The Unapologetic Mexican: Thoughts for Miércoles

“THERE IS NO CHICANISMO DECIDER. Nobody defines what is true for all Chican@s. There is no one person who can tell you what to do to be a True Xican@, to be Truly Brown, to be Real As a Only the Realest Mexican@ /Latin@ /Boriqua /Boriqueño, etc@’s are; nobody to run to when you want to know if you need an image of Lady Guadalupe that is five inches tall, or one that is life-size, or if you need one at all. There is no blogger, and there is no published writer, and there is no University Professor who knows enough to dictate this. It can not be Marí Herrera-Sobek, Lorna Dee Cervantes, or Sandra Cisneros; nor is it Carlos Fuentes, Juan Felipe Herrera, Francisco X. Alarcón, or Corky Gonzales. And though these people have many things to say on the struggle, or journey of Chicanismo, I don’t find them taking such a stance. Although online, I have found some otherwise intelligent people who do try to lay down the unequivocal law on What It Means to Be ””””””.”

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