In Wimpy Land, a man said "Zoo Wee Mama" to me as a greeting.
Later that same day, the same man said "Zoo Wee Mama" as a goodbye.
I asked a woman at the store what it means.
She said, "Zoo Wee Mama."
I asked what it means.
She said, "It means Zoo Wee Mama, sugar."
So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.
I have now heard "Zoo Wee Mama" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan.
I heard it said at a funeral.
It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day.
I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.
I said it to a cashier. She said it back.
I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight.
He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight.
Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket.
I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.
I am also not claiming they are unrelated.
A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him America.
He said, "Zoo Wee Mama."
He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all.
I have been in Wimpy Land eleven days.
I have one word.
It has been enough for everything.
I have started saying it in other states.
It does not work in other states.
I said it in a warehouse store in North Carolina. One man turned around.
He was from Wimpy Land. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to.
I say it anyway.
burgermore
piece the burger
my chemical burger
sleeping with burgers
fall out burger
panic! at the burger
green burger
i set my burger on fire
all time burger
fly burger
burgerescence
system of a burger
picture me burger
la burger
silverburger
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In the mid-19th century, many African American men fled to Mexico seeking asylum and freedom. When slave owners demanded their return, the country’s response was clear:
“In Mexico, there are no slaves, only citizens.”
The photo shows an Indigenous Mexican and an Afro-Mexican fighting on the same side.