The ongoing theme kept throughout this playlist is “Orgullo en mi Identidad,” translated to” Pride in my identity.” The inspiration for this playlist was solely based on our morning rituals. Those images and quotes that were meant to awaken our empathetic side of our brain, has a lot to do with the meaning behind each song. The opportunity to be a part of MiHC Learning experience has come with a lot of new knowledge. The one thing I came out of this whole experience is to remember where we come from and to never lose that cultural pride within ourselves. Life can take us anywhere, but at the end of the day what we bring to the table, our story, is unique to each one of us. This program has also strengthened soft skills like leadership and communication. The morals I learned and the skills I matured are all things that will make it easier for me to pursue higher education as a first generation hispanic student. Hope you get to experience what I am trying to portray through each song. Enjoy.
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Mi Lindo Son de Jalisco --
July 8th, what the morning quote meant to me was no matter what one's story is, it's important to embrace it rather than be ashamed of it. The fact that my mother is from Jalisco and every educational opportunity I have received is thanks to her for leaving anything to provide us with everything.
El Latido de mi Corazón --
July 29th, the morning ritual was an image of COCO. That image to me was the representation of familia, it’s meaningful to me because in our culture familia es todo. Our culture is finally represented in a big media platform.
La Llorona --
July 14th, the morning reflection was an image of a Detroit mural of a dia de los muertos themed all girls mariachi band. This song is about a traditional “boogeyman” in the mexican culture, the song has been remade so many times, always in a mariachi theme. This time it's female singing, which is empowering just like the mural.
Mexico Lindo y Querido --
July 28th, the morning ritual was a poem about the language barrel between Spanish and English. What I got out of the poem was that no matter what the language we speak is what adds character, what adds to our story therefore no matter what we should always be proud of being from Mexico Lindo. Speaking what we speak should never be double thought even if we speak with an “accent.”
Mananitas Guadalupanas --
July 9th, we were shown an image of La Virgen de Guadalupe looking over the farm workers. In our culture she is idolized as someone who will always look over us, therefore it just made sense that I add this song.
Lagrimas Del Corazon --
July 20th, the morning reflection was a quote that read, “The opposite of success is not failure… it’s being stuck.” This song relates to the quote in many ways. The song is about a father who moves to America to provide for his family in Mexico. He says plentiful things that make it obvious he has failed as a father, but he has not failed he’s just stuck. Stuck in figuring out a stable way to provide in a country that he does not know.
Somos Mas Americanos --
July 23rd, the morning ritual was an image that read, “Consider the Counter Narrative.” It was an interesting narrative where the caution “aliens” crossing sign is put up next to the highway. When people cross the border to come here for a better life, it's never thought as to why they’re coming, what's the purpose they serve here. If we were to switch the narrative of who is in the wrong it would have to be how America stole land from Mexico, things like that are quick to be blocked off.
Ni Aqui Ni Alla --
July 6th, our first morning ritual was a quote saying if we’re gonna do something right, to do it con ganas. This song relates to the quote because a lot of the times we’re so quick to just give up in the sense of, “oh I don't belong here, because i'm too Mexican” but then we go to our homeland and its said that “oh I don't belong here, because i'm too American.” At the end of the day we shouldn't care if we don't belong, if we’re gonna accomplish something, do it right.
