reply.
Yes, chicanismo always seemed kind of usian coded to me and even from a young age I never identified with American culture at all. I guess that's why I was a baby anti-imperialist since my teens lol. Oddly enough danza Azteca and the festivities surrounding La virgen de Guadalupe also helped me begin my decolonization journey. I remember sitting in church on a December 12th when I was like 13 and the priest is telling us the story of how "la virgencita appeared to Juan Diego". He then starts talking about how few indigenous converts they were able to get before the apparitions but with the help of this miracle thousands of indigenous people started to come worship Tonatzin. I couldn't believe how they were openly bragging about how they tricked the holdout indigenous peoples into converting!
Another thing that kept me from engaging with chicanismo in any deep or meaningful way was that I can speak Spanish somewhat competently so I was able to engage with Mexican culture more easily instead. You're right when you say that Mexico has a rich culture and I'm very grateful to be a part of it which did help to ease the heartbreak from learning that chicanismo is kind of whack. Like you say there is no need to put ourselves in any one box. I'll have to work on learning more about los pueblos originarios though. I'm learning a few words in Nahuatl from TikTok to start. I also found a really cool artist who sings in Nahuatl among the sea of Ojitos mentirosos videos! They're called Azalea Báalam and more people should check them out.
I have also noticed the average Mexicans are less reactionary than Americans but just ignore the whitexicans ha ha ha
Thank you for taking your time to reply, it really did help me. I'm glad to know that someone else has experienced something similar to me and gotten through it. It makes me feel less isolated in a way. And no need to apologize for your "word slop" I think I have you beat lol