un 4 de Julio como hoy
I have a swedish-mexican mojado xicana daughter born in Califas. I myself am a mojado, a xicano wetback. Today the star spangled gave me goosebumps when I heard it sound its majestic noise. Am I entitled to celebrate it? I grill today. In my swedish…
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Ay gíüey! Nunca pensé que the day would come. One of the darling conversations that so closely unite us Xicanos is Mexican racism. Nothing would give that cup of chocolate more flavour than tearing apart the thin veil of racism in our culture. Long has…
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“La Malinche.” Slave, interpreter, secretary, mistress, mother of the first “Mexican.” her very name still stirs up controversy. Associate Professor of History R. Douglas Cope teaches Mexican and colonial Latin American history.…
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Not lon ago yet in eon years blogwise, Elena my buddy, pal, amiga, compa, friend and all that wondered about Spreading God’s Love. I even added my two centavos to the issue. Today I find two of my favorite blogs in that isue wondering about the issues…
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No sé si se deba a que estoy en Europa. Pero francamente las noticias que me llegan de Aztlán están pero que si lo dejan a uno con la piel de puercospin. Los EEUU se están volviendo un estado policíaco, el mejor sueño de Mc Arthy. El criminal de George…
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I remember rather clearly how the cherry tree blossomed after a long winters rest … extra extra : nordic sea winds sweep swedish highlands though caressing blow kissed the white lilly petals … it was the time of dispersement the cherry…
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Just when you thought it couldn’t become more obvious … The future in a video game … http://www.aztlanrpg.net/
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Reading this article am inspired to write the following I have stated numerous times that the idea of returning the Southwest to México (a preposterous idea if there ever was one) would be detrimental to our culture, the pachuc@, chol@, lowrider, poch@,…
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I saw this pic over at DDBlase. It is the small gestures that make you gush with pride: TECHNICAL DETAILS Issue: Cinco de Mayo Denomination & Type of Issue : 32-cent Commemorative Format: Self-adhesive Pane of 20 (one design) Series: Holiday…
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I subscribe to google alerts. I receive news of la raza whenever the words Chicano, Chicana, Xicano and Xicana blip on the radar of the internet galaxy. So far they have been all American newspapers. That’s one, second, a few have come the way of…
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