News Taco To Go: “Latinos”, Ceviche, Obama And Lesbians

News Taco To Go: “Latinos”, Ceviche, Obama And Lesbians

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

Note To The LA Times: I’m A Mexican Genius Ceviche A La Mexicana Obama Admin Makes Secure Communities Mandatory Latina Lesbians Deal With Racism, Homophobia And More

Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins

Mary Mata August 8, 2011

By William “Memo” Nericcio Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious is a traveling stereotype (freak show/art exhibit) based on the work of William “Memo” Nericcio and […]

Note To LA Times: I’m A “Tejano Genius”

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Here’s some navel-gazing to start off your week: How do you self-identify? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican…? In the interest of full disclosure I’ll admit that I’ve long lost interest […]

The $1 Theater Sets The Stage For Family Memories

Mary Mata August 5, 2011

I grew up watching movies. My dad is a hard core movie buff, and since he usually got to pick the movies, right from the time I was a kid […]

Minorities Dream, Work Hard With Different Outcomes

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If you’ve ever wondered, what is this world coming to? Check out my neighborhood. It’s a model of new residential integration. My neighbors to the right are ethnic-Palestinian, from Jordan. […]

Culture On A T-Shirt & Other Ways Latinos Assimilate

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

This just in: new arrivals in the U.S. are not generally welcomed with open arms.  Benjamin Franklin initially opposed German immigrants, because of fears that they would not assimilate.  (He used […]

U.S. Archbishop: American Roots Are Also Hispanic, Catholic

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Preach it brother!…I mean, father, your Excellency, Sir. I get carried away when I read stuff like this, written by Archbishop Jose Gomez, of Los Angeles: When we forget our country’s […]

Sarcasm As Self-Defense Against Racism, Sexism

Mary Mata August 3, 2011

Growing up in Cicero, Illinois was not easy. Not only was my first neighborhood full of prostitutes, gangs, and all sorts of other hooligans and degenerates, I was a complete […]

How Do We Define Machismo?

Mary Mata

Machismo, in my life, reminds me of songs like José Alfredo Jiménez’s “Mi Palabra es la Ley.” That paves the way to manliness. Boys will be boys, you know. So […]

Marvel Comics Unveils Latino Spider-Man

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None of us was surprised when Quique, arguably the most gullible of our little band of street urchins, jumped off the roof of his house with a towel tied around his neck, draping down […]