“Give Chase” Is A Movie Where “Brown” People Are Just People

“Give Chase” Is A Movie Where “Brown” People Are Just People

Mary Mata March 26, 2012

Imagine being able to turn on the television, or walk into a movie theater, and seeing people living their fictional lives that look like you. What if Latinos, blacks, Asians […]

Are Latinos Going To Start “Passing” As White?

Mary Mata March 7, 2012

Now that it’s common knowledge that Latinos are the country’s burgeoning ethnic group, and given that this group routinely identifies as white on the Census, it begs the question as […]

Guapura 101: How To Find The Perfect Red Lipstick

Mary Mata March 5, 2012

If you’re like me, the wearing of red lipstick has always been something of a big deal. For me personally, the fact that I have very light skin means that, […]

What’s It Like To “Choose” Between Being Black Or Latino?

Mary Mata January 13, 2012

Mun2 TV created a very compelling video filled with interviews from afro-Latinos discussing their trials and tribulations with living in a world that tries to force them to “choose” between […]

Surgery Can Change Brown Eyes To Blue

Mary Mata November 3, 2011

Yahoo reports that a new surgery allows people with a bluish tint under their brown eyes to undergo a laser procedure to turn them blue. The report noted: The operation […]

Puerto Ricans: Thoroughbreds or Mutts?

Mary Mata October 20, 2011

By Izzy Sanabria, for the National Institute for Latino Policy History has taught us that conquerors plundered, raped, killed and destroyed cultures. As conquerors go, the Spaniards were one of the […]

Why Isn’t Zoe Saldaña On Any Magazine Covers?

Mary Mata September 2, 2011

Zoe Saldaña’s career highlights, and the surprising holes in it, were highlighted this week by Allison Samuels in The Daily Beast. Basically was Samuels says is that, despite Saldaña’s huge […]

Bien Hecho: Perú’s First Afro-Latina Cabinet Minister

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

Grammy winning singer Susana Baca is now also a culture minister in Perú, and she’s being celebrated not just for her talents in that position, but also because she’s likely […]

I Can Tell You’re Latina By How You Gesticulate

Mary Mata August 17, 2011

Recently I was at an event when an elderly white gentleman approached me and began a conversation. After we got over the whole “It’s Sara, not Sarah,” part of my […]

Is Mixed Race A Blend, Combination Or Assortment?

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

By Elaine Dove One of my favorite places for “researching” topics that come up in my daily life is my local grocery store. It just so happens that the one […]