Tijuana is Aztlán too
Dios mio, like finding the Holy Grail: LV: The problem is very deep here. And I hope that in this interplay, as we get cultural exchanges and we get more aware, that Mexico will begin to see it’s own reflection in Chicano works like we see…
Read MoreI shall defend thee, gente Xicana
I usually don’t mingle my Spanish and English though am known by my most fervent reader, editor, proofreader, slacker, gíüevón, patron (that is, me) to occasionally indulge in doing so. So far I have managed to mesh the prime philosophy behind my…
Read Morehelp, I can’t figure out a title for this post
The good xente over at la bloga have a good discussion going on. Not because the comments of the offices at Yonder Lies It received an answer but because it is clear to the xente del más allá, who for an odd reason of sorts, frecuent the offices, seem to…
Read MoreTifton: my kind of heroes
TIFTON — Saddened by the killings of six Mexican immigrants in his town, Mayor Paul Johnson flew their country’s flag outside his City Hall in their honor. Foreign flags weren’t a first for the south Georgia city — Canadian flags…
Read MoreCorrele, pero si ya
I got a hold of this post on Shovelware. Go read it, it’s full of godies from the San Diego-Tijuana border area, my area. And more text related theories on Xicanismo, links and what not. It’s an update, I know, am munching it as we speak, qué…
Read Moreuntitled yu-7
Writing in blogs has given me a distaste for much of what I deem cultural ideologies. For me, this means the one that says we are descendents of spaniards and aztecs. I now laugh when I hear people in my surroundings expressing admiration at this…
Read Moreseré o no seré
I speako el inglish ese. Though judging by the nature of the media that streams from Amerikkka one be hardly pressed to see that here in Europe, ok Sweden pues. Ok, so am not an american citizen, well wait, I am, but the kind that one usually associates…
Read MoreTeacher Murders Tied to Organized Crime, Politics?
October 2, 2005 Chihuahua News Teacher Murders Tied to Organized Crime, Politics? It was a fateful autumn stroll. School teacher Sonia Madrid Bojorquez and 19-year-old Maria Isabel Carrasco Vasquez were walking along a street in the Chihuahua City…
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