Posted on 05/13/2010 6:39:52 AM PDT by laotzu
SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro was recently profiled in the New York Times, which referenced him as the next national Hispanic leader and perhaps president.
"It's been a very promising response," said Castro. "It's a very flattering article."
But comments he didn't make could draw some strong opinions. His mother, Rosie Castro, had strong words when asked about her memories of the Alamo, a symbol of Texas independence.
"They used to take us there when we were school children," Perez told the Times. "They told us how glorious that battle was. When I grew up, I learned that the 'heroes' of the Alamo were a bunch of drunks and crooks and slaveholding imperialists who conquered land that didn't belong to them. But as a little girl I got the message (that) we were losers. I can truly say that I hate that place and everything it stands for."
"I'm sure that a lot of people disagree with it," said Castro, when asked about his mother's comments. "I ... have a different perspective from what she does. I think that the struggles that the state of Texas went through at the Alamo and other places were necessary for the great state that we have today and all of us should be proud of it."
Today, tourists and locals walking around Alamo Plaza reacted to the comments.
"If what she did for further research proved to have validity, then I guess I'd side with her," said Parris Wedel, a tourist from Florida.
"I think it's a huge disgrace to people that live in San Antonio because it's part of their heritage, it's where they grew up," said Naomi Guerrero, who said she looked forward to her visit to the Alamo when she took Texas History in the 7th grade.
Castro said the attempt in the article was to show a generational difference.
"My mother's generation and generations before went through a particular experience that was painful at times," said Castro.
"I wouldn't want my mom making a comment like that, knowing that she would be disgracing me if I was the mayor," said Guerrero.
Rosie Castro was not available for an extended interview on Wednesday but said during the time period in which she was brought up, there was no real objective view of what happened.
Castro said said it's a non-issue to him and something he's addressed a long time ago.
Aw, come on, they were a bunch of tio tacos--the Latino equivalent of Uncle Toms.
I do not know. Poorly written article.
I am a descendant of a man who fell at the Battle of the Alamo (Gordon C. Jennings, the oldest to die at the Alamo, and whose broter, Charles, died at Goliad).
I take great pride that he fell defending his land from people like her ...
... and I’d bet he took a whole heap of them with him.
SnakeDoc
Santa Anna also helped steal Mexico from Spain.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/mexican-war/santa-ana.htm
La Raza classes and reading Howard Zinn as well.
I have been going through Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States”. All pure Marxist “class struggle” drivel.
Keep in mind that JL de SA is NOT a hero in Mexico, and has always been blamed for losing a third of the country. Trust me, NOBODY idolizes someone who held up Mexico City to hold a funeral procession for his leg.
I guess they all look alike to the Noo Yawk Timez.
Are there any lessons we can learn about what happens to your country when you invite so many foreigners into sections of your country that they outnumber your citizens?
Everything I needed to know about the cultural results of unlimited immigration I learned from the American Indians.
I don’t particularly mind what his Mom says. I have a whacky mom, too.
“And Cortes and Pizarro were what, exactly?” I agree, and the Spanish were particularly vicious slave-owners. But I think think the self-righteous LaRaza’s and Mecha’s identify with the indiginous natives.
I guess we could learn from the Texas experiment ~ even if you get them to convert to your religion letting the funny little foreign guys become the majority is a risky venture Fur Shur.
And further, a few years later, General Winfield Scott and his Aide de Camp Captain Robert E Lee successfully captured Mexico City after a campaign that defeated Mexico’s finest from Yucatan inland to the Halls O Montezuma.
President James K Polk a great Tennessean, determined Mexico was not worth having and abandoned his win after deposing Santa Anna for the second time.
“When I grew up, I learned that the ‘heroes’ of the Alamo were a bunch of drunks and crooks and slaveholding imperialists who conquered land that didn’t belong to them.”
That is a really horrible thing to say about the Tejanos that defended the Alamo. About 10% of the garrison were local Spanish-speakers from San Antontio. Juan Seguin was one of the officers in the garrison. They were defending Texas from invaders from the south.
Sounds like this lady is a racist that hates Hispanics. Probably hates herself and is projecting that hatred on her ancestors.
Hey, I thought Santana fought AGAINST Independencia.
. . . or volunteers from Tennessee.
Did he?!?!?
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