Mexican to American: Manuel Delgado's Hispanic heritage
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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Manuel Delgado moved from East LA to East Nashville to continue his family's legacy of crafting instruments by hand. He shares stories from his unique Mexican-American experience, the creation of the Unity Guitar after 9/11 and dive into the family's contribution to Pixar's 'Coco'.
Episode 2 is an intimate look at the complexities of identity, tradition, and 'Becoming American.'
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I Love this story, when I fill out papers and get to the "nationality" question I started answering Italian American. If you keep up this work you may very well be the catalyst that starts people to realize we are all the same just trying to make a better place for our families. Thank you for this honorable work.
Thank you for sharing this!
The first explorations by Europeans in what is now Tennessee took place in 1540, when a Spanish expedition under the command of Hernando de Soto entered the region from the southeast. - Tennessee Encyclopedia
As early as the 1600s, Spanish settlers had brought to the New World a European style guitar with five sets of double strings. By 1800 the six string instrument known today had evolved in southern Europe and was brought over from places like Italy and France. - American Roots Music PBS Article
Delgado as Mexican Americans we have great history here in America that we should all be learning to know who we really are as Mexican Americans. It’s really awesome to see a Mexican American keeping the tradition of making the best hand made guitars here in the US just like they do in Mexico and Spain.
Their family story is amazing! I linked to the website in the description. Thanks for including this history, too👏🏽👏🏽
Ever wonder where cowboys came from? Most people realize that the cowboys originally came from Spain. In fact everything associated with cowboys came from also Spain, the rodeo included. In fact the rodeo really has its roots in bull fighting.
You and Manuel hit it out of the park on this one, Danielle. Points made at 7:04 and 16:58 resonated in particular.🙏👍🏼
Giving voices like Manuel's a platform is how we change the playbook and heal the ignorance (not stupidity.)❤
Can't thank you enough for these kinds of conversations and I am spreading the word.
I appreciate you sharing. That’s the ultimate compliment!
I learn so much from your videos! LOVE this guy.
Great story. He is a very talented person. Love is the key. Hopefully life will be better for all.
I don’t see anyone from Mexico as an immigrant. They are indigenous to this country. History is sad sometimes.
You are making great strides to teach many.
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Hoping I can find the right track and stay on it! ♥️
Another great video. Keep it up, please.
Appreciate that so much
I really like this interview his honesty. As a Black person or mixed person, however you choose to term it, I identified a lot with what he was saying about a "good Mexican". I can't say how many times growing up and even into my young adulthood I heard someone say to me, "oh, well you know what I mean, you're not like 'other' Black people". Like wtf does that even mean? I think I mentioned this before on another video, but different cultural or ethnic groups are not monolithic! People in general are diverse and complex. One thing to note, and this is just from my experience and is my opinion, I find that Black and Mexican people have so much more in common than a lot of people may realize when it comes to racism and discrimination in America. And it is because of this that it made sense that during the Civil Rights movement, especially as things shifted in the 1970s in California, that the Black & Brown communities bonded and started civil rights campaigns together.
That said, overall I think people across all cultural and ethnic groups have so much more in common than is talked about openly. We all want adequate housing and income, for our children to grow up happy and healthy, to have access to necessary resources like grocery stores and fresh foods, good schools etc. We all just want to live, ya know? But unfortunately deeply embedded bigotry rooted in ignorance and fear has gotten in the way of logic.
Additionally, what you described during the portion of the interview talking about the Trump administration, that level of hate and racism has never left this country. I've experienced some pretty ugly and blatant racism even growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. What has happened, unfortunately, is that Trump's time in office emboldened people to be open about their bigotry in more areas throughout the country. Unfortunately for a lot of us, we've always experienced it at different points in our lives.
I look forward to more stories and interviews from this series.
I am from the U.S. and of Northern European descent. My wife is from Chihuahua Mexico and our 2 sons were born in Mexico but raised here in the U.S. While our sons spoke Spanish as small children they became bilingual upon entering school; they are very much American culturally. Interesting interview of Mr. Delgado who is not particularly delgado.
yeah and you white people created racism in the first place since clonial times get the hell out of here you hypocrite cowards also like it or not illegal immigration will never end you coward keep crying theres more people of color in this planet earth bro
Meanie
@@johnnyearp52 keep crying illegal immigration will never end hypocrites cowards open borders now
Very funny comment at the end.
@@alfonsovargas3915 cry bro keep voting rebuplican you cowards
The TEACH Strikes AGAIN!!! Brilliant Teach! Jus Brilliant!
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What an absolutely great interview! I am as European as one could get (with many of my ancestors historically excluded, Irish, Scottish German, polish, Slavic) but I get SO much out of your videos. You are helping me understand what some of my ancestors dealt with, and you are helping me understand what many of my fellow Americans are going through as well.
I just think back to one of my English ancestors. He was outcasted from his family because he dared to marry a formerly indentured servant (I don’t believe she was in contract with his family) that was also Irish. it was at the HEIGHT of Irish being considered less than and brutes, and she was a SERVANT girl too so it was a double blow to his family. But he didn’t care. They lived a pretty long life and had many children. The irony of it though, if you go back a few generations on BOTH of his parents sides there were many Scottish, welsh, and Irish people. In fact, they were MOSTLY Irish but their ancestors had moved to Britain a generation or two above his parents.
Quite silly of the monarchs to be sending all the would be criminals and dissenters to the colonies. They didn’t think that through very much.
I had another Irish (or Scottish? I can’t recall his name atm) relative that would not pledge allegiance to a new king. I believe it was an English monarch. He was essentially giving the choice of living in prison, or he could go to the colonies in very early Americans a contracted worker for a set number of years, if he lived he would eventually get a plot of land. For many people, this was a death sentence.
I agree and see these sentiments verified in most US polling. When +70% agree on major issues, polling subjects are undeniably being counted across the political divide. It's math. We are more united than it is profitable in the current media and political spheres which are dominated and "lead" by very misguided souls. We have grown so far and too deep to turn back, give up, believe or behave otherwise.
You are Mexican if you have Mexican blood. Growing up we were never Latinos or Hispanic. My dad told us we we’re Mestizos- Indian natives of Mexico and Spanish decent. We Were Americans by virtue of living in the Americas- which is from Canada to Argentina. I was born in Mexico and brought to the USA when I was 2 months old. I feel “American” by both virtues- the USA- American & the Americas where Mexico is. To me where I live does influence my culture but my real culture is in my traditions and I will carry them wherever I go.
very true many don’t get that part
Wonderfull conversation.
Great job !!!
Great interview!
Great interview. I am Mexican American born and raised in Orange County, CA. My great great grandparents also worked the silver mines in AZ in the late 1800’s. I was also raised in an English only speaking household. It was always God, family and country ❤🇺🇸. May The Lord continue to bless the Delgado family!
A good interview with a man that was right on in what he said. I applaud him. In my "hood" it was poor and actually segregated as we and the Mexicans lived side by side and that was not long ago. We lived, partied and fought for and against each other and it was mainly the Mexicans that had considerable European heritage and skin color for there to be schisms. Mexico, actually cut out slavery there many decades before the United States and had a anti-slavery edicts and outlawed it and had a human rights agenda way before this country. Black and Mexicans in my place inter-minged and even married. Others wanted to be part of the mainstream Caucasia America, and were in for a very VERY rude awaking and they tried to come back but most were shunned. And there is much more but i do not have space to write here about many instances and stories. A very rich time and with pride to see where how far we have gone...And too...How far Blacks and Mexicans have retreated back. Both of us...With the Vietnamese actually fought Klan and intolerant types to our gratification and this resistance served them notice and they mostly slinked right back under the rocks they came from and keep quiet and made to respect and act "nice". Mission accomplished.
Most Mexicans we were with, we had things in common but there was always a thin line as Caucasians tried to pitting us against each other, especially in the Meat Packing business to which my grandfather was a part of. Times were different but not that far. Maybe if i have time and is wanted i can say more. Good video and we had many MANY Mexicans [mainly Chicanos] with Casar Chavez in the farmers also in the civil rights movements, the farm labor movement [ i knew Dolores Huerta] and have shaped America more to the positive, as i hate what is going on today with vilification to them, especially on immigration and citizenship. Peace
I’m going to look into the Chicago experience. That’s a new history to me, thank you!
@@nytn And too please look into the Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas side to Blacks and Italians and the Irish that lived in the same neighborhoods until there was a schism that was designed literally overnight. You have a great passion and I wish you the best of luck especially what you find and make peace with it. Peace
Oh yes, the poor victim black community who never does anything 😢 as if your people were never involved in tormenting and discriminating mexican immigrants, then central american immigrants, then filipino immigrants, then Korean immigrants, then Cambodian immigrants etc but yes, blacks never ever do nun wrong 😢😂😂😂 I'm sorry but anyone who knows your people know you guys practice a lot of discrimination against other groups, no one buys your bull comment
Great interview. Amazing guy with a great hearts ❤️ he knows how to stand up for himself again hate and bring love out of that 👍
It breaks my heart that becoming “Mexican American” meant that my parent’s generation didn’t teach the next (myself, siblings, and my cousins) Spanish. Many of us feel a loss of connection to our culture because of this. Grew up not being Mexican enough for those that were taught the language, yet not blonde or white enough for my “white” friends.
immediately when I saw the last name I immediately thought of the college in Louisiana Delgado community college
With all due respect to the man interviewed, I disagree with him when he stated that a “group [whites] may think that they are being pushed aside when other groups come to [the US]”. Through the last three centuries, whites who became American citizens before some other groups, didn’t so much feel that they were being “pushed aside” because they were not! But sadly many whites had a real sense of superiority and entitlement, not just because they were in the US before some other groups but also simply because they were white. This was not indicative of all whites, but many had this attitude in the last 200+ years. The temptation to be possessive of a region or an entire nation can be hard to resist, humanly speaking, NOT that I’m excusing whites or anyone else when they develop a possessive attitude. The vast majority of non-white (non-northern European) immigrants who migrated to the United States in the last two centuries had absolutely NO INTENTION to “push aside” existing white Americans, but rather to live as thriving Americans along side existing (white) Americans!
I find it hilarious. Just hear me out. Mexicans are Americans because they live in North America. But if you say US citizens may be called Unitedstatians like in Spanish Estadounidenses... Well, Mexico is also officially United States of Mexico. So technically Mexicans are also Estadounidenses/Unitedstatians. So basically who cares?
One of my Spanish teachers (a refugee from El Salvador) said to our class once, "Los Estadounidenses?' We don't call them that. We call the "Les Gringos"."
@@dinkster1729 lol ahahaha
The real Hispanics are: Spaniards and Portuguese. Why? Because they come from HISPANIA which is the name given by the colonizing Romans to what is now Spain and Portugal. Hispania hence Hispanic.
Thats Iberian. Hispanics is those who speak spanish
Latin America is called that way because they speak languages that come have their origins in Latin
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From the point of naturalization. But I think you’re exploring a new concept. Can a person be or become “Ethnically American “ , I guess that’s what you’re asking? Which prompts the question, how do you define “ETHNICITY “? Personally, I think it is possible to be “Ethically American”. I could care less what you look like. You MY PEOPLE. Full STOP. I have a habit of being pedantic so you take it from there Teach.
By the way if you can VOTE in this country or DIE for this country, you’re Ethically American. F*** it.
American has become meaningless. America is a functional empire. It has bases all throughout the world and is very multicultural
Ancient Gods know who real belongs in this world they who have pyramid they knew the first Gods that came here.🔷🔷
No offense, but his family said don't tell people they were Mexican.. I can tell he is Mexican by looking at him.
No he said his family never said that
I doubt anyone from South or Central America need to be in North America to be considered American... That's rather odd, Especially since the term Gringo has been used to describe anyone from the US as being not "Latin American". Why wasnt this discussed "Are You A Gringo Now😂" as in an English speaking "American" compared to Spanish speaking Americans who descend from foreigners who migrated to any part of America from Latin Europe(which should be a term your familiar with). 🤔
I get what you are saying! I suppose it’s really discussing going from being a Mexican citizen to citizen of the US. But that’s too long of a title ☺️
I hate me for saying this , but I don't think the racism and division we see today since the Trump presidency is real. I don't think the American people have moved backward from the progression toward equality. I think a vocal minority now has the microphone and that they are the ones politicians and the media are paying attention to and not the majority of Americans who don't want to take even one step back to how things used to be. We have a lot more work to do, but I don't think the avrg American wants to undo the work that has been done, even if politicians are willing to do just that in the name of gaining and keeping power. What we need to do is vote more.
I think we agree. MOST Americans want to get along.
@@nytn It depends on what you mean by "get along". Bernie Sanders wants a better world. I don't know if he wants "to get along" or not. He wants a more equitable world and bravo for him.
@@nytn yeah right but white people created racism in the first place the hypocrite of white people also you guys created this gian mess also dont play games ok
I hope that you are right!
We really need to stop misusing the words Hispanic and Latino in a racialized and ethnic manner. Anybody can be Hispanic or Latino regardless of their racial, ethnic or national background/origin.
I am curious, if prediction is right and at 2050 the majority of citizens will be of Latin descent , and the visage of average American will be Latin one... What those people will say?
Good question!
America will become a third world shithole. Look at California if you want to see a possible future