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What’s a Pocho?
What’s a pocho, or a pocha for that matter? It’s a question that’s not confusing to me, but my piece last week about how dating Latinos doesn’t make me racist […]
John Paul II To Be Beautified, Abuelitas Rejoice
Mexican Catholics, especially the ones that love the Virgen de Guadalupe, love Pope John Paul II — who is going to be beatification on May 1. This means that he […]
Loving La Virgen de Gudalupe
You have to love La Virgen de la Guadalupe — even if you’re not Catholic. She’s a singular, ubiquitous and unifying image for all Latinos that I know, and while everyone feels […]
Mexican Student Becomes Police Chief, No One Else Will
A 20 year-old criminology student became the police chief in a Mexican town Wednesday after no one else would accept the job — since no one else would take the […]
Why is Voting So Damn Hard?
When I was in junior high in Robstown’s only middle school &emdash; as they called them in a town that had five elementary schools but didn’t want too many Mexicans […]
Every day is a Hispanic heritage event
Maybe the whole idea behind Hispanic Heritage Month is to help it make sense to others. I can easily choose to be a part of that. So I’ll paint a quick picture.