Here’s the thing, Mexicans have an amazing sense of humor about being Mexican.
All I see here is one of us as a Superhero.
My nerd brain doesn’t care about context. I just like standing alongside Batman and Robin. As an equal.
Besides BatLuis is smart enough to trick Batman! Treacherous?
More like a ridiculous intellectual!
BatLuis is just that 8‑year-old girl they just found in Mexico that has a higher IQ than Einstein.
Also, we claim Dick Grayson as our own.
Lets see:
The Graysons? Obvious pseudonym. More like the Garcias.
Ricardo Garcia works with his family performing a dangerous job, ignoring child labor laws
His family is killed due to the unsafe workplace conditions of said job
Loose ties to organized crime through family or friends
Adopted by a well meaning White man and taught a worldview that reframed his trauma.
Really, just swap out vigilantism for Mormanism, Protestantism, or Academia and it fits.
Why the humor? It helps to frame the hard work of being in a new place and never quite fitting in.
Everyone laughs right?
But BatLuis laughs last.
—louis hernandez
Flommist Louis Herdandez is obsessed with going Bauhaus and becoming The Machine. Preferably a drill press. Copyright © 2019 Louis Hernandez.
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