Visiting Ruidoso For Cinco De Mayo

[shaddow]

New Mexicans have ties to Spain, or ties to things Hispanic, but not ties to Mexico the nation state. Anyone who has ties that go back to Mexico for centuries hasn't been in New Mexico all that long. I am a native born New Mexican and I have no ties to Mexico. The culture in New Mexico is different from Mexican culture and has developed naturally over the past 150+ years. Once upon a time there was a lot less concern about the difference between Anglos and Hispanics, because both could share New Mexico heritage equally. Once upon a time, native born New Mexicans were concerned about the effects of large numbers of people coming in from either Chicago or Chihuahua, because they were outsiders.

Any New Mexican who wants to celebrate Cinco de Mayo should do so with gusto. Bastille Day or Guy Fawkes Day too, for that matter.

[domino]

Ties to Mexico do go back hundreds of years. For the most part, Spaniards who immigrated to NM came north from Mexico, not directly from Spain. Immigration from Mexico has been going on since that time and continues today. Some New Mexicans may not have ties to Mexico, but many more do. Mexico is much more than the nation state.