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JulioSueco

English and Spanish teacher in the Swedish Highlands

1065 Articles

Daily Kos

By JulioSueco

2 Min Read

The weird and odd thinker at Daily Kos [too asimilado for my taste] had nothing to add to the immmigration issue and the mass protests that ensued thereby. So much for crashing the gates. There is a thing that assimilated to the core Xicanos loath most…

Long the along

By JulioSueco

2 Min Read

Gad am I longing for a bit of soil from las Américas. Fuck me triple but Europe might have culture but they lack sun. Give me sun I say. There is so much a son of the Calida Fornix can take I tell you. Ok, so last night I dreamt I was smoking a refeer.…

March is loco and Abril an intzt wintzy más

By JulioSueco

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Believe it or not the snow refuses to part. It’s been a crazy marzito, como decía mi abuelita, Marzo loco y Abril otro poco, but men! this is going too far. Ah, what the fuck am I babbling about anyways. Sun never makes a good impression, the next…

I leg all

By JulioSueco

1 Min Read

Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson I have always argued that mexicans in the USA, specially the Southwest, shouldn’t feel ashamed of their ethnic background. They should assert their americanness no matter what. They should assert that spanish has a…

Know your history

By JulioSueco

1 Min Read

1970 – Diana vs. State Board of Education of California – Spanish speaking children were placed in classes for children with mental retardation on the basis of individual intelligence tests that were considered culturally biased.

Bilingual

By JulioSueco

6 Min Read

We all remember that afternoon. The clouds hung at an uncomfortable low and the heat made the humidity stick. It was then the town council in all its wisdom had decided to pass a non-bilingual bill, despite the majority of the townâ€™s opposition to it.…

poema

By JulioSueco

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diferencia

By JulioSueco

1 Min Read

Well ex-Q’s-me. Off course there is a difference and off course it’s divisive. And that fact that Real Americana star spangled Chicanos don’t wanna take issue with the question at hand shows that it has been decided for us Tijuana…

L’differance

By JulioSueco

2 Min Read

I haven’t checked the state of the xicano blogsphere and I frankly don’t have the ganas. The fact of the matter is that we are different. I have mexican values ingrained in me like a tattoo in my nalgas. Though I harbour gringo values in my…

9

By JulioSueco

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The sun is shining in Sweden. This means lots of welcomed warmth. Please, allow me to expound, the sun is actually heating up the surface. Yeah, no big news round the world but here in my corner of the earth this is like a million bucks. So you’ll…

cotidiene

By JulioSueco

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I stood in shock and speechless at the very image that was unfolding like a motion picture right before my eyes. I understood the power of cultural shocks, the power of cultural encounters and the power of feeling superior right after the incident. I…

thoughts

By JulioSueco

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My fellow citizens in Tijuana are a wad unawares of world affairs. This tends to irk me like a rash on my thighs. WTF? It totally escapes them that having one of the most powerful naval fleets in the world next to them is, least to say, important. The…