America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage
Herencia Hispana Oculta de America
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LA LISTA DE LUGARES, IDEAS Y EVIDENCIA HISTORICA PARA RECONECTAR A LOS AMERICANOS CON SUS RAICES HISPANAS
Qué vino primero: los conquistadores españoles o de los colonos británicos? Jamestown o San Agustín? El idioma español o el idioma Inglés? Hernando De Soto o Lewis y Clark?
Para muchos Americanos, encontrar las respuestas a estas preguntas no es tan fácil como debería ser. Cuando hice esas preguntas en una columna de 2007 para el Sindicato Creators, encontré que las respuestas dependen de cuándo usted empieza a contar la historia de Norteamérica. Si usted comienza con los británicos, como la mayoría de los historiadores han optado por hacer, y si su educación se basa en los libros de historia de Estados Unidos y los programas escolares, es probable que omite casi un siglo de exploración y colonización española de América del Norte. "Y tal vez por eso hay tanta aprensión con respecto a los latinos y su lengua en este país hoy en día", escribí. "Muchos estadounidenses simplemente no saben que los latinos tienen una larga historia de plantar raíces lingüísticas y culturales en lo que hoy es territorio de los EE.UU.. Los latinos también tienen un record enorme de contribuciones muy positivas y poco-apreciadas para la sociedad estadounidense". En ese momento, me prometí que, "En el interés de despertar conocimiento, tal vez perdido, y de recordarle a mis compatriotas Americanos que no deben asumir que los latinos son inmigrantes indocumentados o ni siquiera extranjeros, mi columna de vez en cuando "retrocedería al pasado para llenar los vacíos en los libros de historia y las aulas y para explicar por qué los latinos tienen muchas razones para estar orgullosos de ser americanos ". Cinco años y 32 columnas más tarde, ese compromiso con la historia se ha convertido en este sitio web. Usted puede haber leído algunas de estas columnas cuando fueron distribuidas por el Sindicato Creators y publicada en los sitios web y periódicos, pero no las vio como usted las puede ver ahora, junto con las muchas fotografías que he tomado durante mis viajes a muchos lugares históricos. Mi peregrinaje en busca de la herencia hispana oculta de Estados Unidos se ha convertido en una lista de deseos de los lugares, ideas y evidencia histórica para ayudar a reconectar a los estadounidenses con sus raíces hispanas. Y este es un libro web en marcha. Todavía estoy empezando! Mi lista de deseos es mucho más larga y hay muchos más lugares para mí visitar, fotografiar y escribir. ¡Estén pendientes! EN LAS NOTICIAS:
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Walt Whitman
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Cristobal Colon
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THE BUCKET LIST OF PLACES, IDEAS AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
TO RECONNECT AMERICANS WITH THEIR HISPANIC ROOTS
TO RECONNECT AMERICANS WITH THEIR HISPANIC ROOTS
Which came first: the Spanish conquistadors or the British colonists? Jamestown or St. Augustine? The Spanish language or the English language? Hernando De Soto or Lewis and Clark?
For many Americans, finding the answers to those questions is not as easy as it should be.
When I asked those questions in a 2007 column for the Creators Syndicate, I found that the answers depend on when you begin counting American history.
If you begin with the British, as most historians have chosen to do, and if your education is based on U.S. history books and school curricula, you probably omit almost a century of Spanish exploration and colonization of North America.
"And perhaps that's why there is so much apprehension regarding Latinos and their language in this country nowadays," I wrote. "Many Americans simply don't know that Latinos have a very long history of planting language and cultural roots in what is now U.S. territory. Latinos also have a huge record of very positive and unappreciated contributions to American society."
At that time, I vowed that, "In the interest of reawakening perhaps-lost knowledge and reminding my fellow Americans that Latinos should not be assumed to be illegal immigrants or even foreigners," my column would occasionally "rewind to the past to fill the gaps in the history books and the classrooms and to explain why Latinos have many reasons to be proud Americans."
Five years and 32 history columns later, that commitment has turned into this web site.
You may have read some of these columns when they were distributed by the Creators Syndicate and published in web sites and newspapers, but you didn't see them as you will now, alongside the many photographs I've taken during my travels to many historical landmarks.
My pilgrimage in search for America's hidden Hispanic heritage has turned into a bucket list of places, ideas and historical evidence to help reconnect Americans with their Hispanic roots.
And this is a web book in progress. I'm just getting started!
My bucket list is much longer and there are many more places for me to visit, photograph and write about. Stay tuned!
For many Americans, finding the answers to those questions is not as easy as it should be.
When I asked those questions in a 2007 column for the Creators Syndicate, I found that the answers depend on when you begin counting American history.
If you begin with the British, as most historians have chosen to do, and if your education is based on U.S. history books and school curricula, you probably omit almost a century of Spanish exploration and colonization of North America.
"And perhaps that's why there is so much apprehension regarding Latinos and their language in this country nowadays," I wrote. "Many Americans simply don't know that Latinos have a very long history of planting language and cultural roots in what is now U.S. territory. Latinos also have a huge record of very positive and unappreciated contributions to American society."
At that time, I vowed that, "In the interest of reawakening perhaps-lost knowledge and reminding my fellow Americans that Latinos should not be assumed to be illegal immigrants or even foreigners," my column would occasionally "rewind to the past to fill the gaps in the history books and the classrooms and to explain why Latinos have many reasons to be proud Americans."
Five years and 32 history columns later, that commitment has turned into this web site.
You may have read some of these columns when they were distributed by the Creators Syndicate and published in web sites and newspapers, but you didn't see them as you will now, alongside the many photographs I've taken during my travels to many historical landmarks.
My pilgrimage in search for America's hidden Hispanic heritage has turned into a bucket list of places, ideas and historical evidence to help reconnect Americans with their Hispanic roots.
And this is a web book in progress. I'm just getting started!
My bucket list is much longer and there are many more places for me to visit, photograph and write about. Stay tuned!
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Now on Facebook
Dear friends, In order to begin a dialogue with the readers and followers of my hidden heritage articles, I've launched a new Facebook page to serve as the blog for this web site. My hope is that the FB page will become a public forum for all of us who believe the time has come to re-conquer American history, so that the contributions of our Hispanic ancestors are properly recognized. Although my series already is up to 31 parts, I hope to see your suggestions for the numerous parts that still need to be written, your comments on new articles as they are published and your participation on a new section that will soon be part of HiddenHispanicHeritage.com: An Online Hispanic History Timeline! I'm hoping to involve my readers in building the mother of all history timelines - recognizing the many moments in American history when Latinos have made huge contributions to North American society, starting from April 2, 1513, when Juan Ponce de Leon discovered and named "La Florida." Of course, the FB page also will give me an opportunity to share with you my plans for continuing to develop my series. I'll tell you where I plan to go and who I plan to interview in my continuing quest to reconnect Americans with their Hispanic roots. I hope you join my cause by "liking" this FB page: http://www.facebook.com/HiddenHispanicHeritage And then I hope you get your friends to like OUR cause. Mil gracias! Miguel Pérez |
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