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Mexica Apologetics: by The Metaphysical MexicaNot Hispanic (Hispanics are from Spain or Hispanola), not Mestizo (this identity rejects indigenous identity), not Raza (this glamorizes the rape of indigenous women and the mixture that came about), not Anti-Mexica (some people reject Mexica because they claim that they come from different indigenous people of Mexico. But, the word Mexican, Mexicana/o, and Chicana/o come from the Nahuatl word "Mexica," pronounced "Meh-shee-kah." By claiming Mexica, it is just reaffirming the indigenous aspects of Mexico, without taking away the particular identity of indigenous people you are from. For example, if you are Mayan and Purepecha, you can claim Mexica because you see yourself as a Mexican [which comes from the nahuatl "Mexica"] of Mayan or Purepecha descent. So, when we say we are are Chicano or Mexican, we are really saying we are Mexica), not Arabic (some people try to say that Mexicans are dark because they are Arabic when in fact they are indigenous), not a Zionist (we don't glamorize and romanticize the Jewish people as God's chosen people and we don't support their racist Jewish-only belief system), not Spanish (we are indigenous people and not Spaniards), not Italian (some people try to confuse Mexicans for Italians but we are not Italian!), not Basque (some people say that the Basque are on our side but without admitting that some of the Spaniards who raped indigenous women here were of Basque descent), not Jewish (we are not anti-Semitic but some Mexicans think they are Jewish which is not true), not Irish (some Mexicans think that the Irish are on our side for fighting for us but their true agenda was that they were fighting for themselves as Catholics, not to help Mexicans), not French (the French took over Mexico before so why should we side with them?), not Anglo (the Anglos killed many indigenous people), not European (Europeans all over the Western Hemisphere killed indigenous people), not African (Mexicans try to say that we are really African but we are actually native to this land), not a Pseudo-Scientist (pseudo-science tries to give credit for the temple building to everyone else but indigenous people), not African Olmec (the Olmecs were not African and the Olmecs did not learn from the Africans to make calendars and all the genius that the Olmecs are known for), not the Lost Tribe of Israel (some Mormons and Zionists claim that natives are really the Lost Tribe of Israel but the truth is that we are not and there is no proof to suggest that), not Atlantis (the indigenous people are not from Atlantis and Atlantis does not mean Aztlan), not Lumeria (indigenous people did not come from Lumeria), not Mu (indigenous people did not come from Mu), not Egyptian (the Egyptians didn't build our temples), not an Alien (aliens did not teach us how to build our temples), not Greek (the Greeks did not build our temples), not Roman (the "Aztecs" are not Romans), not a Machista (we do not believe in any abuse of women, at the same time, we do not believe in loosing our masculinity), not a Malinchista Feminist (Malinche because many feminists wrongly glamorize her as a hero when she was a traitor), not a Hippy (most people barely discovering their indigenous roots tend to mix indigenous beliefs with a Hippy lifestyle and belief), not Asian (some people are claiming that indigenous people are Asians but the fact is that some of us may have crossed the Bering Straight but that was thousands of years ago and we are now a new people that are indigenous to this land and not Asian), not Afrocentric (some Mexicans reject Eurocentrism but then go the Afrocentric route thinking everything in terms of African people instead of indigenous), not Eurocentric (Eurocentrism has dominated most forms of thought and we need to relinquish that form of thinking and think according to indigenous people), not a Humanist (we are not Humanist because they tend to reject specific ethnic particular struggles and try to lump everything up as "human beings"), not an Internationalist (Internationalists tend to push everyone's elses interests but their own and would rather save someone else far away than save their family and their own people in their own neighborhood), not a Bruja (people try to confuse Brujeria with indigenous tradition but Brujeria is really a Catholic-Pagan-European corruption of indigenous traditions), not a native "superstar" rapper or native rockstar(they tend to just want popularity but they don't do shit for their community and they act like they speak for the whole indigenous community), not a Last Mohican (some natives believe that white people can be "native" and that they want to save us which is not true), not a One Love person (this type of person believes that we are all One and we should melt into their melting pot of love), not a Rastafarian (some Mexicas believe in Jah instead of believing in Ometeotl and these people tend to be pot-heads most of the time), not Filipino (some people try to say that Mexicans are Filipino but this is not true and I've even heard some say that the Olmecs are Filipino, which is not true), not an Absolute Inclusivist (these people are so inclusive that they lose their identity and become confused about who they are, and when this happens this person loses their people's interest and becomes wishy-washy), not a Danza-Only-Person (some Danzantes just do Danza and nothing else relevant to indigenous people, some of them use Danza to "hook up," some use Danza to create their own rules and traditions, some of them use Danza to create a guru following with followers who don't question some of their stuff, some Danzantes dance just to show off, some dance to make a public display like a freak show or circus, some don't wear sandals and dance on dirty concrete floors ruining their feet), not a Sweat Lodge-Abuser (a person who uses the sweat lodge like a drug, uses the sweat lodge to "hook up," charges money for the sweat lodge, a person who is not indigenous and conducts a sweat lodge, a person who is not given permission and is not trained to do a proper sweat lodge, and people who use the sweat lodge to create a guru following), not a wannabe Lakota (many Mexicans try to be Lakota and practice their style of sweat lodges instead of Mexica style), not Anti-Book (many natives are anti-book and say that the white man wrote all of them without admitting that there are some good books with useful information that are worth reading written by white people, and there are books written by natives, and there are also books of indigenous people called "Amoxtli"), not a strict Oral Traditionalist (these people usually don't question some made up oral tradition that may be Eurocentric), not Nordic (many white people keep saying that the Nordic people first discovered the Western Hemisphere when in fact natives did), not Christian (we do not believe that Jesus is God and Jesus never claimed to be God according to a huge group of bible scholars called the Jesus Seminar), not Mormon (Joseph Smith made up a religion that was founded on lies and phony evidence and they are the ones to believe that natives were dark skinned because they were cursed by God, damn racists!), not a Jehovah Witness (these guys use our community and make our people work so hard for their church and they love to exploit our people), not Catholic (these suckers destroyed much of the indigenous culture and spirituality in Mexico), not Protestant (these guys are now colonizing indigenous people who turn from Catholicism for something new), not a New Ager (these guys sell native spirituality for money and twist our belief systems around with Western Paganism), not a Liberal (these guys agree in abortion which kills many indigenous babies, they don't believe in the death penalty but the Mexicas believed in the death penalty for people who committed bad crimes against their people, these people tend to side with Malinche Feminists, these people tend to reject and question morals and values, they don't believe in the basic male/female family structure), not a Republican (these people are anti-environmentalist and believe in corporate exploitation of the earth, they tend to believe in only Christian Morals and Values, they tend to be anti-ethnic rights), not a Democrat (some Democrats are just as bad as Republicans, only sneakier and wishy-washy), not a Conservative (these guys are blatant about where they stand but are still bad in my opinion), not a Libertarian (these guys act like they are not Republican but they tend to be closet Republicans), not a Green Party (these guys are said to help the Republicans win election by making the Democrats look extreme), not a Modernist (these people believe in industrialism as the solution to everything), not a Post-Modernist (these people reject Modernism but they also reject Nationalism, and they don't identify with anything and have no foundation), not an Atheist (they don't believe in God and Mexicas do have their concept of God), not Anti-Exclusive (people now days think "exclusivity" is a bad thing and something to stay away from, but somewhere down the line you will have to pick and choose certain interests and by choosing something in particular you are making an exclusive choice, so "exclusivity" is not necessarily bad, it is just affirming uniqueness and particularity), not a Satanist (this is just Christianity turned upside down and it is another form of European colonization), not a Mecha-Anybody-Can-Be-Chicano-Person (these Mecha people think that a non-Chicano person can be a Chicano), not a Wiccan (these people tend to try to mix native indigenous beliefs with European Paganism, which is not us), not an Anarchist (these people don't believe in any form of structure and organization of society, which can also be against indigenous organization and structures), not a Marxist (these people tend to lump all working class people together without admitting that there are white racist working class people who are not for us and these Marxists tend to go against any form of nationalism), not a Communist (these people believe that Communism is the goal for the whole world which is very utopic and not realistic), not a Socialist (these people believe that Socialism is necessary for Communism, and they insist that industrialism is good), not a strict traditionalist native (these people tend to believe that we should reject all forms of modern technology, which is almost impossible now), not anti-tradition either (we respect tradition and we plan to maintain it, but we are also modern in some sense), not a White-Medicine-Wheel-Person (these people think that the color white of the Medicine Wheel represents white people, the four colors originally meant the four directions and four elements not the four races, and definately not the white race!), not more indigenous than the rest (these people think that by doing Danza, Sweat Lodges, or being a Native Rapper that they are more indigenous than the rest of us), not too spiritual for the rest (these people think that they are so spiritual that they are too above you and that they only have the secret spiritual knowledge that nobody else has), not white (some people think that Mexicans are white people if they are light skin without admitting that the majority of light skinned Mexicans have indigenous ancestry), not a Rainbow Tribe (these people are usually hippies that try to act native and believe that everyone is tribal without admitting the differences, and they tend to lump us up together without respecting our uniqueness), not a Universalist (this person wants everyone to melt together and erase all the differences), not anti-spirituality (these people reject spirituality because they are either a Marxist, Materialist, or Anti-Christian, but they don't accept other forms of spirituality), not an Occultist (these people try to mix indigenous beliefs with European Occultism, which can be dangerous and negative), not a culture pimp (this person uses culture for status and exploits it whenever possible), not a pot head (this person thinks that by smoking pot that they are indigenous which is not true, this belief comes from the hippies), not a druggie (many people claim to be conscious but yet still do drugs, and they might as well not even claim to be conscious if they are doing this!), not a gangbanger (there are people who claim they are indigenous yet they fight and hurt their own people), not La Raza Cosmica (this concept celebrates the rape of indigenous women and claims that Mexicans are better off with Spanish European blood, which is racist), not a materialist (these people believe that all of reality is strictly material and nothing else), not a follower of Scientism (these people believe that Science can solve all our problems and that the Scientific Method is the only way to know anything), not a blind follower of self-proclaimed elders (these people tend to follow any person who claims they know indigenous wisdom and sometimes falls for their deception), not an Indigenous-Spaniard-Marriage-Believer (these people tend to gloss over all the rapes of indigenous women and would rather believe that most of the indigenous women were married and fell in love with Spaniards. This is a lie by the fact that most indigenous women were raped and the very few that were not were forced to get married to Spaniards, which constitutes a rape, many Spaniards forced or tricked indigenous women to marry them because this was a way to acquire power and land that was obtained through lineage, sneaky bastards!, not a vendido (this person goes against his people's interests and betrays them knowingly), and definately not Latino (some Central and South Americans identify as Latino because they are not Chicano, without realizing that they are indigenous people. They should reject Latino as an identity and identify with their native people. Also, we are indigenous people, and we are not from Rome or Italy)