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“You ain’t a real Mexican” or ..

Ruben Mauricio
Feb 22, 2021

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Why Being Born a Half-Polish-Half-Mexican in 1960’s Detroit is some serious shit, man !

Being raised in a mainly Mexican neighborhood with a dark brown Dad and a very white Mom makes for some good neighborhood gossip or at least contributes to some widespread cultural confusion among the locals. .

Everyone wants to be the one who figures you out, right? Like they cracked the code on your identity.

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Ruben Mauricio
Ruben Mauricio

Written by Ruben Mauricio

My dreams persist, therfore I ponder: writing my first opera, !Respiro!, finding lost relatives in Warsaw,opening my Mexican-Polish bakery in Detroit.

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