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I have a question. I have a manuscript that my Grandfather wrote about his year in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution when he was prospecting for oil on the western half of Mexico.
He was a young Republican; voted for Harding in the 1920 election; he seems to be prejudiced. I don't detect any hatred, but rather a 19th century viewpoint, seeing Mexicans as unable to plan ahead, and having difficulties getting over a resting inertia.
Having read many of his personal letters, I find him to be a good observer, though less of an interpreter. I would like to get his manuscript published and think it has a lot to offer as he interacts with every level of Mexican society, dining with aristocrats and sleeping in the shacks of peons, and has some exciting times.
But he seems to be a prejudiced person in a prejudiced society, so I'm leaning towards just leaving his words as he wrote them, with an editor's note.
I'd appreciate other's views on handling the prejudice.
I have a question. I have a manuscript that my Grandfather wrote about his year in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution
...he seems to be a prejudiced person in a prejudiced society, so I'm leaning towards just leaving his words as he wrote them, with an editor's note.
I'd appreciate other's views on handling the prejudice.
Sounds like it'd be a fascinating read, really!
Any prejudices would be integral to his work, and likely representative of the times. I urge you to maintain his writings fully intact – your task is not to interpret/amend his work, although you could certainly provide any necessary counterpoint via an editor's note, provided that it weren't overly conciliatory. Let the reader be the judge.
Most lightskin Mexicans still have Mestizo facial features. Lightskin does not always automatically = Anglo Saxon features. Thalia for example is lightskin, but her facial features look nothing like that of some Anglo WASP chick named Becky Morrison.
Even if Thalia was not a famous singer, and just a regular person, if I saw her walking down the street I would never confuse her for an Anglo WASP.
Any prejudices would be integral to his work, and likely representative of the times. I urge you to maintain his writings fully intact – your task is not to interpret/amend his work, although you could certainly provide any necessary counterpoint via an editor's note, provided that it weren't overly conciliatory. Let the reader be the judge.
Most lightskin Mexicans still have Mestizo facial features. Lightskin does not always automatically = Anglo Saxon features. Thalia for example is lightskin, but her facial features look nothing like that of some Anglo WASP chick named Becky Morrison.
Even if Thalia was not a famous singer, and just a regular person, if I saw her walking down the street I would never confuse her for an Anglo WASP.
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Thank God she does not look like Becky Morrison.
I'd say she's from Asturian stock.
Thalia looks like a lightskin Mestiza. Her almond shaped eyes is how you tell she is not of pure European ancestry. She definitely has some Aztec and or Mayan ancestry in her family tree.
I don't consider Thalia to be white. She is not an example of a white mexican. She is like a normal middle class mexican, very beautiful ,not prieta but not white mexican at all. For me white mexicans are easily confused for Americans or europeans, maybe the only thing that might set us apart is that many of us are shorter in average than americans.
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