Coming to America

Mexicans are everywhere, even in Iowa. An article from ABC news reports a rise in Latinos in the Heartland. TKC is proof of this trend beginning about 31 years ago. Actually, I’m third generation on my mom’s side and my Dad’s side is comprised of the Mexicans that came along with Texas into the Union. They didn’t come to the United States, the U.S. came to them.

Still, I believe that my forefathers wanted to settle someplace that would expose them to the most extreme elements of every season, a place that would be rife with racial tension and bigotry as well as a stagnant economy that would be entrusted only to the government and the good ole boys network. So we ended up in Kansas City because Chicago would have been way too fucking cold.