La imaginación colonizada parte I
Know thyself* La imaginación colonizada se refiere a la imaginación que recurre al bagaje cultural de otro país para poder hablar del de uno mismo. Por eso, muchos tijuanenses de mi generación comprendemos más el humor de los EEUU que el propio de…
Read Morethe reinvention of zero
Para cuando me acordé de él y su Mezzotint ya habían pasado varias imágenes en my mind. Estaba buscando un nombre para ponerle a la barrita de messenger que pide hacerlo: el mio lo pide en sueco, klicka hí¤r fí¶r blah, blah. Fue entonces que me acordé…
Read MoreRalph Waldo Emerson: voz de Aztlán
Me causó sorpresa ver que BR sabe de Ralph Waldo Emerson. Me sorprendió porque no sé si sabe que Ralph Waldo Emerson es un héroe Xicano. Ralph Waldo Emerson se opusó a la guerra contra México y es uno de los pocos intelectuales de aquellos tiempos que…
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Can you see a smile in my face? It’s right here, next to my dimple … Tijuana is a city that goes above “violent & chaotic”. Is volatile like the souls that utilize it as a springboard to jump accross to the other side, thru…
Read MoreTijuana 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…
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