latino heritage
José Celso Barbosa & The Statehood For Puerto Rico Movement
By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Often times we witness or read stories about individuals that were ahead of their era. The saying goes “inquisitive minds want to know” and, for […]
I’ll Never Understand Surprise At Stereotypes In The Movies
I remember when the groundbreaking film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” first came out, there was outrage. Lots of it, insisting that it was somehow a discredit to Latinos everywhere. Personally, I […]
Multitasking, Reduced Alzheimer’s, More Bilingualism Pluses
Being bilingual — really bilingual, where you constantly use both languages — has all kinds of positive benefits for people. The New York Times had a conversation with cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen […]
What Is It About Lotería That We All Love?
Recently I asked William “Memo” Nericcio, Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences program at San Diego State University and a Professor in English and Comparative Literature […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Works To Address Childhood Obesity
University of California at Davis Professor Adela de la Torre recently received a grant to help Latino kids in that state with obesity and related problems. She’s an agricultural economic and […]
Addressing Tension Between Between U.S., Island Puerto Ricans
[Editor’s Note: The following is a post from the National Institute for Latino Policy.] By Felipe Luciano Puerto Rico, let’s be perfectly frank with each other: we’re not getting along. Most […]
Why I Always Have To Make Everything About Race
As a Latina who not only was raised to be aware of these issues, but who’s studied in them in school and written about them professionally for several years, I […]
Shame In A Name: Why It Was Embarrassing To Speak Spanish
“Franciiiscoooo, eh,?” That was the way my former roommate pronounced my birth name with just enough mockery and disdain to let me know there was something wrong with it. “Uh, […]
Why I Hate Slurs
Can I be blunt for a minute? One of the biggest things about me that people just don’t get is my absolute disgust of slurs, racial or any other kind. I flat […]
Diversity Is A Privilege
I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Los Angeles and so many people from so many places. At the time, I thought it was normal to live next-door […]