Category Archives: Pocho sentimientos

Quinto comment II

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Julio Sueco

In relation to the Fifth Comment: Here in Sweden, Swedes can’t see beyond my ethnic look or what their eyes tell them I am. A brown person. So the idea of an American has also been hijacked by color lines. … Continue reading →

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I-d

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Julio Sueco

Now and then I manage to hear my own self speak. An ungodly accidental omniscient ens about. It turns out that hearing oneself isn’t so productive. This time I happened to hear myself. And I thought: who am I? This … Continue reading →

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We-e

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Julio Sueco

As an American individual it is very hard for me to follow the We doctrine. Afterall, what is most rewarded in our American ens is the almighty I. Here in Sweden I have had to give in to the We … Continue reading →

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Evolv

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Julio Sueco

Incredible, I seem to have extricated myself from one of the most dominant issues that impregnate the Xicano ens: immigration. I don’t know why, exactly, we xicanos entangle ourselves so much with immigration. Immigration as phenomena to live the everyday, … Continue reading →

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Tajm

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Julio Sueco

I like the swenglish version of the word time. They write it the way I titled this post, tajm. It occurred to me that I place a somewhat sentimental value to it inasmuch as it reminds me of the Spanglish … Continue reading →

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palabras

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Julio Sueco

Never in the course of humanity has there been a better time to be a Xicano ese. Prouder can’t One be.

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The Metrosex in me

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Julio Sueco

When I go the market I look for fresh produce be it vegetables, fruits or, je! beer. Yet the brits somehow have a weird and twisted meaning to it that just baffles the living daylights out of my Xicano skull. … Continue reading →

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Que vivan los muertos de la guerra

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Julio Sueco

Listen: Los ABCs ¡Qué vivan los muertos! Sing Along Download the song! Los ABCs: is a five-minute Xicano docu-animation cataloguing the real-life testimony of skeletons who have returned to tell their stories of life and death at war. Do you … Continue reading →

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the hyphen in mexican-american

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Julio Sueco

Dedico este poema a mi amigo Luis A. López, Aztec Poet at large. I am Xicano mexicano ese though not del Otro Saite. with spanish colors my brown iris paints la Línea, el bordo, muros and walls of my cantón … Continue reading →

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Bilingual

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Julio Sueco

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 … Continue reading →

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