Category Archives: Aztlán

The road least traveled

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Julio Sueco

So it begins, one step that leads to a thousand miles. I can’t even remember when I took the first step. Yet after more than several million steps I cannot remember how it all started. I guess I can go … Continue reading →

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Al final del día

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Julio Sueco

Lo más importante es poder salir del día sin odiar a nadie, sin raspaduras. Llegar a la cama, sin pena ni gloria y poder dormirte de saber haberla logrado. La esencia de uno la libró; no se lleva uno ningún … Continue reading →

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A cemetery

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Julio Sueco

English has for the most part been a force to reckon with. As I look back at this site, I realize that this language has been a harbinger and a cleavage that tears apart me. I chose to ignore this … Continue reading →

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Pamba

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Julio Sueco

En una conversación de barrio con mis antiguos compas del terre allá en Tijuas baja califas salió a luz una vieja palabra de esas de la juventud. Amenacé a alguien con darle una buena pamba. En mis tiempos, o sea … Continue reading →

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Multi-Kulti

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Julio Sueco

Esto del multiculturalismo en los altiplanicies de Suecia como que va a cuentagotas. O quizá sea así en todas partes del mundo en donde las poblaciones entre más chicas más resistentes son al influjo de lo “ajeno”. La gente es … Continue reading →

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traqueo23

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Julio Sueco

Los ríos de la ira desembocan con furia silenciosamente con un sigilo multi simultaneo terra atrae el desemboque string theory what not y en castellano decimos por todos lados para simplificar una emoción a la vez . terra hemonos, todos … Continue reading →

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Maquinitas

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Julio Sueco

Recuerdo con cierta aprensión el día que me mandaron a comprar un kilo de tortillas con 2 dos coras. Una cora en Tijuana equivale a 25 centavos americanos de los EEUU. Así que eran dos monedas de esas. Me causa … Continue reading →

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Encapsulated

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Julio Sueco

Xicanismo suffers from cultural encapsulation. Most Xicano figures are so immersed in a minority role that they can’t lift their heads to see that they are being studied by nit just ourselves but by a host of international guest who … Continue reading →

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will we ever

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Julio Sueco

Reading the latest stats from the U.S. Census Bureau which I was prompted to do by the feedline @TheAtlantic churns out on its twitter feed I realize that Chicanos don’t exist in that database by any definition. Then again I … Continue reading →

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Constraints

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Julio Sueco

I tend to adopt an attitude towards language that it’s nearly pristine in its stipulations since I exact a nativists view on language that cannot possibly meet the standards I want. That is, I want what it is said in … Continue reading →

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