Mexican History and 3rd world politics

[snow]

Hi, I have two papers to do for school. One is a book review for a Mexican History course. I was wondering if anyone could recommend some books on Mexican History that are from a positive European perspective, or at least paint Europeans in a positive light, unlike most texts out there.

The 2nd paper is a research paper for my Political Science class, it focuses on 3rd world politics. Can anybody suggest a topic that I can use that affects White people in 3rd world nations? I was thinking sex slaves in the former USSR, but I don't know if my teacher thinks of any of those countries as being a "developing" nation.

I am just tired of all the crap that gets shoved down my throat every single day and would like to write about my own people without it having to be negative, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

 

[Paleocon]

If you are permitted to focus on a specific event in Mexican history you could rely on Bernal Diaz's account of Cortes' conquest of the Aztecs. I think Cortes himself also wrote an account, but I have not read it or know to what extent it is considered reliable history. Diaz's account seems to be generally accepted as reliable.

As for Russia and the former Soviet bloc nations perhaps you might dig around for some UN documents to see if they are listed among the developing nations in any sort of economic report or something like that. Then you can make the case that they are and proceed with your desired topic.

 

[Observer]

I can't believe that you, snow, are a student! From your brilliant football postings, I sure would have thought that you were an old football coach somewhere past middle age.

If you want to be able to juxtapose Good & Evil in terms of Europeans vs. non-Europeans -- and be defensibly controversial at the same time -- focusing on the era of the Spanish Conquest would be your best bet, I think. After that time I would think it would be an arduous task to separate the good guys and bad guys in terms of race (with a lot of the bad guys being white free masons fomenting revolution and upheaval from their headquarters in the USA).

It doesn't get much better than this one: "The Conquest of New Spain", by Bernal Diaz. "Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital."

An easy read, also from the time of the Conquest: "Our Lady of Guadalupe: And the Conquest of Darkness" by Warren Carroll: "Standard histories on the Age of Colonization tell a sad story of the ills inflicted on indigenous peoples by exploitative Western powers. This book offers a realistic corrective. The Spanish conquest of the New World is shown vividlyâ€"in its fervor and exuberance, but most importantly, with its central evangelical and civilizing impulse that transformed the Americas from savagery into a central part of Christendom."

Sometimes people talk about how corrupt Mexico is. And it is true, and they all know it. An average citizen there has no expectations that justice will prevail in the courts. And so everyone just does what they need to do to get by. In some ways, it is surprising that the same situation is not yet quite true here in the USA.

 

[Observer]

Oh, I see Paleocon also posted about Diaz' book! Snow, I highly recommend it and will send you a copy to keep if you want it.

 

[foobar75]

Regarding the topic of 3rd world politics and how it affects White people, I believe an excellent subject would be the plight of White farmers in Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia) and South Africa.You can of course widen your analysis to include the widespread terror campaign in these two countries against all White people, but focusing on the thousands of farmers who have been murdered or forced to give up their farms allows you to target a specific area. You can back this up with facts and figures that are readily available. This is not something that we hear about in the Western media, so if anything that you come up with could open some eyes, that would be a big bonus.

As an icing on the cake, you can further examine how Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of Africa and helped feed millions of people in neighboring countries while under White rule and how it has turned into one of the poorest, most corrupt, and downright hellish countries in the world today under black rule. The good thing is that none of what I mentioned is opinion or conjecture, every bit of it can be backed up with factual evidence and economic statistics.

 

[PhillyBirds]

I was going to say pretty much what foobar said above. The plight of White farmers in South Africa and Zimbabwe is a true example of an oppression of minorities, even going so far to as be extermination and exile under Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. A few articles about it:

White farmers 'being wiped out'

Mugabe closes in on last white farmers
Edited by: PhillyBirds

 

[Thrashen]

Nice suggestion, FB75.

If its "evidence"Â￾ you seek, the pinnacle of atrociousness in the "Perpetual White South African Genocide Campaign"Â￾ is most certainly the grisly posthumous photographs of white Afrikaner (mostly Boer) murder victims, as well as the personal accounts of rape, gang rape, child rape, torture, molestation, beatings, stabbings, panga (machete) attacks, shootings, robberies, car-jackings, premeditated AIDS distribution, etc.

Until a racially apathetic white individual truly witnesses the psychotic butchery of these horrifying hate crimes, reads the testimony of surviving victims, examines the South African police and coroner reports"¦they cannot begin to comprehend the essence of black-on-white malice.

About four years ago, I wrote a similar research paper for a world history course (although my major was Civil Engineering) during my time at the ultra-corporate Penn State University, Inc. My professor was constantly bemoaning the supposedly horrific Boer-on-Zulu "crimes against humanity"Â￾ which occurred during the Apartheid. She constantly referenced the infamous 1960 "Sharpeville Massacre"Â￾ (in which violent crowds of rioting black were finally fired upon by a white guard, killing 69 total) as one of the most disgraceful events in human history. A genuinely laughable statement.

I decided to allow the simple-minded little corporate prostitute to drag her lying tongue across the macabre "End Game"Â￾ of the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and Jewish / black guerilla terrorist cells such as "Umkhonto we Sizwe."Â￾ I included nearly 100 color photographs of victims, each one featuring more nauseating gore than its predecessor. I also provided a fact-filled narrative as the how each victim was murdered. No human beings in the entire history of mankind have ever been exterminated in such a brutal, disgusting, cold-hearted, and utterly animalistic (no, that would be insulting to animals) fashion. I can assure you, "Miss Professor"Â￾ will never be the same"¦and that was the purpose of my assignment.

I would never post such images here"¦as no CF members are in need of "educating"Â￾ with regard to black savagery.

A popular saying ("Kill the Boer"Â￾) amongst the murderous descendants of the Zulu Kingdom"¦

Edited by: Thrashen

 

[Dissident]

I've seen many of those gruesome photo's that you mentioned and you're absolutely right about the horrific brutality of these animals.

And talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Notice the irony in that sign: Kill the farmer!

Since Mugabe and his murderous henchman have pretty much decimated the white farmers in Rhodesia, the blacks have run farming and agriculture straight into the ground, as typical. Rhodesia was the bread-basket of Africa now it's just another banana third world pest hole.

Good going Afrikan genius's.

If anyone would want to view the brutality firsthand, I believe that web-site was African Crisis or something to that effect?

 

[snow]

Thanks for the suggestions. Is there any difference between the Conquest of New Spain and the Conquest of Mexico? My teacher said one of them was edited but not sure which one. He said he thinks it was the Conquest of Mexico, but it has more pages, unless the translations are different.

My political science professor knows about the horrific things that blacks in Africa do. She is always making excuses as to why it is justified, such as "not enough nutrition so they can't process things, and they don't think of consequences" and that the Boers somehow deserve it because they "aren't exactly innocent themselves". The only thing that seems to bother her is the female "circumcision", but she said if it were a religious practice and not cultural, then it would be okay.

thanks for the compliment, I am not a young student, but not an old coach, I wish I was (except the old part) but not yet. I help out with a local high school team during football season, so I guess you could technically say I am an assistant coach, hoping to be a head coach when I am done with school. All the coaches I have met here also teach so thats what I am going to do as well.

Edited by: snow

 

[chris371]

"The only thing that seems to bother her is the female "circumcision", but she said if it were a religious practice and not cultural, then it would be okay."

What a insanely pointless statement- mutilation is ok for religious but not for cultural reasons? ok...

Anyway there WAS plenty of nutrition for the blacks to process things, but that changed after the whites were forced to give up control of the farms.

 

[Observer]

Thanks for the suggestions. Is there any difference between the Conquest of New Spain and the Conquest of Mexico? My teacher said one of them was edited but not sure which one. He said he thinks it was the Conquest of Mexico, but it has more pages, unless the translations are different.

I'm not certain, but I think that "the Conquest of Mexico" to which your teacher refers is a compilation of stories from the Aztec perspective regarding the time of the Spanish conquest (some of which were written down by the Spanish priests at a very early date).

 

[Paleocon]

"The only thing that seems to bother her is the female "circumcision", but she said if it were a religious practice and not cultural, then it would be okay."



What a insanely pointless statement- mutilation is ok for religious but not for cultural reasons? ok...

Religion and culture are usually very intertwined. With their primitive spiritualistic religions how would one go about making the distinction?

 

[DixieDestroyer]

More ethical & moral leadership from "Meckyco".

Cheating on spouse on way out as crime in Mexico

The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY â€" Adultery may be a sin, but it soon won't be a crime anymore in Mexico.

The Mexican Senate has repealed part of the Federal Criminal Code that made cheating on a spouse an offense punishable by two years in prison.

Senators voted Friday with 69 in favor and one abstention to get rid of a law they said was never enforced but remained on the books.

Pablo Gomez of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party said the law was part of a legal construct that historically allowed men to hold women as property.

The change already passed the lower House of Deputies and now goes to President Felipe Calderon for his signature.

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cheating-on-spouse-on-885241.html Edited by: DixieDestroyer

 

[Observer]

If you want to be able to juxtapose Good & Evil in terms of Europeans vs. non-Europeans -- and be defensibly controversial at the same time -- focusing on the era of the Spanish Conquest would be your best bet, I think. After that time I would think it would be an arduous task to separate the good guys and bad guys in terms of race (with a lot of the bad guys being white free masons fomenting revolution and upheaval from their headquarters in the USA)....
Sometimes people talk about how corrupt Mexico is. And it is true, and they all know it. An average citizen there has no expectations that justice will prevail in the courts. And so everyone just does what they need to do to get by. In some ways, it is surprising that the same situation is not yet quite true here in the USA.

I don't think many in the USA are aware that the 1917 Communist Revolution in Mexico preceded that in Russia. A new movie:

"A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country. The film follows the stories of ordinary people from across the country who choose to stand up for their freedom. Caught up in a full-fledged civil war, they all must decide how far they are willing to go and what they're willing to risk."
VIDEO OF THE TRAILER: CRISTIADA
Starring: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Peter O'Toole, Eduardo Verastegui of Bella fame, Nestor Carbonell from Lost, Ruben Blades
Directed by Dean Wright, visual effects supervisor for the first two Chronicles of Narnia movies, and visual effects producer for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King
Original Music by James Horner of Titanic, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Mask of Zorro, and Apollo 13 fame

Cristeros War