It has taken me a couple of days to try and put these thoughts to paper not because your passing had no effect but because I am still trying to grasp the fact that you have left us. Many of you already know that the water wars wage on everywhere – from the pueblos in
Author: La Academica
Yeah you know what I’m talking about or maybe you don’t. What I’m referring to is this trend in which it is now the norm to Google the people we encounter on a daily basis. WTF. Yes that’s exactly what I said when I first learned of this practice but apparently it’s completely ok and
Do I look like I belong to the Tuesday Club?! Apparently yes. Ross used to be my favorite store but not any more people. No way! I don’t think I’m in denial about my age (ok maybe a little) but can’t that chamaka at the register tell the difference between a barely over 40 year
Whiteification: the process whereby a person of color gradually assumes the personality and demeanor of white folk; to the extent that the person of color can no longer be ideologically distinguishable from a white person. Can be used as a verb as in “That Mexicana sellout is completely whiteified.” Whiteification usually occurs over time and
How many times will we be at the brunt end of the white feminist liberal do-gooders? I don’t see color, I see people. I empathize with you. I understand. Serious? You understand nothing. You continuously undermine and disrespect me. You use your swift and skewed semantic moves against us. When will you be forced to
In their god damned suits, the institutional mafia. Poised to disempower the already powerless. Do you really think for a second that they give a rat’s ass about us? Do you think they lose sleep thinking about our misfortunes? Our struggles? Our complaints? Our pleas? F… no. We don’t even exist unless we remind them
APD protestors taking over City Council. Students statewide mobilizing to demand accountability and transparency from administration. Rallies to stop the deportations. And so many other uprisings and events that are happening across the land of enchantment. So many that the media chooses not to cover but we know exist. Can you blame the people? Those
“This is my first year at UNM and honestly I don’t know how much longer I’ll be here.” “My little sister will be starting UNM this Fall and will most likely have to take out a student loan, she’s only 18.” “I might have to drop out. I don’t know if I can help my
