A Chicano In Paris

A Chicano In Paris

Be An Uppercase

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Rudy Martinez
Feb 06, 2026
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I’m angry.

I know that isn’t surprising considering the state of the U.S. these days, but I need to get it off my chest all the same. We have a racist Administration running what, in my opinion, amounts to a state sponsored domestic terrorist organization in ICE. They’ve killed scores of people already, locked up thousands without due process, and deported U.S. citizens. Because ‘fuck brown people’ is this administrations only real platform.

It’s like the Constitution isn’t worth much more than the paper it was hand written on.

The part that makes me the most angry?

Motherfucking lowercase l latinos.

“But Rudy, you’re a Chicano, no?”

I am. Uppercase. And I will never simp for ICE.

Betrayal from within has been happening since 1492 so this is nothing new. Except it’s not quite so simple as that.

Two days ago someone shared a post that soon (no specific timeframe) ICE will be majority lowercase latinx. My dumbass commented that the Mexica have been doing this since 1492.

Fucking moron.

I kn…

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