VL-IV 1: The Cucumber Lounge, pgs 9/10

[David Morris]

I don't think there's any mismatch in Pynchon giving us a Mexican
lawman.  There are plenty of them in Mexico, and they aren't exactly
good guys to their own.  There are plenty of right-wing Hispanics in
the US.   And who invented the word "macho?"

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> My boss for 12 years,  Hector Villacana,  was a highly decorated Mexican Vietnam era drill sergeant turned elementary school principal.   He was rude and crude but he got the job done and we have remarkable test scores to show for it.  But he was also totally misogynist,  pro-UFW and also very Hawkish on the Vietnam war and anti-hippie.