“Give Chase” Is A Movie Where “Brown” People Are Just People
“Give Chase” Is A Movie Where “Brown” People Are Just People
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?
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
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?
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
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?
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?
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
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
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?
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 […]