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In the Heights, Junot Díaz Speaks to an Audience That ‘Islandborn’ Was Written For Given the chance to ask Díaz about his book, the children in attendance were most eager to talk about the source of those painful memories, the “monster” that ruled the island for 30 years. “Does the monster live in the …
Mattel Blocked From Selling Frida Kahlo Barbie in Mexico. Barbie. Barbara Millicent Roberts came onto the scene in 1959 and has since become an icon. Numerous celebrities have had their own barbies made into their image so I can understand why Mattel would want to make a Barbie modeled after Frida Kahlo...But... I also understand …
Los Tigres Del Norte Are First Major Latino Artists to Play Folsom Prison Since Johnny Cash in 1968! Folsom Prison is best known for having the late great Johnny Cash perform there in 1968. I myself am more familiar with Johnny Cash than Los Tigres but I am aware that they are very popular! Univision taped …
“Cure the mind to cure the spirit” Something I found interesting is that Nahuatl is the most widely spoken indigenous language in New York. Just the numbers in the metropolitan area are in the thousands. Irwin Sánchez, a Nahuatl speaker originally from La Resurrección, Puebla, works as a sous chef six days of the week and teaches …
“Good people don’t smoke marijuana.”- Jeff Sessions, 2016 Marijuana – the Spanish name for the plant. Many in legal U.S. markets have tried to move away from this term, because of its association with the illegal drug trade, and instead use cannabis The Federal Marijuana Ban Is Rooted in Myth and Xenophobia Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding "No Meat" For some reason eating meat in a Latino family is a MUST. You can't be Latino and NOT eat meat. It's unheard of! But, not all food that our Abuela's make would be considered healthy. Tasty? Sure. Healthy? Probably not. The amount of salt is what really does …
"The rape excluded me from manhood, from love, from everything." Junot Díaz is not a writer I am really familiar with. I know some of my friends are taking Professor Chetty's senior seminar class on Junot's works and that they love it but I don't really know his works or know much about him. Just today …
It looks like another 90s classic is coming back to our TVs! Only this time it's in the form of a reboot! Yup, that's right Party of Five is coming back with a twist for the modern era. It seems that the reboot will focus on a Mexican-American family who will be dealing with the …
"The system is broken" Recently on Last Week Tonight host John Oliver hilariously slammed U.S. Immigration Court judges for somehow entertaining the idea of toddlers defending themselves. "Death penalty cases in a traffic court setting" As John Oliver stated it isn't right that a teenager is scared to be deported with the knowledge that she and her …
Miles Morales. The Afro-Latino Spider-Man who is finally getting his time in the spotlight. If you don't know about him then you might have missed the little Easter egg in Spider-Man: Homecoming which showed his uncle The Prowler played by Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover. It seems that Sony Pictures got the message for everyone wanting …
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