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Amazing post ... and I know exactly what you mean. You can study immigration all throughout college, you can read every literary work on immigration and exodus out there. But nothing can prepare your for realizing the experience first hand. Especially Mexico to US immigration because to succeed in the US, culturally Mexicans have to leave so much behind. I don't know if you experienced this at all, but I've come across a lot of Mexicans who feel a lot of resentment towards Chican@s (o "Poch@s") for not maintaining Mexican traditions and values in the US or not even speaking Spanish. And at times I can understand the frustration. Though I'm the last person to judge, I often wish that more Chican@s would take that trip south like you are doing now to discover their "roots" and rebuild a stronger bridge between to the two countries, two societies, two cultures.
[2004-08-26 02:08:47]

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