Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 Page: 22
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a2 WHAT'S THE POINT? WHY THE FOLK COME IN THE FIRST PLACE
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cold December in 1912. The die thus was cast early that I would
value and embrace being "Mexican-American." But if the truth be
known, whenever I have to check that ethnicity box on anything set
before me, I check Hispanic, both for my maternal genetic roots
and the cultural environment that has shaped who I am.
My upbringing was not the norm for a child living in El Paso,
for I was not raised Roman Catholic but rather Southern Baptist, a
member of the First Mexican Baptist Church, which sat a few
blocks from the river on the American side. While the girls I
attended school with went to Catechism and Confirmation classes
at nearby St. Xavier's, I was going through all the steps to be
crowned Reina Regente en Servicio ("Queen Regent-in-Service") in
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