Societal Suicide

Julián Segura Camacho is a Lecturer in Chicano Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds M.A.'s in Latin American Studies and Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and is the author of the Chicano Treatise from the University Press of America.

As a native Angelino, Julian Camacho is not afraid to shine light on the current political and social issues affecting Mexicans north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on his life experience, Camacho dares to analyze and criticize the negative factors that continue to hinder Mexicans in the United States. Camacho's work reveals how discrimination and repression continue to affect Mexicans in Los Angeles. Camacho's dark picture of what the future holds will provoke readers to question their own identity and agency in America.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1. AdobeChapter 3 2. La SiestaChapter 4 3. My Father's Construction BootsChapter 5 4. BasketballChapter 6 5. The Coca Cola PatchChapter 7 6. The BedroomChapter 8 7. RoommatesChapter 9 8. Louie's White Monte CarloChapter 10 9. My Mother Will Never Own a HomeChapter 11 10. Why My Brother Will Never Own a HomeChapter 12 11. Birkenstocks Are Fancy HuarachesChapter 13 12. Mother's Day, May 10thChapter 14 13. PericosChapter 15 14. BullfightsChapter 16 15. Peleas de Gallos (Cockfighting)Chapter 17 16. Reuben de JesúsChapter 18 17. A Day Crossing the BorderChapter 19 18. Acting NamesChapter 20 19. Tengo CocoChapter 21 20. Miami, ArizonaChapter 22 21. Brandon y BeboPart 23 Acknowledgements