I come from a place that many of you know as Mexico City. Although, as it happens with many names in our world, these words cannot completely describe the depth of what this land, that has given sustenance to the roots of my person, means to me.
I am one of many children of the period of European expansion and colonization, of the enslavement and trafficking of African peoples, and of the resistance of indigenous peoples in the territory that today is known in the world as America.
By sharing these words with you, my intention is not to limit my conscience or my being only to this historical period; so, I hope that you will understand me when I tell you that I also consider myself a son of the Earth grown with the energy of the stars; that in my being walks the eternity and wisdom of the cosmos which magnitudes transcend the world that we can name and, therefore, what we can understand.
However; I have decided to embrace this web made of thoughts and relationships from our history that wrap up my social identity, shaped by the most recent stage of our collective journey on Earth. A period that with thunder and songs has largely built the world system as we know it today.
I am one of many children of the period of European expansion and colonization, of the enslavement and trafficking of African peoples, and of the resistance of indigenous peoples in the territory that today is known in the world as America.
By sharing these words with you, my intention is not to limit my conscience or my being only to this historical period; so, I hope that you will understand me when I tell you that I also consider myself a son of the Earth grown with the energy of the stars; that in my being walks the eternity and wisdom of the cosmos which magnitudes transcend the world that we can name and, therefore, what we can understand.
However; I have decided to embrace this web made of thoughts and relationships from our history that wrap up my social identity, shaped by the most recent stage of our collective journey on Earth. A period that with thunder and songs has largely built the world system as we know it today.