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  1. Apr 2022
    1. Caló is also the name of a Spanish Romani (Gypsy) dialect. When these speakers came over during the colonization of Mexico, they brought their version of Caló. The dialect eventually mixed with indigenous languages and was brought to the other side of the border, to today’s Southwest, where it was mixed with English.

      Do more research about Caló.

    1. At the heart of this story lies an unsolved murder. On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: zoot-suits.

      These events are exactly the same in the Play by Valdez.

      Do further research about this case.

    1. In 1996, Martinez sexually assaulted several women, me included, and his final victim helped police capture him.

      I was able to find other articles that mention the criminal record of Tommy Jesse Martinez.

    1. Select some relevant text. Right-click or Cmd-click to search Google When you get to Google don’t stop, click the “News” tab to get a more curated feed Read and scan. Investigate more as necessary.

      Wow! This is actually the most efficient way to verify a source. I will start using these steps for all the information I encounter on the web.

    2. More people than you would think believe that the blue checkmark = trustworthy. But all the blue checkmark really does is say that the person is who they say they are, that they are the person of that name and not an imposter.

      I must confess I often assume that the blue checkmark means I can trust the source.