THE CHOICES WE MAKE DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE

ILLUSTRATION FROM FLORENTINE CODEX

Our ancestors weeping for our dishonored lives

THE CHOICES WE MAKE DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE

Our ancestors lived as warriors, in knowledge, courage, and honor.

Our ancestors did not live in fear and without warriors to discipline and protect us.

Our ancestors lived their lives in the full glory of their genius and accomplishments.

Today we are kept ignorant of the glory of our achievements and our true Nican Tlaca selves.

We live in a time of ignorance and dishonor as slaves of the Europeans.

We cannot imagine a world where we are not ruled by Europeans.

Our lands and lives are raped, exploited, and used to enrich European squatters.

Our existences as human beings have been made to less than third of their full potential.

We live in a time of ignorance and dishonor as slaves of the Europeans.

The very few who know and truly understand our condition are mostly cowards.

We need a habit of study, a habit of honor, a habit of courage, a habit of being warriors.

We need a habit of using our minds and our imagination to construct our liberation.

We live in a time of ignorance and dishonor as slaves of the Europeans.

You who read these lines, you either truly understand your duty or you do not.

You who do understand will honor your duty or you will not and you will live in dishonor.

The others who do not understand will live an empty existence of indignities and dishonor.

We live in a time of ignorance and dishonor as slaves of the Europeans.

Our ancestors lived as warriors, in knowledge, courage, and honor.

Does anyone truly know what honor is amongst our people?

Does anyone truly understand that we have no warriors defending us?

Are we doomed to live forever as slaves of the beastly pale race of Europe?

When will our people grasp and live their lives as warriors?