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By: mayachinchilla

mayachinchilla — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:03:08 +0000

I don’t think we’re at a place where our identity and experience in the US has a “post” yet. We’re still carving out Central Americans in the US post civil war/peace accord politics. I mean we got our first Central American Studies at CSUN a few years ago and there are classes being taught in some universities. I wrote a poem about 10 years ago already that got some play and got written about called Central American-American which was really all about how we don’t have a better term to describe our “point five” and second generation experience. It’s weird because now that term is being used to describe us and there’s a certain poetic irony in that. Well I’m off to have just this type of discussion with some college students so I’m sure they’ll tell me how they see things. I’ll let you know what they say cause they are the real experts.

By: yanez

yanez — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:45:33 +0000

For the record, as a Chicano I am also jealous of Central Americans being able to instinctively fry any food and have it taste delicious. I mean, any Chicano can make rice and beans, but mastering fried rice and beans is a gift only belonging Central Americans.

Maya, is there such a thing as a Post-Central American? Chicanos get all the juicy identity politics first.

By: mayachinchilla

mayachinchilla — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:21:50 +0000

the Chicanos are secretly and not so secretly jealous of our Centralamericaness. It’s okay. I’m jealous that they have a word to describe their hybrid identity without having use a word like Centralamericaness.

By: Mariela

Mariela — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:39:02 +0000

You’re just jealous cause you’re a Pocho! I love you.

By: yanez

yanez — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:37:00 +0000

Pues, porque you sound like a different person on the phone and it’s both fascinating and hilarious. One minute you’re Mariela Thumas MSW and the next you’re Mariela la del barrio. It’s actually hella cute when you code-switch from English to abrasive Central American. ¡Te amo!

By: Mariela

Mariela — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:29:55 +0000

I can feel her pain…you always do that to me when I’m talking to my mom on the phone. Why do you feel compelled to embarrasses me when I speak in my Nicoya accent.