A young man in northern New Mexico talked about his family’s seven generations on their ranch. All the way back to the Spaniards. His ancestry also includes Native tribes. The cultures coming together across the generations.
I used the word “mixed”
He said “blend”
Of course blend is the better word. Mixed
is two things sharing space and interacting. Blended is a whole new
thing born of the combination of things once independent of each other.
What would it take to blend the U.S.? Truly combine the races, cultures until we have something completely new. Like the Tex-Mex blends across south Texas. Like the beautiful mulattos in South Louisiana. Like the fusion cuisines popping up around the country. The best of everyone’s cooking. And their music and dancing, too. Now that’s a reason to blend.
I could give thanks for that.
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