So, I am still reluctant to do this bloga and especially after there was drama over using chola identity on the net. Lo que pasa es que una gringa tonta was playing race by playing a chola - you might have seen her as la chola de Ask a Chola. I definitely agree that it is problematic to have a white woman "putting on brown face"", playing race, pretending to represent a woman she is not. The conversations in response to the uncovering of her identity brought up skin color among chicana/os. One chicana talked about how some of the responses were hurtful to her as a liminal type person, or light-skinned chicana.
Her response motivated me to talk about being "la guera" or a liminal chicana. I am thinking that this bloga might be a better place to explore la voz de la guera.
I have had many thoughts about my experiences being guera, guerita, guereja, guerota, la guera chula etc... but I have not felt that I could talk about them without sounding like someone with privilege whining - or like one of those whiny white girls who doesn't get it. So, lo aguante - I sucked it up and kept it to myself. However, I am deciding to come out and share my experience. I will take the chance of being messed up and needing to be put in check and at the same time make room for this voice. I think it is important for us as Chcanos/Mexicanos/Mestiza/os to flush this out and I don't want my daughter to get stuck agauantandolo.
So, while I wanted to do a fun blog as LAw CHOLA that would drop some legal knowledge to help keep our people from being deported and criminalized, I am gonna switch it up and talk about my experience being esa pinche guera.
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