Northern New Mexico has a long and proud Hispanic tradition. The area was settled by Spain and Mexico some 200 years before New Mexico was annexed to the US. In recent years Taos has also become a New Age hide-out. Hotel owner Larry Whitten made a fool of himself through his ignorance of the area’s history and traditions.
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TAOS, N.M. – Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.
The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the run-down, Southwestern adobe-style hotel from speaking Spanish in his presence (he thought they'd be talking about him), and ordered some to Anglicize their names.
No more Martin (Mahr-TEEN). It was plain-old Martin. No more Marcos. Now it would be Mark.
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10-26-2009, 10:36 AM
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