An Emerging Entry In America’s Multiracial Vocabulary: ‘Blaxican’

An Emerging Entry In America’s Multiracial Vocabulary: ‘Blaxican’

NewsTaco March 15, 2016

*This isn’t the first time I hear the word, but it’s the first time I read about it . . . and it’s about time. Giving something a name is […]

‘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 […]

Latino Whiteness? They’re Asking the Wrong Question

NewsTaco May 22, 2014

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 […]