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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING VIA WETBACK JOKES

1. LANGUAGE
CURSE WORDS, GREASERS, AND LECHEROUS WHISTLES

2. CULTURA
CHICKENS, DWARVES, AND THE SOCCER-OSAMA CONNECTION

3. SEXO
DIRTY SÁNCHEZ, JUANGAS, AND INDOMITABLE SPERM

4. INMIGRACIÓN
MORE, MORE, AND MORE

5. MUSIC
MORRISSEY, MELODICAS, AND AY YI YI YIS

6. FOOD
TAMALES, HOT SAUCE, AND TESTICULAR AVOCADOS

7. ETHNIC RELATIONS
CHINITOS, NEGRITOS, GABACHOS, AND WABS

8. FASHION
FAKE BLONDES, MUSTACHES, AND SWIMMING WITH JEANS

9. WORK
ORANGES, DAY LABORERS, AND LAZY KENTUCKIANS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS