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Los Angeles & CA
The Mission District in San Francisco
Since it has become the trend for young urban white people to gentrify neighborhoods the Mission has seen a dramatic…
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Popular culture
Why do Mexicans Have so Many Kids?
It's a stereotype, but not entirely: Agricultural economy, Catholicism, placing great value on the family, where the elders stay with…
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Our Society
La Llorona: The Weeping Woman
There was a woman who killed her own children to be with the man she desired. She was subsequently spurned…
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Popular culture
The King of Tacos: Mexican food in Los Angeles
They do still serve aguas frescas which sounds very good during these summer months. Other menu items include tamales, sopes,…
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Los Angeles & CA
I’m supposed to be Mexican
To be a Mexican: My family’s story is not unlike thousands of others; my parents came as children, legally. My…
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Los Angeles & CA
Mexican Food in America by Eric Valenzuela
Staying with grandma in the evenings she was always making chile rellenos or albondigas or chilaquiles (which remarkably has no…
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Our Society
Mexican lottery
Mexicans typically don’t need a game to drink but I guess for those of you who aren’t Mexican (and just…
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Los Angeles & CA
Olvera Street, Los Angeles
Amid all the hustle and bustle, the offices and cars and museums and everything else going on at such a…
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Popular culture
I’ve never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
My aunts' tamales, gorditas (smaller, fat tortillas that are either topped or filled with meat, cheese, beans, or whatever you…
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Our Society
Beware The Red Grasshopper: el Chapulin Colorado!
Think Real American Hero, but more brilliant. He even had his own introduction and set of catchphrases to assist in…
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