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The title of this blog, "Mestizaje", is from the title of a song by one of my favorite bands: Ska-P, who hail from Spain and play ska-punk.

Mestizaje can be Google translated as "Miscegenation".

The lyrics (from http://es.musikazblai.com/ska-p/mestizaje/), with English translation in parenthesis:

Negro africano, asiático oriental, indio americano, africano musulmán
(Black African, Oriental Asian, Amerindian, African Muslim)
Blanco europeo, aborigen australiano, cinco continentes en un mismo corazón
(White European, Aborigine Australian, five continents in one heart)


MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL, MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL
(Multi-racial, Multi-cultural..)


Desde Filipinas a América Central, desde el Polo Norte hasta Madagascar
(From the Philippines to Central America, from the North Pole to Madagascar)
Este puto mundo no es de nadie y es de todos, cinco continentes en un mismo corazón
(This fucking world is not anyone's and is for everyone, five continents in one heart)


MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL, MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL


No fronteras, no banderas, no a la autoridad !
(No borders, no flags, no to authority)
No riqueza, no pobreza, no desigualdad !
(No wealth, no poverty, no inequality)
Rompamos la utopía, dejemos de soñar, arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad
(Let us end this utopia, stop dreaming, up with mestizaje, living together collectively)


GRITARÉ QUE ARDAN LAS BANDERAS POR LA FRATERNIDAD
(I will yell so they burn the flags of fraternity)
QUE CAIGA EL PATRIOTISMO Y LA HOSTILIDAD RACIAL
(down with patriotism and racial hostility)
CULTURA POPULAR...
[x2]


Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está, crucificada en los altares del capital
(where is justice, crucified on the altars of the capital)
Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está


Ni tu residencia, ni el credo, ni el color, ninguna diferencia te hace superior
(Your residence, your creed, your color, none of these differences make you superior)
Estúpido racista, deserción del ser humano, cinco continentes en un mismo corazón
(Stupid racist, defection of man, five continents in one heart)


MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL, MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL


No fronteras, no banderas, no a la autoridad
No riqueza, no pobreza, no desigualdad
Rompamos la utopía, dejemos de soñar, arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad


GRITARÉ QUE ARDAN LAS BANDERAS POR LA FRATERNIDAD
QUE CAIGA EL PATRIOTISMO Y LA HOSTILIDAD RACIAL
CULTURA POPULAR...
[x2]


Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está, crucificada en los altares del capital
Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está
Rompamos la utopía, dejemos de soñar, arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad


GRITARÉ QUE ARDAN LAS BANDERAS POR LA FRATERNIDAD
QUE CAIGA EL PATRIOTISMO Y LA HOSTILIDAD RACIAL
CULTURA POPULAR...
[x2]


live version of the song without footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-XuFiRun0


I'll leave you with this for now.
I haven't collected my thoughts yet, but basically I hope to write out ideas and curiosities and share my love for humanity, music, (art) history, and soccer/football.

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