Palaaaabraaa, foo! Myths are cool and shi, ese!
For this week's assignment, we had to turn in our finalized individual myth websites. Mine started with a concept that was not very full of information and so I thought, "is this a fundamental question people are asking?" The topic I first chose was about the Latina Valley Girl and while I do have information on it, it would have been mostly anecdotal. That's when I thought, "who is the blueprint?" "who is the reason every Latina girl I know from the barrios around LA and the San Fernando Valley have that same sing-songy accent and use Spanglish in the same sentence?" Cholas came to mind. Despite their namesake, cholas aren't just characterized by the gang violence that is rampant in their communities; they are, like I said, the blue print. Chola women, the descendants of Pachucas, have been the type of Chicanas who never take crap from anyone. They refuse to acquiesce power to the macho men in their life and they refuse to assimilate to the be...
