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Chicanos are, in fact, human

It can seem strange that I write about addiction and depression; as well as, writing and music and computers.  The thing is that, to me, they’re all part of the same thing: My identity.  This identity of mine is how… Continue Reading →

From us Chicano Kids

In the barrio where I grew up, we called ourselves, Chicanos.  I always believed that was what I was: A Chicano kid.  I had no idea growing up that there isn’t any real such thing as a Chicano.  I came… Continue Reading →

My Chicano T-Shirt showed me the way

When I was young, maybe nine or ten years old, I wore a purple t-shirt that had a muscle-bound guy wearing a “wife-beater” and blue bandana over his head.  He had his fist raised to the sky and behind him… Continue Reading →

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