#WhatLatinoMeansToMe: This Is How Latinos In America Actually Identify
#WhatLatinoMeansToMe: This Is How Latinos In America Actually Identify
*There’s a back story here (there always is). I’m tapped-out with “Hispanic Heritage Month.” Every year, when September 15th comes around, marketers and media roll out their old ideas, dust […]
The Invention of Hispanics
*There is little that gets Taquistas (and Latinohispanicschicanosmexicanospuertoricanscubanosandonandon ) riled-up like the word “Hispanic” does. There is no consensus on the term, for or against, except for the fact that […]
A New World Of Expression: Latino Identity Through Music
By Felix Contreras, alt.latino It can get so busy at Alt.Latino that we hardly have a chance to put down our earbuds and notice the little things in life — like our […]
Indigenous Texans Want UN Support Against Border Fence
*This is important for many reasons, especially if you’re a border Latino. Many of the Chicanos of the Southwest are the present-day Apaches, Comanches, Lipanes, etc … It’s a matter […]
Why are Hispanics identifying as white?
*This is a very good commentary. A non-Latino tackles Latino “whiteness” but expands the conversation to all hyphenated racial and ethnic groups. A great line from the piece: ” … sometimes […]
Chicana/Latina Hair: A Discussion About Identity and Your Pelo Journey!
*This is why we need our storytellers, to point out the obvious in a beautiful way, because ordinarily we wouldn’t see it. VL By Amelia ML Montes, La Bloga What is […]
Latino: Use only when it’s politically convenient?
*Great question! This is what happens when the theory of identity runs into the reality of politics. What makes a Latino politician? Culture alone, or advocacy? It’s interesting to see […]
Latino Whiteness? They’re Asking the Wrong Question
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Here’s a fact: In the 2010 Census many Latinos, given the option, chose to identify as “white,” as opposed to black or Asian. Other Latinos chose to […]
‘Mexican,’ ‘Hispanic,’ ‘Latin American’ top list of race write-ins on the 2010 census
*Ever since the U.S. Census added an “origin” option to the “Hispanic” check-off box the question of Latino identity has become a matter of official government concern. It turns out […]
Latino, Hispanic, and a Yogi Berra Moment
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I had a classic Yogi Berra moment. NPR published a poll about Latino attitudes yesterday. And as these polls tend to do, it reverberated across the […]
