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3 pages in length. Jose Ruben Romero's "Mi Caballo, Mi Perro Y Mi Rifle" delves into the lurid history of Western European conquest over the Mexican Indians. Clearly portrayed throughout the pages of Romero's historical account is the white man's opinion that if one was not a of European descent, one was not worthy of living. The writer discusses how this obvious cultural hatred harbored by the white race was focused toward the Indians for the unprovoked manner in which they attempted to preserve their indigenous land. No additional sources cited.
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over the Mexican Indians. Clearly portrayed throughout the pages of Romeros historical account is the white mans opinion that if one was not of European descent, one was not
worthy of living. This obvious cultural hatred harbored by the white race was focused toward the Indians for the unprovoked manner in which they attempted to preserve their indigenous
land. The Europeans never tried to mask their contempt for the Indians, taking particular joy in their most desperate of situations. It was not long before the Mexican Revolution
forced the Indians to succumb to yet even more loss of life, ultimately forcing the native peoples to become that much more dependent upon the Europeans - in whose care
they had involuntarily fallen and into whose culture they were forced to assimilate - if they were to ever survive. It can be argued that this predicament infuriated the
native peoples so intensely, as the last thing they wanted to be was enslaved by those who had killed their own. Indeed, Romeros Mi Caballo, Mi Perro Y Mi Rifle
indicates that what had at once transpired between the Europeans and the Indians was to set the stage for all the boundaries, hatred and racism that separated the two cultures
for many years to come (Romero PG). However, being that the native peoples had become dependent upon the white man for their very survival, there was no choice left
but for them to ultimately assimilate into their culture. It can readily be argued that the fateful outcome of such an historical turn of events, as well as Romeros
subsequent telling of the events, led to an inadvertent irony that clearly demonstrated a distinctive dichotomy. It may be true that at the very core of each person exists
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