Essay On Mexican American Identity

There is a lot of historical background to the Mexican American identity. This identity started with the Mexicas. The Mexicas were indigenous people from Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco. The Mexicas were a group of indigenous people that had their own set of beliefs, norms and values. The Mexicas had long hair (including men and women) because long hair meant wisdom. The Mexicas harvested their own food. With related to the political aspect the Mexicas had their own political structure. They had a male ruler and it was Cihuacoatl. After the ruler it was the council of 12 women. These women were selected by the city states and were advisors of the main ruler. Next in the political structure were the Calpullis and they were like districts or city states. The last part of
Queer people were seen as respected people and as healers. Last, the history of the Mexicas is important to understand because they represent the Mexican American identity. The history of the Mexican American identity continues on into the first conquest. The first conquest is when the Spanish conquered the Mexicas. The conquest was very violent and brutal towards the Mexicas. One tool that was used in the conquest was religion. If the Mexicas did not accept Jesus as their savior then they were killed. Another tool that was used was rape. In other words the Mexicas suffered a lot physically and mentally. Moreover, the political structure also changed after the first conquest. Women get removed from their council and the whole political structure that the Mexicas had gets completely removed and gets replaced by leaders of the Spain which were the Queen and King of Spain. Also the introduction of the legal system gets created and this is to limit any rights to the indigenous people. This system created laws that made indigenous people to work for free and for the indigenous people turn into Catholicism. It also became a law to torture indigenous people if