"Don't buy that product, it's made in Mexico," "it had to be Mexican," "typical Mexican things," these and many more phrases are used by some people to express themselves about Mexicans, who sadly are other Mexicans with airs of superiority and greatness, making it clear that Mexican work has a lower or no value to them, this is called malinchismo. Malinchismo, in other words, is not respecting our roots and accepting things from other countries. Speaking badly about other Mexicans, they are people who do not accept their culture and customs, who always say that Mexican products are of poor quality and that they prefer another culture over ours. In summary, it is being on the side of the foreign.
Beginning: The word malinchista is a very Mexican term that means "attitude of someone who shows attachment to the foreign with disdain for the local," coming from "La Malinche, an indigenous woman who lived at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards and who personified in the history of the country a kind of traitor and the mother of mestizaje. Initially, La Malinche was Hernán Cortez's translator and in some way collaborated with him to defeat the Aztec Empire, which made her a traitor to the nation. In those days, patriarchy was so dominant that from that event, women were blamed for the betrayal. Octavio Paz in the book "The Labyrinth of Solitude" explains that "Malinchistas are supporters of Mexico opening up to the outside, the true children of La Malinche, who is the fucking one in person. Again, the closed appears in opposition to the open."
Why are Mexicans malinchistas? Why does this love for the foreign hurt us so much? Mexicans have self-esteem problems, an inferiority complex in the face of the white conquering foreigner. It is due to a brutal historical imposition that marked people's mentality because it was lived in that way for three centuries. In this way, when we see our country, we realize that we are full of malinchistas; this hides some hatred for the foreign, for what comes from outside of the imposition. It summarizes the essence of many of our complexes.
Is being malinchista bad? Being malinchista is considered negative because you are ashamed of your roots, you despise the value of your "brothers" of the nation. The term is pejorative, an offense; besides, it is very selfish, considering that no one can improve or do good things because they are Mexican, but perhaps deep down, we are all a bit malinchistas.
Is there a term that defends Mexican pride? The opposite of malinchismo is chauvinism, which are people who exalt the national over the foreign. They are Mexicans who do not let themselves be overshadowed by anything or anyone, who sometimes exaggerate situations in order to leave the name of the country high, however, this is also a negative point because they make others think that Mexicans are liars. We have to be in the middle, not exaggerate the country but not denigrate it, we must be proud of what it is, be nationalists, be aware of the good and bad that happens in the country, to be able to improve in the future.
Mexican "Chingones" There are Mexicans who have stood out thanks to their talent in various aspects, from sports to acting, we have Guillermo del Toro, Yalitza Aparicio, Donovan Vazquez, Vicente Fernandez, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Ana Gabriela Guevara, Frida Kahlo, Checo Perez, among others. Mexico has magnificent talents that leave the name of the country