Zócalo in Chicago: What Assimilation Means Today
Hailing from a mixed Mexican and American family, best-selling author Luis Alberto Urrea proclaimed, “In Mexico, we too are the melting pot.” Urrea’s grandmother was named Guadalupe Murray. His uncle was called Carlos Hubbard. His mother was from Staten Island, and moved to Tijuana with his father, who hailed from Rosario, Sinaloa, and gave his son his blue eyes. Urrea was the keynote speakers at Zócalo’s conference in Chicago, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation, What Does Immigrant Integration Mean Now? Urrea began the afternoon’s discussions by elaborating on his …
