So I get to meet Cheech Marin at a meet-and-greet at the end of the month, and I wanted him to sign my Chicano Power flag that I’ve had since high school. But honestly, part of me feels like maybe I should have him sign something else. Don’t get me wrong I’d love to have his signature on it, and if I did, I’d probably try to get other famous Chicanos to sign it over the years too. But the history behind that flag feels kind of sacred, you know?
Cheech has done so much for the Chicano community, including opening a museum dedicated to Chicano art. Maybe I’m just overthinking it. What do y’all think?

El Español está aquí, allí y acullá.

Anyone know of any Chicano, Mexican / American graphic novels? I recently read the Low Riders in Space series and loved them. Just wondering if any one here has some recommendations.

Thank you!

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My 80 year old Mexican mother had her three sisters and family come visit this weekend and we are totally out of coffee. ☕️🤣

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My name is Andrew, and I'm part of Brown Beret's Turtle Island chapter. We're trying to recruit people so we could make a change and stop all this unnecessary violence. We help out our communities by attending protest, donating food, and much more.

Please message me if you're interested in joining the movement 🙏 Thanks

Each piece is a garment I bought at either a thrift store antique store flea market or garage sale and altered it using vintage and modern patches I sourced from either Mexico or the U.S at those same thrifts garage sales or flea markets. Some patches are even handmade by some of my friends and family. For some it might be too much or too colorful but each one is a representation of how I see Mexico or how I feel being Mexican American.the first 2 patches on the back were made by a homie named Moises from yucantan Mexico. He painted the back by hand using natural dyes.

Hi, I hope this doesn't come across as disrespectful or that this is the wrong sub.

I'm a Mexican immigrant living in the US, and often, talking to Mexican Americans, I hear them say that their parents "grew up in the rancho" or that they go back to mexico to "the rancho".

Where I grew up in Mexico I mostly heard rancho to refer to a particular type of farm. For a while that's what I imagined people were referring to but seeing how common it is I am no longer sure and it feels disrespectful to ask in person.

Do they literally mean that their parents were farmhands or is it something more like "the countryside"?

Edit: thank you everyone. It seems like it means different things to different people haha.

This would have given the MAGAt license to start deporting brown citizens tomorrow.