Kategori: Xicano Commentary
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Proto-spanglish
Curiously, as we drove down from Sweden’s Highlands to Paris back in July of this year, I noticed along the German Autobahn and other less known roads to Liege to Paris, that trailers from Portugal carried a legend in their back of their trucks that said: VEHICULO LONGO. I loved it, and I would have…
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Raza Cosmica
It has occurred to me that Xicanos are a new sort of mestizo, a raza in itself. While our ancestors are for the most part mestizo in as far as they are of two races, one combining aspects of the more European traits and another one and perhaps the raison de etre for the most…
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Pensando en California
Am a Californian not only by heart but by residence as well, I lived under its shadow for over 30 years and my daughter was born in San Diego, California, I grew up in Redwood City for a couple of years and during my younghood I lived, worked and studied at some of its finest…
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So there
Being Chicano is a sense of essence you see I couldn’t belong to this idea of democracy because I am what exactly what your idea of democracy demands from you: that you churn out rebels. I am a rebel, a thief, a frito bandido and I am aware because you gave me free will. I…