Di no al racismo - Say no to racism

Solo hace un par de días, una amiga publicó este video (abajo). Talvez lo había

escuchado antes pero no pude menos que gustar la letra y el ritmo. La letra puede sonar un poco utópica pero de cualquier manera creo que en un "pequeño-gran" mundo como el nuestro, necesitamos definitivamente comprensión y maneras de entender y aprender sobre otros países, culturas y maneras de ver la vida.

Abajo un extracto de parte de la letra.

Just a couple of days ago, a friend of mine posted this video. Maybe I've heard the song a while ago but I absolutely like the rhythm and the lyrics. I know the lyrics might sound kinda of utopian, but anyway, I do believe that in a diverse and "big-small" world like ours, we definetely need more understanding and more ways to comprehend and learn from other countries, cultures and ways of seeing life.

Here are some lines of the song I particulary liked:

It's all one blood, don't care about your face

The color of your eye or the tone of your skin

Don't care where you are, don't care where you've been

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The place where the little language is UNITY

And the continent is called Pangea

Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya

We are one people

One tribe, onte tribe, one tribe, one time, one planet, one race.

....

Lord, help me out

and I don't wanna sound like a preacher

But we need to be one

One world, one love, one passion,

one tribe, one understanding.

- One Tribe by The Black Eyed Peas -

Ahora reflexionando y pensando sobre las letras... me recuerda a Guatemala. De acuerdo al Libro Mundial de datos de la CIA e información de la UNAM, la composición étnica del país es:

So now reflecting and thinking about the lyrics... it reminds me of Guatemala. According to the CIA World Factbook and a data from UNAM (Universidad Autónoma de México) the country's ethnic composition is:

55% Native American

35% Mestizo (mixed)

8% White (european)

+- 1% Caribbean-African-American

< 1% Other ethnic groups

Por lo tanto, en una sociedad como la nuestra es incluso ridículo pensar que mestizos, indígenas o blancos puedan ser racistas con otro grupo étnico, cuando el país es tan diverso.

So, in a society like ours is even ridiculous to think that mestizos, indigenous or whites could be racist with other ethnic group.

Es totalmente inaceptable que en un país en donde más de la mitad de la población es indígena y más del 80% tiene algo de sangre indígena en sus venas frases como la de "no seás indio" aún se usen para denotar alguien que es necio, hizo algo mal o dijo algo estúpido.

Es tiempo que en Guatemala todos reconozcamos que los prejuicios solo detienen el desarrollo y afecta a todos sin importar si son de ascendencia blanca, asiática o indígena.

It's absolutely unacceptable that in a country where more than half of the population is indigenous and more than 80% of the population has some indigenous blood on it veins phrases like "no seás indio" (don't be an indio) still are used to denote someone that is being foolish, did something wrong or said something stupid.

It's time that in Guatemala everyone recognizes that prejudices only stops development and that it affects everyone whether they have white, Asian or Native ancestry.

SI LEES ESTO y eres de Guatemala empecemos con algo, detengamos el uso de frases y bromas racistas. ¡Hagamos una diferencia!

If you are reading this and you're from Guatemala let's start by stopping people to say racist comments or jokes. Make a difference!