Anonymous
ID: jjaooi2S
7/8/2025, 8:40:46 AM No.509810454
Translated her blog:
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I came to New Mexico to mourn.
To judge.
To see firsthand how America trampled on Spanish civilization, painted over our cathedrals with neon signs, turned our colonial history into Disneyfied museum exhibits, and renamed everything that once belonged to the Crown.
And maybe, let’s be honest, to post an angry Instagram in front of a Taco Bell next to a 17th-century church.
I had rage in my suitcase and skepticism in my heart.
But New Mexico… had other plans for me.
DAY ONE: “Where is Spain in this mess?”
I arrived in Santa Fe expecting to feel disgust. The capital of New Mexico. Oldest capital in the U.S., they say — but do they give thanks to Spain? Of course not.
The plaza was full of English signs. People sipping lavender lattes. I almost rolled my eyes so hard I saw El Cid.
But then I heard it.
Not English. Not even just Spanish.
Tewa. Diné. Apache. Caló. Spanglish.
Languages that swirled like wind through the plaza.
I stepped into the San Miguel Chapel, the oldest church in the U.S., and touched its adobe walls. The guide said it was built by Tlaxcalan labor under Spanish orders. And suddenly it wasn’t just about my history anymore.
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I came to New Mexico to mourn.
To judge.
To see firsthand how America trampled on Spanish civilization, painted over our cathedrals with neon signs, turned our colonial history into Disneyfied museum exhibits, and renamed everything that once belonged to the Crown.
And maybe, let’s be honest, to post an angry Instagram in front of a Taco Bell next to a 17th-century church.
I had rage in my suitcase and skepticism in my heart.
But New Mexico… had other plans for me.
DAY ONE: “Where is Spain in this mess?”
I arrived in Santa Fe expecting to feel disgust. The capital of New Mexico. Oldest capital in the U.S., they say — but do they give thanks to Spain? Of course not.
The plaza was full of English signs. People sipping lavender lattes. I almost rolled my eyes so hard I saw El Cid.
But then I heard it.
Not English. Not even just Spanish.
Tewa. Diné. Apache. Caló. Spanglish.
Languages that swirled like wind through the plaza.
I stepped into the San Miguel Chapel, the oldest church in the U.S., and touched its adobe walls. The guide said it was built by Tlaxcalan labor under Spanish orders. And suddenly it wasn’t just about my history anymore.
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