“I'm just a guy who was predisposed to be a cartoonist, who happened to make it through all the bullshit that comes with being poor and brown (from an interview in the book Attitude, 2002)” PovertyLatinoCartoonist Author:Lalo Alcaraz
“Why can't bilingualism be seen as an extra resource? Is it because kids who can think in two languages are smarter? (from the book Attitude, 2002)” EducationLearningLatinoCartoonistBilingualBilingualism Author:Lalo Alcaraz
“In college I was an editorial cartoonist for my school paper, The Daily Aztec...I did straight, news-oriented editorial cartoons. Occasionally, my Chicano background snuck in to the toons simply because I might do a César Chavez toon about how the School Student Board was too stupidly racist to allow him to speak on campus or other anti-frat toons on how they were so racist in doing fund-raisers for Tijuana kid charities--dressed in sombreros and begging with tin cups (from an interview in the book Attitude, 2002)” RacismLatinoCartoonistCultural AppropriationLatinxPolitical CartoonsCesar ChavezFraternitiesSan Diego State University Author:Lalo Alcaraz