It’s Time to Take Down Statues of Conquistadors
It’s Time to Take Down Statues of Conquistadors
Victor Landa October 3, 2017
In 2006, the city of El Paso financed the construction of a 36-foot statue of the infamous Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate riding his horse into battle. For some […]
‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics
NewsTaco July 13, 2015
*”Complicated” doesn’t begin to describe the nuanced self-identification of U.S. Latinos. Thirty four percent say they are of mixed race (mestizo, mulatto, given the choice), but some of them say […]
The Spanish Debates Over Native American Equality, Inclusion
Mary Mata September 8, 2011
By Richard G. Santos For the first half century after the first voyage of Cristobal Colón (aka Christopher Columbus), the Spanish Church and State deliberated the nature of the Native Americans. […]
