It's all frustrating and sad, but the call out to the numerous crosses in the desert near the US-Mexico border is especially devastating when you've heard about those crosses before in your life. I am so thankful they did that because I know far too many people who, like Juanito's children in this song, have shed their culture and language and have trouble empathizing or even communicating with their adult, Spanish-speaking parents. Fortunately for me, my family taught me Spanish first and made sure to always remind me and my siblings/cousins that we were Mexican-Americans, but Mexican first and to never lose that part of our heritage. This song hits harder and hurts more because of the current climate we live in, and coming from a family where both of my parents were raised in Mexico and my maternal grandfather told us he crossed illegally by hitching on to the bottom of a train this feels all too familiar.
Stephen Eisermann: A terrific Norteño track detailing the life of a man who crossed illegally and his life through his eyes. Its my hope that As the corridos that I grew up on, The ones of this generation spread that sense of “Animo” that years of corridos have carried. Not only that as time passes, but you also have newer generations coming out with corridos that serve as a way of passing on stories of this generation to the next.
They were stories that I remember but it wasn’t until I heard corridos such as “ Los Caminos de la vida” or “El corrido de Juanito” that I actually understood All those stories. All my life I grew up hearing stories about crossing the border from my mother, grandmother, practically all the adults. They’re a glimpse into a reality that as Chicanos we didn’t have to go through. These folk musicians and Folk songs are our chief cultural mythmakers, and they made our hard lives seem bearable.”(83) As a Chicano who grew up listening to corridos, I can say this is entirely true but It has become more than that in my opinion, Or at least to first-generation Chicanos.
As Anzaldua highlights “ The everpresent corridos narrate one hundred years of border history, bringing news of events as well as entertaining. Corridos can be a big creditor to the survival of cultural preservation when it comes to Chicanos and Mexicans.
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