La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for February 14, 2015

Finely Lalo said something positive.

The economic difference between Mexican American and Americans is education starting with kindergarten.

When my parents and my mother family immigrated legally and penny less from Mexico to the USA all the kids went to high school except one that stayed in Mexico and my mother who finished high school in Mexico.

It was difficult feeding and schooling a large family during the depression but they had the advantage of not being told constantly that they we disadvantaged and had no chance in this country.

All my numerous cousins started in kindergartner. More that have have bachelors or higher educations including two PhD’s and one MD.

How, very simple, we elected not to become a wards of the state through welfare and did not listen to the liberals telling us that we were second class citizens.

On the negative side for Lalo, as we of Mexican heritage become better educated we tend towards the Republican thinking.

Maybe Lalo should encourage more people of Mexican heritage to become wards of the states. This will keep them on the Democratic side except most of them do not vote.

I’m confused. That would be arborio rice pudding, right? And arborio rice is grown in Italy – so how does that attach to Latino children?

@spyderred Rice pudding is very popular in Mexico, but he is talking about horchata , so I suppose is some kind of rice flour pudding, not so different from pudding or atole made with cornstarch. Just add some cinnamon and there you are. But I have never heard of it called that way. Must be an american or southern Mexican product.

@cepa Legally and penny less in the same sentence? How old are you? The only depression oficially called that was in the 30´s. Anyway, that would explain that you could immigrate “pennyless” to the USA. Nowadays an immigration permit is pretty much like a loan: you need to prove you don´t need it to get one.

Nailer, In am 83. I am not sure of the date they came. For reasons I do not understand neither side told me may details. My parents marriage certificate say they were married in Ajo Arizona in 1927.

My grandfather on my mothers side worked in the mines in Ajo until the family moved to Tucson where I was born in 1931.

They traveled from Caborca through Altar and crossed the border at Sasabe.

Crossing the border was very informal then. I do not know any of the details except that we crossed may times through the Sasabe border when we were living in Caborca.

By penniless I mean my father and grandfather had to work in mining when they arrived. It must have been tough then but it got them to Tucson.

I lived in my great grandmothers house in Caborca It had no electric or running water. I guess that means poor but poor not in our culture