you don t know this lingo, you don t know this pronunciation, but yeah you should know spanish better. yeah, but that s what i ve learned. this has been an age old thing where everyone is trying to out-chicano each other and that i shouldn t feel that bad about it. what s that expression for a bad chicano? pocho. pocho. is there a literal translation there? rotting. so if you say pocho, you re basically saying you re a rotting mexican. you re completely fake, you ve lost all your culture, therefore you should be hated. that s harsh. i know. when you hear like about rounding up mexicans left and right and sending them off to camps and putting them across the border scary, angry? i actually think it s good. i think latinos need this to rally together to excite the world needs aliens to land and we ll actually come together. is there anybody who could rally all mexicans, you know? like a spokesperson, yeah. like a mexican reagan. the last big leader was cesar c
i thought i was going to arrest the bad guys. i never thought i would become a bad guy myself. did you become a bad guy? oh, i did, yes. how bad? i became very aggressive, beating people, losing control, and using excessive force when there wasn t really any need for me to do that. i mean, i worked the most infamous police station ever known. it was called rampart. won best picture for denzel washington for his portrayal of this really bad police officer. i m the police! i run [bleep] here! you just live here. was that an understatement? were there cops that bad? yes, there were. yes, there were. i was one of them. the problem was very systemic. we don t have so much that problem anymore.
alex: to quote nietzsche, those who chase monsters need to be careful that they don t become monsters. i thought i was going to arrest the bad guys. i never thought i would become a bad guy myself. anthony: did you become a bad guy? alex: oh, i did, yes. anthony: how bad? alex: i became very aggressive, and beating people, losing control, and using excessive force when there wasn t really any need for me to do that. i mean, i worked the most infamous police station ever known. it was called rampart. won best picture for denzel washington for his portrayal of this really bad police officer. denzel: i m the police. i run shit here. you just live here. anthony: was that an understatement? were there cops that bad? alex: yes, there were. yes, there were. i was one of them. the problem was very systemic. we don t have so much that problem anymore. it does happen. anthony: this is not a nature of the job, when you re asked to everyday go in and look at
how s your spanish? not so good? al madrigal: my spanish is horrible. i ve always been given a hard time about my spanish. gustavo: and that s okay. every mexican in history has always given shit to another mexican about their spanish. you don t know this lingo, you don t know this pronunciation, but, yeah, you should know spanish better. al madrigal: well, that s what i learned. this has been an age-old thing where everyone is trying to out-chicano each other and that i shouldn t feel that bad about it. anthony: what s that expression for a bad chicano? al madrigal: pocho. anthony: is there a literal translation there? gustavo: rotting. so if you say pocho, you re basically saying you re a rotting mexican, you re completely fake, you ve lost all your culture. therefore, you should be hated. anthony: that s harsh. gustavo: i know. anthony: when you hear, like, about rounding up mexicans left and right and sending them off to camps and putting them across the borde
spice at the end. i love it. anthony: you re, by your own admission, you re a sorry excuse for a mexican. how s your spanish? not so good? al madrigal: my spanish is horrible. i ve always been given a hard time about my spanish. gustavo: and that s okay. every mexican in history has always given shit to another mexican about their spanish. you don t know this lingo, you don t know this pronunciation, but, yeah, you should know spanish better. al madrigal: well, that s what i learned. this has been an age-old thing where everyone is trying to out-chicano each other and that i shouldn t feel that bad about it. anthony: what s that expression for a bad chicano? al madrigal: pocho. anthony: is there a literal translation there? gustavo: rotting. so if you say pocho, you re basically saying you re a rotting mexican, you re completely fake, you ve lost all your culture. therefore, you should be hated. anthony: that s harsh. gustavo: i know. anthony: when you hear, lik