Is there a lesson in responsibility to be shared here? Dear Gabacho: Because Mexicans all get free benefits, welfare, subsidized housing and health care—don't you pay attention to Lou Dobbs?
Of course there are homeless Mexicans and panhandlers, and I'm sure more than a couple such chinitos and Mohammedans. But you're correcto to question the seeming lack of Mexicans living on sidewalks or asking for your spare change.
The The Encyclopedia of Homelessness refers to this phenomenon as the "Latino paradox. He noted researchers have frequently attributed such a contradiction to perceived cultural traits—you know, how Mexicans are all about la familia and comunidad , and that we don't let raza fall so far down the socioeconomic scale like gabachos do to their own—but argues such theories "do not adequately explain" it and warns increased assimilation means Mexis will become more like gabachos —ergo, more Hispanic homeless.
But don't be a carajo , Bring Back—if you see a homeless person, call your local Catholic Worker. A packed house had a bueno old time as I shared stories, read my favorite columns and stole white women from their esposos.
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