I'm sure your ancestors who fought the Aztecsβboth indigenous and Hispanicβwould've approved! I don't know, every time I go to Facebook and see my friends change their names to something in the Nahuatl language, I cringe. Maybe it's my own internal struggle, seeing these Chicanos freely change their names.
But to me, I see changing your name as very insignificant. I mean, que ganas con cambiando tu nombre , if you don't know the language?
Or if you do, you probably know some phrases. I know Zapoteco and I speak it with my family. Pero , you don't see me or my family changing their names or whatnot. In fact, nosotros nos guardamos nuestra cultura ; we don't parade it to the world.
I don't know: maybe it's bad to get frustrated by these people changing their names. What are your thoughts? Similarly, it's fine for Chicanos to change their names from the Hispanic nombres given to them at birth to Nahuatl ones if it makes them feel more in touch with their roots.
Everyone has a different path to coming to terms with their Mexican identity, and they're all okay. Que se vayan a la chingada. I was told by an expat American living in Mexico that Mexican men think all American women are sluts.
