I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?
*Hispanic of Latino? It helps to know where the terms come from. There’s a general agreement that both terms are imposed, not chosen, and that opens the door for the […]
5 Hispanics in the TIME ’100 most influential people’
*There’s so much to take apart here. TIME always generates controversy with it’s influentials lists, but the keys are TIME’s definition of “influential” and understanding the motive for the list: […]
Don’t ‘Es-stress’ Over Spanglish, Say Some Scholars
*“In un placete de la Mancha of which nombre no quiero remembrearme.” A Spanglish translation of Don Quixote is due to be published in 2015. I can’t wait. Meanwhile, a group […]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 87
By Chris Kraul and Anne-Marie O’Connor, Los Angeles Times Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years of Solitude” enchanted millions of readers around the world and […]