Latino Los Angeles
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Chaka: Vandalism and the art of graffiti
It’s impossible to say exactly when graffiti art goes from vandalism to collectible. When it comes to something as subjective…
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A PATH WITH HEART: The Nation’s Capital
My favorite place was George Washington’s house in Mount Vernon, Virginia. The house itself isn’t too big, but every room…
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Confronting 287(g)
On January 1, 2010, four young people embarked on a 1,500-mile walk from their home in Miami, FL, to Washington,…
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Zoot Suit Riot
I would much rather see a bunch of guys hanging around in suits, even if they are ill-fitting suits, than…
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Enough is enough: we need Dream Act now
Leslie Coche had been detained aboard the Tri-Rail -a local train system in Florida, from Miami to Palm Beach County,…
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A PATH WITH HEART: The crash
Suddenly, I saw the unexpected — a car coming at me very fast. I saw two men talking in the…
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The Spanglish of the cholo
This isn’t the typical Spanglish where one might say carro instead of coche, or always answer with “que” when “mande…
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From Yiddish to Spanglish: my life as an immigrant
Yiddish was the first foreign language I learned, well before English or Hebrew, beginning in 1957 when I was 4…
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Origin and perspective of Spanglish (II)
Inglanol, espanglés, bastard Spanish, Pachuco slang, pocho and many others, have been terms utilized for long time almost as a…
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The Mestizo Tongue
Hay muchas variaciones: Cubonics, Dominicanish, Nuyorrican, Pachuco, Tex-Mex, etc. But la radio, la TV, and the Internet are shaping a…
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