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Estimadas lectoras y estimados lectores, Nuevomexicanos (and Mexican Americans in general) are quite aware of racism in the United States. However, we do not sufficently appreciate that Mexico is also plagued by racism. In these unpublished sections from my book Lenguaje, A Cultural History of the Spanish Language in New Mexico, I explore the conflictedContinue reading “Mestizaje: Castas, La Raza Cosmica y Indigenismo, and Racism in Mexico”

Dear Gente, There are some Nuevomexicanos (Hispanic New Mexicans) who claim Jewish DNA. They often say that their families observed certain Jewish rituals and behavior. Some have even gone to the extent of adopting Judaism. I myself have 7% Sephardic (Spanish Jew) DNA, as well as 7% Middle Eastern (Arabic) DNA. However, I have notContinue reading “Sephardic Jews, Spanish Inquisition, and Expulsion of Jews and Moriscos”

I was unable to include sections on curanderismo and querencia in my book Lenguaje, A Cultural History of the Spanish Language in New Mexico due to space limitations. Hence, I am presenting these two sections here (they would have been included in Chapter 6). Chapter 6 Curanderismo         Another area in which there has beenContinue reading “Curanderismo y Querencia”