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Xicanos as latinos
Whether Xicanismo likes it or not there is a latino force outhere to be reckoned with and it must embrace it. I say this because I have just been listening to Pepito for the past two days, an SF based … Continue reading
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It rains in the plains of Sweden
Well I can officially kiss the suntan I adquiered during my sojourn in México adios. Its been raining cats and dogs in Sweden for 6 weeks in a row now and that means I will probably miss not only the … Continue reading
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Warrior-Poet of the Fifth Sun
The good offices of Aztecpoet.com were kind enough to send me via internet Luis A. López recent book titled Warrior-Poet of the Fifth Sun, innercircle publishing 2004. I must confess that if poetry has the quality to speak to the … Continue reading
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On Reies Lopez Tijerina & Reuters
I often find it amazing how America Gringa refuses to acknowledge some of its own history, twist it and bedmake it to sleep with the Other in its own house. I suppose it is easier for Gringo USA to see … Continue reading
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Two concerned Aztlán citizens
Yonderliesit.org received two rather interesting emails from two concerned Aztlán citizens just a little less than what it took you to read this. On the one hand, one email writer, mind you, at yonderliesit.org we faithfully hold to the anonymous … Continue reading
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Viva Chicano Lit
The Republic of East L.A. – Stories (2002) by Luis J. Rodriguez I am invariably always surprised at the ease with which I can understand Chicano literature. I can see right throught it. I figure it must be the cultural … Continue reading
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wachatelas ese
The phoneme /w/ [a voiced labio-velar approximant, lip rounding] has multiple and productive sounds in the spanglish and espanglish Xicano community. For us there are choices to be made between: Güey, huey and wey Güero, huero and wero What, guat … Continue reading
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California, Bustamante and MeCHA
Citizens against citizens, a view of the blog world led me to interesting commentary on this as they avalanched Cruz Bustamante on his allegiances to MeCHA. There was a conserted effort to question Bustamantes real intentions to get to power … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Barrio Warriors
I haven’t the slightest idea who came up with such a catchy name but let me tell you, it ain’t good. It is supposed to resonate in the mind of the gringo and it probably will. I can imagine some … Continue reading →