Cosmic Race Research Paper
Mexicans and the Cosmic Race
Some scholars say that the Mexican was invented. The 'Cosmic Race' thesis has much to do with this. 'Mexican' is an expansive term that extends far beyond the easily excepted and common definition that it simply exemplifies a person's nationality. Like most definitions used to identify, trying to define a group by utilizing one trademark is to ignore mass parts of a population. In the proposition that Mexicans were 'invented', the Cosmic Race suggests that this is indeed valid, as Mexicans are of every skin color an racial mixture. The Melting Pot moniker is for more than the one beginning with 'United States'. Migration is an integral part of all of the Americas. From Asian peoples thousands of years ago that
traveled over the Bering Strait and trickled downwards to settle in every corner of the Western Hemisphere. These peoples were more than what some stereotypically assume them to have been, dispersing and living a wide variety of lifestyles and varying greatly in culture and physique. Europeans, to include both of Anglo and Hispanic descent during their discovery of the New World. Africans, and of course indigenous peoples. These four foundations played large roles in Mexico's histories and all together make up the fifth race. The fifth race or the 'Cosmic Race' is the embodiment of Mexico's cultural and ethnic identity, beginning with the New World conquests. In this perspective, the Mexican was in fact invented. The conquests played an integral part in bringing all races together. The resulting interracial children and generations to come would define, or lack thereof, today's 'Mexican'. The combination of the old and new world resulted in the Mexican. The product of every shade of skin, every body type, eye color, cultures and ways of living synthesized. For hundreds of years family origins have long since been lost and forgotten. Even if remembered, the intertwining of races has made origins pointless and vague. The collective growth into the Cosmic Race has been molded to create the Mexican, therefore scholars would be correct in saying Mexicans were invented.
Some scholars say that the Mexican was invented. The 'Cosmic Race' thesis has much to do with this. 'Mexican' is an expansive term that extends far beyond the easily excepted and common definition that it simply exemplifies a person's nationality. Like most definitions used to identify, trying to define a group by utilizing one trademark is to ignore mass parts of a population. In the proposition that Mexicans were 'invented', the Cosmic Race suggests that this is indeed valid, as Mexicans are of every skin color an racial mixture. The Melting Pot moniker is for more than the one beginning with 'United States'. Migration is an integral part of all of the Americas. From Asian peoples thousands of years ago that
traveled over the Bering Strait and trickled downwards to settle in every corner of the Western Hemisphere. These peoples were more than what some stereotypically assume them to have been, dispersing and living a wide variety of lifestyles and varying greatly in culture and physique. Europeans, to include both of Anglo and Hispanic descent during their discovery of the New World. Africans, and of course indigenous peoples. These four foundations played large roles in Mexico's histories and all together make up the fifth race. The fifth race or the 'Cosmic Race' is the embodiment of Mexico's cultural and ethnic identity, beginning with the New World conquests. In this perspective, the Mexican was in fact invented. The conquests played an integral part in bringing all races together. The resulting interracial children and generations to come would define, or lack thereof, today's 'Mexican'. The combination of the old and new world resulted in the Mexican. The product of every shade of skin, every body type, eye color, cultures and ways of living synthesized. For hundreds of years family origins have long since been lost and forgotten. Even if remembered, the intertwining of races has made origins pointless and vague. The collective growth into the Cosmic Race has been molded to create the Mexican, therefore scholars would be correct in saying Mexicans were invented.