Word: chicanos
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...speaks from his dead grandparents' house, where he contemplates the "strewn shards of [his] identity." The racial and cultural identity of this journalist of Salvadoran ancestry proves as multi-faceted as the city in which he grew up. Memories of Watergate and the Flintstones figure alongside stories of the Chicano movement and assassinated Salvadoran friends in this personal history...
Most members believe that gangs will survive no matter what law enforcement does. Joseph ("Downer") Cardenas, 16, a member of a South Central Chicano gang, was charged last week with felony assault with a shotgun. (He has denied the charge.) He recently asked his 11-year-old brother whether he wanted to be a gang banger. He was happy to hear the boy say no. Yet the chances are better than even that the youngster will follow in Joseph's footsteps. Joseph didn't want to be a gang banger either, but he followed the path paved by another Cardenas...
...BORDER BETWEEN TWO CULTURES can be a barren place. But for LOS LOBOS, a scrappy garage band born 18 years ago in the Chicano barrio of East Los Angeles, the gap between American music and its Mexican roots has been inspirational. The band reached a commercial apex with 1987's La Bamba, an international hit that was elevated beyond pop predictability by its intricate acoustic coda. That flourish of integrity was no fluke. Los Lobos' new album, Kiko, blends rock, jazz and Mexican folk styles with authority and panache; David Hidalgo's lambent vocals transport songs about hardship and redemption...
Panel discussions on "Latino empowerment" and on Chicano graduate students, a dinner and a dance are among the events scheduled for future weekends...
...events include a poetry reading, lectures and workshops led by prominent Latinos from the media, the public sector, government and academia, according to Veronica Rosales '94, president of the Chicano organization Raza...