I suspect you’re absolutely right. Twelve generations is a long time for just Hispanic roots. Seven generations is what I have been used to hearing.
I think she intended to trade on whatever connections to the tribal community she may have whether tenuous or not.
Sounds politically aware to me!
Not that it matters to the subject at hand, but on MLG’s official governor’s website, https://www.governor.state.nm.us/our-leadership/governor/
the first paragraph states “Michelle Lujan Grisham is the thirty-second governor of the state of New Mexico, the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in U.S. history.”
I live in NM, just outside the Albuquerque City limits, and most people are trying to be mindful of social distancing. I’m glad to hear that the state’s efforts are timely and that testing is progressing. But on the ground here it still feels slow. A co-worker of my partner was tested last Friday, 4/3/20, and we’re still waiting for the results. We decided not to see each other until we know the results of the test.
I’m still waiting to hear about testing for a coronavirus antibody test. I read in Newsweek on 3/30 that Germany was already preparing to start testing and will issue certificates for those that test positive, which allow them to safely be around others. But New Mexico’s testing of of asymtematic people is a step in the right direction.
Depends which wave of hispanic influx. 12 generations would take you back to the early 1700s and the original colonizers were 100 or so years before that…
I guess that’s right then. I’m aware of the history of the area and how far it goes back I’m just not as good about how long a generation is for those purposes I guess.
Absolutamente! And she has a great partner in Deb Haaland. Congressional Representative for District 1.
The crip is more interested in halting abortions, rather than protecting his citizenry from being infected by the coronavirus! So why test?
Generation length is a weird thing. 20 is sort of the canonical number, but 30 is probably more common now. (And in my family we’re closer to 40 – my greatgrandfather was born in the 1830s, my kids in the 00s.)
O for real. They fucking fought that to the appellate court the motherfuckers. I’m so goddamn mad right now at Abbott for getting into a needless public argument with Judge Jenkins and making it possible for the county commissioners to box him in here. The two things are not exactly related but they both were punches aimed at the only person in this entire fucking state who knows what he’s doing and can save lives and has been.
Why do prejudice white folks push stupid Republican agenda so hard when it kicks them so obviously in their own gonads? Jesus for the so called superior race so many of us can be so fucking stupid! And not just once but over and over.
It really is. hahahaha
I wish that discobot nannybint would understand when someone is responding to other comments when she nags about what percentage of the comments one has posted.
According to the Sante Fe New Mexican, " In August, New Mexico was the only state to go on full alert for a nationwide disaster drill for pandemic preparation, a ‘tabletop exercise’ that helped, Lujan Grisham has said."
People should take a closer look at Southern New Mexico (Torres’ district) to get a sense of the impact of early intervention. Although the virus arrived here later, Dona Ana County, (home to Las Cruses, a city with the state’s second largest population, roughly 100,000) imposed restrictions at the same time as the north. New Mexico State University in town also closed for spring break on March 13, a week early, and never brought back the students. As of yesterday, the county had 35 confirmed cases (ranking sixth among NM counties) and no deaths. Among that number were a group of 10 20-year-olds who were among the first to test positive. At least for now, the doubling rate in the county is about 14 days. Maybe the trend won’t hold, but it appears that because of the early actions taken by the state Dona Ana County was put in a position to contain the virus rather than just mitigate the impact.
I love Deb and was so damned happy when she won. I absolutely love her.
It’s a problem of SCALE, not policy.
New Mexico has a population of a little over 2 Million, with the largest city, Albuquerque with a population of about 550K.
California has a population of over 39 million, with Los Angeles alone with over 3.5 Million people.
BIG Difference.
It’s generally considered to be between 25 and 30 years.
Proud to hail from Las Cruces, NM, even though “ many people” doubt we are part of the USA.
@khaaann I’ve been thinking along the lines of your point while reading the article and the comments. Without taking anything away from NM’s achievement here, I have been thinking of scale re NY/NYC, where my son is a neurologist at a prominent hospital. He (and several close colleagues) probably were suffering from the virus while telemedicining (some maintenance appointments, mostly consulting with front-line physicians about issues neurologists were needed for) over the last couple of weeks. “Probably” because, guess what, NYC does not have enough tests even for medical professionals. This week he started on the front lines, in person. He hasn’t practiced “medicine,” to use doctor-speak, i.e., internal medicine, since his first year of residency. But he’s needed for that now, so he’s (re)learning on the go. At least he’s equipped with proper PPE (or so he assures us – there’s a lot he’s been underplaying in recent weeks), but it would be good to know if he has probable immunity – good for him, us and, most of all, his patients and medical colleagues.
Which is the New Zealand model actually.
Ivanka?
