What do you think of Mexicans in America?

Mexico is the birthplace of Aztec civilization, one of the three most developed Indian civilizations in ancient Central and South America. By the15th century, the Aztecs defeated other smaller Indian tribes, controlled large areas of land in the south and middle, and established huge cities, magnificent pyramids and water diversion projects. The potatoes, corn, tomatoes, peppers and other foods we eat today were first planted by Indians.

The Aztecs didn't think that success would bring them great disaster. /kloc-As soon as Spanish explorers arrived in Mexico in the early 6th century, they decided that such a developed civilization must have been piled up with inexhaustible gold and silver. 152 1 year, Spanish explorer cortes landed with more than 600 Spanish soldiers, a dozen horses and several cannons. He was surprised by the splendid civilization he saw and was determined to conquer it.

The advantage of the Spanish lies in weapons, riding, organization and war strategy. Indians who use primitive bows and arrows have never seen horses, and there is no sword used by Europeans A Spaniard in armor riding a Ma Chong thinks that man and horse are one, either immortal or monster. You can imagine how a soldier with this idea in his head fights. He might shout goodbye. Now, when I see a fighting performance dressed as a medieval knight, my eyes become two deep holes under my helmet. Even the burly knight wore a mask, and the knight rushed at me with a spear. If he had no machine gun in his hand, no one would be afraid.

After a long campaign, well-trained and well-organized Spaniards adopted the strategy of divide and rule, contacting different Indian tribes alone and pretending to be friends. The biggest weakness of Indians is not weapons and psychology, but that they do not have a unified society. As far as modern western politics is concerned, it has not experienced the process of "national construction". It is impossible for such a civilization to compete with the leading Europeans in this field. Everywhere Europeans go, the situation is basically the same. In Asia, the British controlled hundreds of millions of Indians in the same way.

The Spaniards are called conquerors.

The Indians allied with them regarded them as white-skinned gods. The Spanish help this tribe fight that tribe, then fight another, and then it's your turn. Indians do not have such complicated plans. It wasn't long before the Aztecs were defeated.

The soldier was followed by a priest. There were only three words in Columbus' generation: "Gold, God and Glory". Gold speaks for itself, God is here to preach, and glory is to establish a colony for our king.

After the army built the fort, it moved the Indians to a place, built a settlement similar to a village, ordered them to farm and provide food and labor. The priest began to preach to save them spiritually.

To encourage colonization, the Spanish royal family allowed settlers to enslave Indians.

The slaughter, slavery and virus brought by Europeans, in just a few decades, two-thirds of India's population disappeared. 1535, the conquerors established the colony "New Spain", just as new york was called new york. In order to expand the territory of the New World and because of food shortage, the new colonies extended northward. The Spanish, Saint Francis and the priests of the Church of Jesus established a new colony together. Settlers lead a hard life in this vast land, often without necessary daily necessities.

18 10, under the influence of the American and French revolutions, Father Hita launched a series of riots, which lasted for eleven years. Spain was too weak to control the distant colonies at this time, so it had to be independent. 182 1 year, Mexico became an independent country and Mexico became a Republic.

Getting along with strong neighbors is not good for a country.

As the United States becomes stronger and stronger, life in Mexico will be very difficult. Attracted by the land in Mexico, people from the southern United States came to Texas to raise cattle. This is the origin of Texas cowboy. Jeans seem to have started there. However, in the past ten years, there have been nearly 30,000 American herders in Texas. These people have new names, Texans.

Texans are unruly, and at a certain time they began to riot and demand independence. One of the reasons for independence is that they believe in Protestantism (Christianity), which is incompatible with Mexican Catholicism. Second, Mexican law prohibits slavery, and these people from the southern United States are used to and depend on slavery. Third, tax incentives have stopped.

1835 65438+in February, Texas armed forces captured the largest city, San Antonio.

Mexican President Santa Ann quickly sent troops to respond, 1500 troops surrounded the barracks in the city-Alamo. The Alamo is a bit like a big courtyard surrounded by stone walls in northern China, the loess wall, where 185 Texans live.

As a result of that battle, the defenders were outnumbered and all died. Mexico stirred up a hornet's nest. At that time, the slogan circulating in the United States was "Remember the Alamo!" The Alamo became a revolutionary holy land in the eyes of Americans. Mexico's troubles began.

More than ten years ago, I studied in Texas and went to San Antonio. At the Alamo site, I saw the narrator still telling the silent tourists about that history emotionally, as if the people in the Chinese History Museum were telling the heroic deeds of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain. Walking into the courtyard, I saw a small stone tablet standing on the wall of the ammunition depot at that time, engraved with the words "die before your ambition".

To my surprise, one of the dozens of guest messages left in the form of inscriptions was written in Chinese. After going to China for one year, I felt very cordial when I saw a stone tablet engraved with square Chinese characters in another corner of the earth. But I don't agree with the critics. I think this impressionable compatriot may have expressed his passion without knowing history. Of course, maybe he just looks at the problem from the standpoint of the United States.

People always divide groups according to certain cultural similarities and differences: nations are formed by customs and habits. The Alamo incident depends on which side you are on. If you are on the side of Mexicans, it is a just war to resist the invasion from the north and defend your land and people. If you stand on the side of Americans, it is a bloody suppression of freedom-loving fighters. In memory of the martyrs and the spirit of freedom in Texas, this is certainly a just war.

America is a very interesting country. As long as it is history, everything is mixed together. Perhaps American history is too short, and everything is used to make up the numbers; Maybe Americans are too broad-minded to win or lose. This Alamo may be a disgrace in American history, but it is also to promote the spirit of freedom. The spirit of freedom is certainly a good thing, but it is a bit far-fetched in the Alamo.

After the Alamo Battle, Samuel Houston, a former US Congressman and governor of Tennessee, led the Texas Armed Forces to fight on this vast plain. With the support of the United States, the Mexican government cannot help these crazy armed cowboys. They declared their independence in 1836 and established the Republic of Texas, with only one star on the national flag. After joining the United States, it was called the Lone Star State. As soon as it became independent, Houston sent people to Washington to apply for joining the United States. At that time, the northern and southern parts of the United States were wrestling in Congress to see which political forces overwhelmed each other. For the north, if Texas joins the United States, this new slave-holding state will greatly strengthen the power of the south and the balance of political power will fall to slavery. So the north resolutely resisted Texas' participation. Texans waited for nine years until 1845 was accepted as a state of the United States. Texas is the only state that has joined the United States as an independent country, so it is also the only state that has the right to leave the Federation itself. The other 49 States do not have this right in law.

However, the Mexican government never recognized the independence of Texas, nor did it recognize it as a state of the United States. Some things in the world are so complicated. Of course, this is a de facto marriage, and Mexicans can't help it, unless the United States really goes downhill one day and its internal feelings are not harmonious. That's enough for Mexicans to wait.

Mexico has always resented the independence of Texas.

Most Americans are in favor of occupying more land. The pain of Mexicans can be imagined. People in China also say from time to time that three large French lands east of the Wusuli River have been occupied by Russia.

1846, Americans who settled in California rioted, which triggered the US-Mexico War. A year later, America won. The situation faced by Mexico is a bit like that of China after the Opium War. One third of Mexico's land has been allocated to its powerful northern neighbor. The United States has a large area of land, including California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico. Are all good places in America today. Especially California, the land of geomantic omen, American granary and high-tech base camp.

After the United States annexed a large area of land in Mexico, thousands of Mexicans found themselves living on American land overnight. The Mexican said, "Some of us crossed the border, but the border crossed some of us."

Today, when we talk about illegal immigrants in the United States, most people actually mean Mexicans. It is difficult to count the number of people, there are always millions. After a while, I always talk about illegal immigration and how it affects job opportunities in the United States. Those who say these words should really think about how what the United States did in the last century is worthy of Mexicans. Now Mexicans come to earn some money, mostly by doing some low-paid and clumsy sweat jobs that Americans rarely want to do. How much you owe your ancestors, earn some money for others and have a good sleep.

/kloc-the mainstream thought of American society in the 0 th and 9 th centuries is the theory of destiny: God gave the Anglo-Saxons in the United States the right to expand their territory and expel backward nationalities.

This is a religious rationalization that plunders land and wealth and destroys vulnerable groups (mainly Indians). In this way, white Christians can engage in violent activities against the Christian spirit with peace of mind. From the middle of19th century, some people from the eastern part of the United States moved to the west for development. This is the westward movement in American history. This great migration has formed a vast territory of the United States that is close to two oceans today.

In the southwestern United States, whites have long been a minority. However, they use discriminatory methods to control Mexicans with a large population. Restrict their political rights and lower their social status; Mexicans are described as dirty, deceitful, lacking a sense of justice and responsibility.

Mexicans are actually mostly simple and kind people. I believe that everyone who has worked in a restaurant with them will have such an impression. Most Mexicans have poor English. They are gentle and work silently. Go to the park to play football every week on rest days, and like to get together and drink beer. China restaurants employ Mexicans to wash dishes, which even China people who are famous for their hard work are unwilling to do. We often use the word "Amigo" to address Mexicans. I'm not sure how contemptuous that name is. I feel a little. As long as Mexicans come to look for jobs, many restaurant owners in China keep their wages low. I always feel that Mexicans are a little too kind in America, where everyone is good at safeguarding their own interests. I remembered the saying of riding in Mashan.

With the development of American economy, a large number of Mexicans cross the border to work. The border between the United States and Mexico is more than 2000 miles long. In fact, at the beginning of the 20th century, there was no such thing as illegal border crossing. At that time, it was impossible to see where the border was. 1890,75,000 people came from Mexico. Ten years later, it increased to 562,000. Railways and mines in the southwestern United States depend on Mexican labor. By 1908, Santa Fe Railway and South Pacific Railway Company employed more than 1 000 Mexicans from both sides of the border every day.

World War I created a greater demand for labor. The US Department of Labor relaxed the restrictions on foreign agricultural workers, and a large number of Mexicans crossed the border to work in the United States. Wages in factories are higher than those in farms, and cities in the north and midwest attract many Mexicans. More and more people are doing odd jobs in auto factories in Detroit, meat processing plants in Indiana, steel mills in Pennsylvania and restaurants in new york. The Mexican said, "America always needs our hands."

In the 1920s, because of the restrictions on immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe, the United States was short of labor, so it opened its doors to immigrants. From 192 1 to1929,600,000 Mexicans entered the United States and obtained resident status. Most of these people live in the southwest.

1924, the United States formally established a patrol border on the US-Mexico border. Since then, there has been a saying of illegal border crossing.

For more than a century, besides other services and contributions, how many vegetables and fruits have hardworking Mexicans harvested for the United States with their calloused hands? Without the hard work of millions of Mexicans every day, there would be no comfort and enjoyment for Americans. We should respect those who bring comfort to our lives.