Pocho

Look at Shakur, who's only had one fight, while Ryan is already contemplating a third fight for this year.

So I am putting my faith and prayers in the boxing guys that they can deliver us this all-Mexican affair, whether you consider Ryan a Chicano or Pocho or whatever you want to call him.

He's Mexican, and the fan bases will be split on that night if this fight takes place.

But hopefully...

So I know Ignacio, our Caliban, kind of leans into this, uh, almost Chicano Mexican border Spanish, where there's a mix of sounds and consonants and crunchy words that sound slightly off, but they're pointing to a very specific community on the border.

So absolutely, I think language plays such a fun role, especially in a rumination as this one, where you are blending not just one monolithic culture, but also all the subcultures within them, uh, in terms of brujeria, in terms of Pocho Spanish and Chicano Spanish, uh, just sort of filling that space with all these different voices.

This anthology seems so timely in, in this political moment.

Uh, anti-immigrant movements and anti-DEI sentiment and thinking of everything from the current administration's focus on deportation to the tightening of borders.