Después de las elecciones de la semana pasada empecé a pensar en una canción que antes escuchaba muy seguido. Hace años la enseñé a mi mamá y se enojó bastante porque sintió que estaba diciendo que este país no tiene nada bueno que ofrecer. A veces éste perece ser la opinión que sale de nuestra clase, especialmente de los que expresamos nuestras opiniones fuertemente, pero sabemos que no es cierto. Es bueno criticar porque así se hace el cambio.
Todos los artículos que hemos visto que se tratan de la discriminación, de “White public space”, de abuso y “English Only” pueden ser resumidos en las palabras de esta canción.
America? (Who Discovered)
Ozomatli
I heard her story from across the sea,
There was never one as fair, lovely as she.
With sun soaked skin and eyes of green,
With all kindness and grace of a queen.
I set sail into a cold, dark sky.
I had to see this beauty with my own eyes.
I crossed the ocean in a tiny ship
With her image in my mind and her name on my lips. I set.
Ah, America.
Ah, eh, ah.
(Who discovered America?)
I found her standing upon the shore.
She was everything I dreamed of and so much more.
I felt a love that I’ve never known
And I knew I had to make her my own.
She was light of the night. She was dark as the night.
I fell under her spell, couldn’t tell wrong from right. I set.
Ah, America.
Ah, eh, ah.
(who discovered America?)
She breathed new life inside of me.
A whole new world she gave to me.
Surrendered all she had to me,
Even silver and gold.
All she asked was my soul.
How could I’ve know I’d been hypnotized.
There was more to my queen than first met the eye.
She had a chain of lovers who died her slaves
With a notion of blood for every drop that she gave.
I never thought she could break my heart
but all her contradictions are tearing me apart.
The secret she hides.
The beauty she flaunts
She’ll stop at nothing just to get what she wants.
Ah, America.
Ah, eh, ah.
(who discovered America?)
Ahora, el cambio.
Para escuchar la canción en YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJnZO9RT8A
I guess one of the greatest things about our country is that we can have a class like this in which we speak critically of our policies. As for me, I'd rather be from here than anywhere else!!! (Especially from northern NM)
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