Dear White People/Queridos Gringos: You Want Our Culture But You Don’t Want Us – Stop Colonizing The Day Of The Dead
Dear White People/Queridos Gringos: You Want Our Culture But You Don’t Want Us – Stop Colonizing The Day Of The Dead
*I’m not going to overload this space with posts about the cultural appropriation surrounding Día de Muertos. If you read NewsTaco you’ll understand why we only need to post one. […]
Death is a Party: El Día de Muertos
*Beautiful. Death is a verb, death is a she, death is life. VL By Brenda Storch, La Vitamina T “The Mexican is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, […]
Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween
*I know you know this. I’m posting it so that you can share it with your misinformed friends and family. It’s not “Mexican Halloween.” VL By Daniel Cubias, Huffingon Post […]
Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween
*I know, posting this here is a lot like preaching to the choir. But I do it so you can share this with folks who may not know the difference. […]
Day of the Dead growing in popularity in non-Latino community
*I’m not sure this is a good thing, at least not as it’s depicted in this article. Lucha Libre and a taco eating contest? I understand that culture is hybridized […]
Recipe: Pan de Muerto
*Here it is! From our friends at La Vitamina T. You’ve got a week or so to make it and perfect it. VL By Chef Aldo Saaverdra, La Vitamina T […]
5 Reasons Why ‘The Book of Life’ Is the Best Animated Movie of All Time, Ever
*What do you think, “best animated movie of all time?” VL By Pili Valdés, Remezcla By now, you know at least a little bit about The Book of Life. (If not, […]
What’s Up With Mexicans and Death? ~ A Review of Book of Life Movie
*Plan on catching this movie this weekend? Melanie Mendez Gonzalez has a great, very complete, review. VL Do you know what Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead is really […]
‘Book Of Life’ Animates The Day Of The Dead
*I’m looking forward to this. Premieres this Halloween. VL By Sandy Cohen, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is helping to open the “Book […]
We’re Slowly Making a Mockery of Day of the Dead …
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco My favorite place on Día de los Muertos is San Fernando Cemetery, in San Antonio, Texas. I find time to steal away, and I visit my […]