Note: A famous chican@ poem by Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales

Source:http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/latinos/joaquin.htm

I Am Joaquin

by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales

Yo soy Joaquín,
perdido en un mundo de confusión:
I am Joaquín, lost in a world of confusion,
caught up in the whirl of a gringo society,
confused by the rules, scorned by attitudes,
suppressed by manipulation, and destroyed by modern society. More >