Latino MLB Players: Few Starting Pitchers Or In Commercials

Latino MLB Players: Few Starting Pitchers Or In Commercials

NewsTaco July 18, 2011

So there was no boycott after all, no commerce-affecting protest, no fan movement, no player statement (at least none that pierced the media bubble). The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star […]

Latinos Are “Mixed,” Too

Mary Mata July 14, 2011

Most times, Americans don’t think of Latinos as being mixed or multicultural, but in reality Latinos are leaders of multiculturalism and mixed families.  Start off with the fact that most […]

What, Exactly, Is A Pocho?

NewsTaco

Pocho used to be defined by what it wasn’t. But that was a long time ago. I bring it up as an answer to a question posed by one of […]

Latino Artists Re-Do Opera “Carmen” In 1989 San Antonio

Mary Mata July 13, 2011

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from ColectivaSA.] ColectivaSA is proud to present this new Latino Musical written by nationally recognized and award winning poet and performer Amalia […]

Bien Hecho: Arturo Schomburg Gave Voice to Afro-Latinos

Mary Mata July 12, 2011

By Efrain Nieves Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and […]

If You Speak Spanish In The U.S., Thank A Pocho

NewsTaco

Que desgracia que haya Latinos en este país que no hablen español. It’s a shame that there are Latinos in this country that don’t speak Spanish. I think it was […]

Latinos Increasingly Identifying As Indians

Mary Mata July 8, 2011

¿Eres indio? That seems to be the question on the minds of many Latinos these days, if a recent New York Times article is to be believed. The gist of […]

For Many Latinos, Biculturalism Is Key

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from Horowitz Associates Market and Multicultural Research] Many U.S. Hispanics feel culturally connected to both their U.S. and Latino identities, according to […]

Book Review: “Down & Delirious In Mexico City”

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

And today, an interesting discussion about Daniel Hernández’s “Down & Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty First Century,” which in Adolfo Guzmán-Lopez’s estimation is a “pull-you-by-the-hand-otherwise-you’ll-get-swallowed-by-the-mosh-pit account […]

Fashion Don’ts: Don’t Wear That!

Mary Mata

This week’s post is devoted to the fashion trends I find 1) most entertaining, and 2) most hideous. As a quasi-expert with no real qualifications, I realize I have absolutely […]