Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mesoamerica/NewRequests

 I apologize if I am utilizing inappropriate structure/design or etiquette in my contributions to the talks page, but I
 was unable to find relevant easily-accessible material to guide me.  My specific request/request-for-contribution is some of
 the modern day usage of the name "Malinche."  It is true that she has been referred to as "La Chingada" or the damned or 
 the one that has been violated (in essence, a victem).  But it is also true within many off-shoots of the Mexican population 
 as well as its culture, that there is multiple different meaning.

 IMHO, I believe that a 1 or 2 lines on Malinche's role (or usage of her name) in todays Mexican or Mexican-American society 
 or culture, is insufficient given that an entire population of a continent has been affected by her interactions with
 history, and certainly as it continues today.  I have no literary reference to provide, no research to validate my 
 assertions, and certainly am no Mesoamerican scholar.  I however am a Mexican-American born in southern Texas where the
 population there is pre-dominantly hispanic, much as southern Los Angeles is.  While this contribution or assertion may be
 nothing more than folk-lore, it none-the-less can be traced through multiple communities throughout Texas, California, New-
 York, Chicago-Illinois or any other place that Mexicans/Mexican-Americans have chosen to plant themselves.  Among many of
 these communities and people that I have lived with, including aunts, uncles, friends, acquaintances and contacts, the
 name "Malinche" is used as a term in a very colloquial sense.  It's used commonly in North America by many
 Mexican-Americans as a state of being.  Specifically, referencing that a person can be "malinche" if they are
 unusually cruel, mean or sinister.  It has also been used in many occassion to reference a person as a traitor much in
 the same way that Americans and the English use the term "Benedict Arnold" to describe a person as being
 traitorous or treacherous.  I realize that the term "malinchismo" is cited in the "Malinche" section, 
 but its use as an adverb isn't really the only grammatical usage of the name, from my personal experiences.  And yes 
 I have heard and used the term Malinchismo.  This having been said, I conclude with my original disclaimer, that I have 
 no project research, no statistical nor analytic nor descriptive data to reference. I simply have first hand experience
 through interaction with multiple generational usage of the term in various communities throughout the North American
 continent north of the Mexican border.  My hope is that this request for contribution will be reviewed, some portion 
 atleast, be included with the original Malinche" Project Page, and/or that those actively engaged in the project will
 contact me and give me feed-back, disclaim my assertions, educate me in appropriate submissions for request on a talk page
 and just a general "Hello we got your information."