Elenamary - de aquí y de allá » Old and Chicano too boot

““Where are you from?” The Colombian woman I was interpreting for asked. I told her my mother was Mexican. “You were born in Mexico?” I explained that no, I was born and raised in Ohio.

She leaned in and asked me in Spanish “Oh, ¿entonces tu eres Chhh-iiii-canooo?” (“Oh, so you are Chicano?”) As I answered “yes’ she leaned back, brought her hand up to her forehead and slightly covered her face the way you do when someone says something terrible and you feel embarrassed for them.”

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