No. 130/POESÍA CHICANA/LATINA |
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T.N.R (The Nueva Raza) |
Rosa Salazar |
UNIVERSIDAD DE COLORADO |
kid: hey mom, the white kids and the hispanic |
The nueva raza often does not look like raza. In most cases un compósito de razas, hair rubio con red- brown, freckles, lunares, pale skin that tans mejor que pensarías, esta muchacha no se quema en el sol. That’s more than you’d think that white-girl skin would tan. High cheekbones y hablamos con un vernacular of eeeeeeeeeee, tssssss and heybro. Quick hitch of the neck: the raza wave. By high school even the principal was doing it. Call us coyote if you want. A veces we talk Spanish but we casi siempre understand casi todo, and our accent? Nearly perfect. Watch us shock the ancianos who aren’t used to white people talking Spanish. The nueva raza is growing, unidos en la confusión. Messed up and knowing it. Willing to talk about it, say hey, know me. I’m two in one. Buy one, get one free. ¿Comprendes?
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