Why does the term ÒnativeÓ lose meaning south of the US/Mexico border? Why are some white people calling themselves ÒnativistsÓ? And how did so many indigenous mestizos come to accept the Hispanicization and Latinization of their identities? In this contribution to the Walker Art CenterÕs Artist Op-Ed series, the art collective Postcommodity (Raven Chacon, Crist—bal Mart’nez, and Kade L. Twist) melds poetry and prose in a powerful reflection on native self-determination, ethnic and national identity, and the year 2043Ñwhen whites are expected to become a minority in the United States.
This pamphlet is published by the Walker Art Center as part of its online Artist Op-Eds series, an ongoing project inviting artists in all disciplines to respond through writing to events in the news. See more at wac.mn/artist-opeds