Dagoberto Gilb, writer and essayist: ‘To Americans, Chicano culture doesn’t exist’

Dagoberto Gilb, writer and essayist: ‘To Americans, Chicano culture doesn’t exist’

A full 75 years after being born in the United States, Dagoberto Gilb is still seen as an exotic man, while in Mexico, he’s just another gringo. The latter doesn’t bother him: he understands where it comes from, as he barely speaks Spanish and has lived practically his entire life north of the border. The former, on the other hand, gets on his nerves, but he accepts it with the resignation of someone who knows in advance that they’re on the losi…