Ken Salazar urges more Latino-themed national parks, sites (invasion, money, programs)
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Someone needs to find more pressing matters to contend with.
I'm sure half the monuments and parks in the southwest can be connected in some way to "Latino" themes.
Oh yeah, and St. Augustine too.
He's doing his job.
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Originally Posted by TriMT7
Oh, yeah, Wyoming and Idaho were just full of Mexicans before being taken over. A Cantina on every corner, and the rich Mexican culture just flowing in the streets.
Lots of hispanics in Wyoming.
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Originally Posted by sarahnyc
Do we have records of the historic hispanic population of the United States?
Considering we were 90% White until the 1970s, what history and heritage are we exactly supposed to have? They haven't been here very long and when we acquired the Southwest after the U.S-Mexican war, something like 50,000 people were living in the entire territory.
"They" have been in Colorado for generations. Salazar himself is a long-time native Coloradan.
Salazar has ancestors in the Southwestern United States dating back from the 1500s, when that region was part of New Spain.[5] He has identified as Mexican American and said: "I've been taunted, called names -- from dirty Mexican to lots of other names -- as I was growing up, and even now as a United States senator."[6]
When you have to go out and look for historical sites (ie: make up stuff and get creative) they probably aren't that historical to begin with.
So historical research is nonsense in your opinion? All sites of historical significance are known, in your opinion? Placing yet to be discovered or under recognized historical sites on the Registry of Historic Places, thus preserving them for future generation is a silly idea, in your opinion? The fact that historic sites of Latin or African American may have gone under recognized or appreciated regardless of their historical significance is just another quota system, in your opinion?
Every year the Department of the Interior reviews hundreds of sites identify for protection under the National Historic Preservation Act, I see no crime in putting emphasis on those that are central to the history of African Americans and latinos nor do I have a problem of elevating many of those sites already listed as historic places to the level of national park. Frankly, dismissing this as "just another quota" program smacks of just what it is... do I need to spell it out for you?
Didn't matter if there was a cantina on every corner or not, that was more Dodge city than San Antonio anyway. They were part of the Mexican territory dealt away in a land deal. They were Mexican territory, and thus, would fit right in w/ the "strict historical" loonies up there and on here.
Yeah, and the Pacific Northwest and Alaska were once claimed by Russia... doesn't mean we need or care about the rich "Russian history" of the area because three guys from Vladivostock and a bunch of seals laid technical claim to land mass they obviously couldn't effectively colonize or control.
The American southwest already pays handsomely (in more ways than one) to "honor" its "Latino" heritage. I'm sure "Latinos" will just NEVER be able to have any sense of self worth unless we spend more time building monuments and parks to recognize the contributions of conquistadors.
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Originally Posted by Katiana
He's doing his job
Then I know a very good place we can cut some fat out of the budget.
OK lets just call Rocky Mountain National Park Salazar National Park and move on. what a stupid idea. The parks are named for their actractions not some particular race. get over it.
Yeah, and the Pacific Northwest and Alaska were once claimed by Russia... doesn't mean we need or care about the rich "Russian history" of the area because three guys from Vladivostock and a bunch of seals laid technical claim to land mass they obviously couldn't effectively colonize or control.
The American southwest already pays handsomely (in more ways than one) to "honor" its "Latino" heritage. I'm sure "Latinos" will just NEVER be able to have any sense of self worth unless we spend more time building monuments and parks to recognize the contributions of conquistadors.
Then I know a very good place we can cut some fat out of the budget.
You've obviously never been to Sitka, Alaska. The Russian history is "celebrated" there.
I never heard of an African American or African themed national park. Which one is it? Which congressperson got that through a vote in congress?
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has an African theme. I don't know about congresspeople, but I'm sure a lot of the Tampa city commissioners had a part in processing the zoning and permits for it.
Do we have records of the historic hispanic population of the United States?
Considering we were 90% White until the 1970s, what history and heritage are we exactly supposed to have? They haven't been here very long and when we acquired the Southwest after the U.S-Mexican war, something like 50,000 people were living in the entire territory.
what do you mean by "WE"?
White folks? All Americans? I know I didn't acquire anything.......
THEY acquired something......not "us".
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