The right talk about the evils of “wokism,” as if our kids in school were told the truth about the birth and development of our country it would somehow diminish our country. Since when is the truth a bad thing?
I’m a living example of the way our country was formed by different peoples and there is nothing wrong in acknowledging this. It is what made our country great, the melting pot of the world.
My family is one of these families that can see our country and especially Texas from both sides. My third great-grandpa, Capt. Theodore Monroe Dorsett, was a member of the Fredonia group, an early group of gringo rabble rousers who sparked the war against Santa Anna. He also, according the records in familysearch.org, was a member of the early Texas Rangers.
My third great-grandpa got to Texas in 1826 with his familia and was a close buddy of William Travis. After the battle of San Jacinto, my third great-grandpa, Theodore Monroe, got there the morning after and witnessed the carnage and saw the human toll of battle. The Mexican prisoners of war were being doled out to local farmers who needed cheap labor.
There was one poor Mexican soldier who was left crippled by the battle and was begging the locals to take him; his name was Martinez. He was so afraid of being abandoned there alone and not completely whole. Well, my grandpa had a big heart and took him home with him to his cotton farm, much to the chagrin of Grandma. Martinez was able to live out the rest of his life at Grandpa’s farm.
By the way, my mom’s maiden name is Martinez. How fitting is this?
I learned all of this from a book that tells the part about Grandpa’s life as an early settler in Texas, one of the earliest. The book was written by A.J. Sowell and the title is “Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas.” So I know this about my two sides of my family and you know what? It does not diminish my love and appreciation for my Dorsett side or my Martinez side. It is what it is.
Our country was and is not perfect, but I tell you what: It’s a lot better than a lot of others. I’m not saying it’s the best, but much better than others. So I say viva USA and viva Mexico!
Jesse Dorsett
Hemet, Calif.
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The San Antonio Express-News talks Gov. Abbott down because he bused migrants to Kamala Harris’ house in WashingtonD.C. (Jan. 3).
They write about how bad the Texas governor was in dropping off these poor folk in frigid record-cold temperatures, “ill clad” and in a “strange … land.”
They cite several verses from the Bible regarding welcoming strangers, as if they know for a fact that the governor was aware of these cold temperatures.
Even meteorologists don’t know the weather all the time. Plus, I am sure that the governor is not aware of precise trip details.
This is more of a political writing against Gov. Abbott than it is about human mercy. I am sure the Bible has plenty of verses regarding murdering unborn children. They
should be writing about that and how Joe Biden being a Catholic is doing just that to gain political points with his party. Why don’t they write about that?
M.C. Garcia
Brownsville
