The Selena Museum in Corpus Christi is a shrine to the famed singer Selena, the pride of Tejas.
I was there Wednesday, and it evoked many memories of a brilliant career cut short.
Mas…Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum: Memories and a surprise (photos)
bidi bidi bom bom
Dancing with Selena, memories of childhood, and pepperoni pizza
Three hours into Selena night at the Regent in downtown Los Angeles, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom starts playing.
I feel this deep, animal sense of belonging.
This is my song and I need to be on stage. I claw my way up to the stage and slip in a puddle of what is maybe human sweat.
The hands of my fellow Selena enthusiasts pull me up.
We do what we came here to do: we dance.
Mas…Dancing with Selena, memories of childhood, and pepperoni pizza
How gringas, gringos, gabachas y gabachos can pass as poch@s
If there’s one thing I’m pretty experienced at, it’s navigating between Gringolandia and Mi Raza.
“Osea,” being pocho.
As the racial landscape of our country darkens, for the better, and Latinos become the majority, proving your pocho-ness will become a valuable skill for all gringos, whether Trump likes it or not.
Follow these three simple steps next time you need to pass as pocho.
Studies have shown the more pocho you are, the easier it is to get into law school, get that promotion or land that Hollywood role of a lifetime.
Mas…How gringas, gringos, gabachas y gabachos can pass as poch@s