I was born and raised in the Bronx NY. People say
that home is where the heart is and my heart belongs to my little pueblo in
Michoacan called Zacapu. Being
from the Bronx Zacapu is like a whole different world. Being from the NYC
everything is so crowded and people seem so angry all the time. and Zacapu is
very small town that everybody knows each other and everyone is so friendly.
Since my family is pretty well known in Zacapu, every time I get to visit I get
to meet new people all the time. Every December they plan this big festival
which I always enjoy so much. I do not go out much in NYC because I don’t know
that many people but in Zacapu I am always outside playing basketball or
enjoying a lot of drinks with my friends and family.
The one thing that
Zacapu and NYC do have in common is that both can be very dangerous places to
be at. Michocan is in the middle of a turf war between cartels. It has been
like this for several years and currently people from Michoacan are fed up with
the police that according to Roger F. Noriega is a former assistant secretary
of state for Western Hemisphere affairs “So-called guardias comunitarias —
self-defense militias —have emerged to fill the vacuum created by an insufficient
federal response.”( Noriega). NY also has problems. It seems like crime runs
this city.
Both places has its
ups and downs but I have always considered myself “un hijo del rancho”. “Michoacano
en el corazon” Michoacano in my heart, arriva mi raza.
Work Cited:
Noriega F, Roger, “Mexico's new drug cartel
battle: Self-defense leagues”. http://www.aei.org.American Enterprise Institute.Jan 24
2014.web.March 01 2014
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