Should National Origin Be Added To Census Forms?
Should National Origin Be Added To Census Forms?
I’m all for shaking up the snow globe, kicking up some dust, creating some chaos. Sure, it makes things a little messy for the moment, but thing’s always get messy […]
Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit
Who would have thought it? This is the lead paragraph of an Associated Press story that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times: She was just a regular kid. Now, the dress […]
Is “Bootstrapping” the Same As Personal Responsibility?
By Reyna Jacqueline Peña, Gozamos In a recent blog piece, I reflected on my upbringing in Little Village and my beliefs regarding some of the factors that contribute to violence in the community. I […]
America’s War With Aliens And Their Families
By Hector Luis Alamo, Being Latino In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in […]
Eating Together with Chef Aaron Sanchez (meet and greet event)
Not everyday you wake up and head to an event in one of the most amazing places in NYC: Tribeca, to meet a celebrity chef and ask all the questions […]
What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?
For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]
Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?
By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]
Nebraska Grapples With Unborn Undocumented Immigrants
Let’s see if we can help the lawmakers in the state of Nebraska figure this one out. A person is undocumented if they came to this country with no legal […]
Self Awareness Reveals Not So Subtle Stereotypes
I imagine that most minorities who are self-aware have the occasional, or perhaps even perpetual, underlying fear of fulfilling racial stereotypes. It’s an anxiety that I’m still trying to unpack. […]
Latinos And Their Views Of Identity
(Editor’s note: This is a verbatim, just released, press release by the Pew Hispanic Center. I thought it was pertinent to make it available to the NewsTaco community. I’ll be ruminating on […]