My Edumacation

So, today I was at work. I was assigned to work with a guy I hadn't worked with before. No problem there. I can work people of different backgrounds, cultures, races, religious beliefs, educational levels, etc., etc., etc.

But anyway. At one point the guy came over to me and asked me where I grew up and when did I graduate from high school.

So I told him that I grew up in Oakland and that I graduated from high school way back then. Honestly I didn't remember the year. I simply don't think about it anymore. If I really care I can look for my diploma and it will have the date. But I think it was in 1986.

As I sat here and watched some YouTube videos I wondered why he would ask me when had I graduated from high school. Then it dawned on me that he probably thought I was some type of high school drop out or simply someone with little or no education.

WTF! What an ass-hole!

The grand-buffoon obviously doesn't know that I'm a college graduate. I have a Bachelor's degree in business administration. I also have an Associate's degree in general studies and I have a second Associate's degree pending as I type this. When I tested for the position I'm in I ranked 8th place out of hundreds of applicants.

This coming Monday I'm going to ask him in front of everyone else why he asked me when did I graduate from high school. And then I'm going to ask him "Do you have a college degree? Because I have two and a third one pending. How about you?" Tee-hee!

Protesters In Portland

 Today I read an article regarding some protesters in Portland, Oregon.

https://news.yahoo.com/protesters-knock-down-roosevelt-lincoln-073451782.html

Evidently they toppled over statues of former Presidents Roosevelt and Lincoln presumably for their hostility towards Native Americans. 

As I read that article I wondered how many of those protesters are Native American or at least have a significant amount of Native American in their background. I'm going to venture to say that very few, if any!

I'm approximately half Native American and half European, mostly Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese). To be exact, I'm 42% Native, 42% European, about 2% - 5% North African and the rest is undefined. For all practical purposes and intents I'm Mestizo, as described by Jose Vasconcelos in "La Raza Cosmica." It is from this notion of Mestizo and La Raza Cosmica that the name of my blog comes from.  Raza Nueva means New Race - a new culture, a new people.

Espanol Yndia Serrana...Produce Mestizo

(Spanish and Indian produce Mestizo)

I'm Mestizo, I'm a mix of Native American and White European. I'm a member of the new race, the new culture, the people, born when the white conquistadors intermixed with the native population. If anyone has anything to say about Christopher Columbus it should be me and my people, not those violent, destructive, anarchist protesters.

If anyone has gripes against Roosevelt and Lincoln for their hostility towards Native Americans it should be me and my people, not those protesters.

The world can rest assured that those protesters do not represent me! They do not speak for me! I do not need their assistance in any way, form, nor fashion. Those protesters are just violent and destructive anarchists. All they want is a reason to carry out their destructive behavior.