"A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad" Is a Hard But Necessary Watch
Netflix’s A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad is a Chilean and German documentary series with much to teach us. But warning, it includes details of sexual abuse of minors, coercion of…
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Three Reasons to Watch 'The Gordita Chronicles' NOW
…lesson to come. The American Dream is connected to U.S. colonialism and capitalism, perpetuating the idea that anyone can succeed in the United States with enough hard work. “The Dream”…
5 Must-See Latinx Films Premiering at the Tribeca Festival
…Liza Colon-Zayas, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Felix Solis, Max Casella, Michael Rispoli, Shyrley Rodriguez, MacKenzie Lansing, J. Cameron Barnett Why We’re Excited About It: Sisterhood is everything, and seeing it represented by…
‘Money Heist’ Portrays Our Deepest Fantasy: Taking Down Capitalism
…the military colonel. Another inspector, Alicia Sierra, is betrayed by the power structure she was working for, despite her best efforts to catch the heist’s mastermind. Offended by her bossy…
Season Two of Netflix's 'Gentefied' Heals Generational Trauma
…claim his identity, Chris is faced with betrayal everywhere he looks. Ultimately (some spoilers ahead), he creates a new track that doesn’t involve being taught by the colonizer or pretending…
Brown or White?: The Dangerous Disconnect Between U.S. and Latin American Media
…mestizaje, despite supposedly celebrating multi-racial heritage, is just a different form of colonization. Sure, because of European settlers, white, Indigenous, and Black relations were common, and that resulted in a…
#TheLatinaPress: Issue 3
…celebrating our LGBTQ+ community, particularly seeing folks uplift genderqueer Latinx excellence. For Elite Daily, Rhyma Castillo interviewed three third-gender activists about how ideas around gender, Indigenous traditions, and colonialism all intersect in their lived experiences. …
F*ck Spanish: How To Embrace Your Mother Tongue Without Feeling Guilty
…(71%) Latino adults say speaking Spanish is not required to be considered Latino.” As we all know, Spanish wasn’t the native language of our various cultures. It’s a colonizer language,…
Reimagining the Salvadoran Diaspora Through Poetry: A Q+A with Janel Pineda
…us without the violences of war, migration, US imperialism, colonization. It has been healing to share this poem with other Salvadorans, Central Americans, and diasporas beyond these specific contexts, to…
Q&A with “The Five Wounds” Author Kirstin Valdez Quade
…the English colonies. I thought maybe in the second half of the class, we would talk about Spanish colonization in other parts of the United States. But that never came!…