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“My faith unbreakable, My blood is pure”

8 points by stormannnn 5y ago

stormannnn 5y ago
Someone at google thought this was a good idea? "My blood is pure"? Seriously? That's practically a line straight out of Mein Kampf.. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151/Nazi/hitler_meinkampf.htm https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151/Nazi/hitl... Click the doodle, slide 7.
- mtmail 5y ago
  This might need a screenshot because I have no idea what you're talking about. The URL goes to https://google.com https://google.com which doesn't show that text for me.
  - stormannnn 5y ago
    Click the doodle, slide 7
    - wcoenen 5y ago
      The doodle is not visible for the rest of us.
      - benjaminpv 5y ago
        Here you go https://imgur.com/a/ARkyfuS https://imgur.com/a/ARkyfuS
      - reginold 5y ago
        Google Doodles are USA only? Huh, never thought of that. Makes sense I suppose.
    - kubanczyk 5y ago
      Try that outside of United States. There is either no doodle or it could be a different one.
- AlgorithmicTime 5y ago
  Remember, it's only racism if white people do it. And even if Latinos or Asians or black folks do it, it's internalized white supremacy.
- lostcolony 5y ago
  It's actually a line from his 1967 poem "I am Joaquin". https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm And Wikipedia has a high level description of the context it takes place in - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin
disgruntledphd2 5y ago
So for those that miss the context, this appears to be what's going on: https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-rodolfo-corky-gonzales https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-rodolfo-corky-gon...
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pbiggar 5y ago
This is an excerpt from "I am Joaquin" [1], of which wikipedia [2] says: > I Am Joaquin (also known as Yo soy Joaquin), by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and translated by Juanita Dominguez, is a famous epic poem associated with the Chicano movement of the 1960s in the United States. In I am Joaquin, Joaquin (the narrative voice of the poem) speaks of the struggles that the Chicano people have faced in trying to achieve economic justice and equal rights in the U.S, as well as to find an identity of being part of a hybrid mestizo society. He promises that his culture will survive if all Chicano people stand proud and demand acceptance. [1] https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin
SjorsVG 5y ago
Just goes to a standard google page for me (Netherlands)
mensetmanusman 5y ago
He played an important role in the post-assimilation movement. When all of my grandparents came over after the war, they were strict about speaking English and trying to assimilate into American values. In the 1960s, there was a strong desire to maintain heritage of where you were arriving from. I’m a bit sad that the assimilation was so strong in our family because we lost some of the heritage and stories, but I can see the tension when you see what happens today: e.g. People waving Mexican flags while stoning police cars in California.
- lostcolony 5y ago
  I wonder if that's tension caused by lack of assimilation, or more because of fundamental injustices towards people with that heritage. There isn't a racial "Latinx" flag, so I can see waving a country's flag, not as a political statement but as a "I and those with my heritage and skin color should not be second class citizens". Lack of assimilation can also look like, say, ethnic neighborhoods within a city; neighborhoods where local businesses clearly target particular ethnicities, such as where English is given second class status for signage, if it appears at all. And while that makes some people mad, honestly, I kinda like it. Anyone who has gone to a city's "Chinatown", or headed for restaurants on Buford Highway in Atlanta, or similar, knows that creating cultural enclaves like that can create enough economic demand to sustain non-Americanized practices, and that's both beneficial on the individual level, and I can't help but think also beneficial on the broader societal level in ensuring a feeling of emotional comfort and safety for those of that ethnicity, and allowing others to be exposed to different cultures and expectations, beyond simply "the foreigners they see on TV".

8 points by stormannnn 5y ago

Someone at google thought this was a good idea? "My blood is pure"? Seriously? That's practically a line straight out of Mein Kampf.. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151/Nazi/hitler_meinkampf.htm https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151/Nazi/hitl... Click the doodle, slide 7.

mtmail 5y ago
This might need a screenshot because I have no idea what you're talking about. The URL goes to https://google.com https://google.com which doesn't show that text for me.
- stormannnn 5y ago
  Click the doodle, slide 7
  - wcoenen 5y ago
    The doodle is not visible for the rest of us.
    - benjaminpv 5y ago
      Here you go https://imgur.com/a/ARkyfuS https://imgur.com/a/ARkyfuS
    - reginold 5y ago
      Google Doodles are USA only? Huh, never thought of that. Makes sense I suppose.
  - kubanczyk 5y ago
    Try that outside of United States. There is either no doodle or it could be a different one.
AlgorithmicTime 5y ago
Remember, it's only racism if white people do it. And even if Latinos or Asians or black folks do it, it's internalized white supremacy.
lostcolony 5y ago
It's actually a line from his 1967 poem "I am Joaquin". https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm And Wikipedia has a high level description of the context it takes place in - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin

disgruntledphd2 5y ago

So for those that miss the context, this appears to be what's going on: https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-rodolfo-corky-gonzales https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-rodolfo-corky-gon...

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pbiggar 5y ago

This is an excerpt from "I am Joaquin" [1], of which wikipedia [2] says: > I Am Joaquin (also known as Yo soy Joaquin), by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and translated by Juanita Dominguez, is a famous epic poem associated with the Chicano movement of the 1960s in the United States. In I am Joaquin, Joaquin (the narrative voice of the poem) speaks of the struggles that the Chicano people have faced in trying to achieve economic justice and equal rights in the U.S, as well as to find an identity of being part of a hybrid mestizo society. He promises that his culture will survive if all Chicano people stand proud and demand acceptance. [1] https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Joaquin

SjorsVG 5y ago

Just goes to a standard google page for me (Netherlands)

mensetmanusman 5y ago

He played an important role in the post-assimilation movement. When all of my grandparents came over after the war, they were strict about speaking English and trying to assimilate into American values. In the 1960s, there was a strong desire to maintain heritage of where you were arriving from. I’m a bit sad that the assimilation was so strong in our family because we lost some of the heritage and stories, but I can see the tension when you see what happens today: e.g. People waving Mexican flags while stoning police cars in California.

lostcolony 5y ago
I wonder if that's tension caused by lack of assimilation, or more because of fundamental injustices towards people with that heritage. There isn't a racial "Latinx" flag, so I can see waving a country's flag, not as a political statement but as a "I and those with my heritage and skin color should not be second class citizens". Lack of assimilation can also look like, say, ethnic neighborhoods within a city; neighborhoods where local businesses clearly target particular ethnicities, such as where English is given second class status for signage, if it appears at all. And while that makes some people mad, honestly, I kinda like it. Anyone who has gone to a city's "Chinatown", or headed for restaurants on Buford Highway in Atlanta, or similar, knows that creating cultural enclaves like that can create enough economic demand to sustain non-Americanized practices, and that's both beneficial on the individual level, and I can't help but think also beneficial on the broader societal level in ensuring a feeling of emotional comfort and safety for those of that ethnicity, and allowing others to be exposed to different cultures and expectations, beyond simply "the foreigners they see on TV".