There’s one main difference between Chinese and Mexican immigrants who come to the US illegally
There’s one main difference between Chinese and Mexican immigrants who come to the US illegally
*First, an explanation. We don’t use the term illegal on our site, but the headline is native to the Quartz publication, so in this instance we kept it. Second, this […]
Why immigrants aren’t afraid of Trump
By Victor Landa There’s a reason immigrants in the U.S. aren’t attracted to the Trump political circus, regardless of what he might say about them. It has to do with […]
A Response to Dan Savage from All the Mexicans
By Jennifer Patiño, Gozamos Below is a response to Dan Savage’s column today. Click link to read Savage’s portrayal of Mexicans. “A lot of immigrants from Mexico—documented and undocumented—work in restaurants […]
Treasure Trove Of Pulp Fiction “Africans” And “Mexicans”
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio more here: http://www.magazineart.org/ This post first appeared in the textmex galleryblog. William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” is the Director of San Diego State University’s […]
What Really Happened At The Alamo On March 6, 1836
By Richard G. Santos In movies and TV programs, the Mexican soldiers who participated in assaulting the Alamo on March 6, 1836, are always depicted in clean, almost new, beautiful uniforms. They […]
Banda Music, Or Tamborazo, Nurtures The Soul
By Eres Nerd To me and my family, banda is life. Banda is spiritual renewal. The sounds of the clarinet and sousaphones were part of the Pandora playlist of my childhood. […]
Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me
The people that get most upset about what I write are almost always Latino men. I’m not stereotyping or exaggerating — this is simply a fact. Nearly all of the […]
How I Discovered Día De Los Muertos
In my own life, growing up between Los Angeles and South Texas, celebrating Día de los Muertos was always almost just a shadow on the wall that was pretty easy […]
Of Carne Asada, Crime And Family In East LA
The summer of 1988 was a memorable one in my neighborhood. We still lived in that yellow house on Bodie Street in East LA. The sun still managed to leave evidence […]
News Taco To Go: GOP, Luisa Moreno, Arizona Y Tall Mexicans
Latino GOP Conference: A Love-Sick Second Date Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno Arizona, Jan Brewer Take SB 1070 To Supreme Court You’re Tall–For A Mexican