5 Latinx Textbooks That Tell Our True History
…teaches us the U.S. history missing from the “mainstream.” The tome covers five centuries in the U.S. – “from the European colonization of the Americas to the 2020 election.” For…
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Q+A With Raquel Reichard, Author of ‘Self-Care For Latinas’
…that context dives into issues like colonialism, xenophobia, sexism, transphobia, family separation, and anti-blackness — all of these different things, because for me you have to. As women who are…
"The Crown," a Royal Soap Opera with Historical Undertones, to the End
At the end of the first episode of Netflix’s The Crown Season 6, Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) enters her Kensington Palace rooms. She finds them filled with red and fuschia…
“Érase Una Vez en El Caribe” Because There’s No Sugarcoating Colonization
…another casualty of colonization. Which brings me to another point the film tackles surrounding our socio-economic-political label ‘U.S. territory’ (code for colony). Director and screenwriter Figueroa plays with juxtaposition, not…
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ADIFF Adriana Santos Adrienne Nicole Levario Alan Baez Alejandra Martinez, MSIS Alejandra Medina Alexa De La Fuente Alexis Terrazas Alicia Ramírez Alisha Fernandez Miranda Alyssa Lizarraga Alyssa Reynoso Morris Ana…
“I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me” Plays with Belief to Lampoon Colonialism
…low expectations of Latinx art. It plays expertly with its elements, juxtaposing its comic elements with growing suspense to make a taught work of social commentary that lampoons colonialism. And…
“At the Gates” Makes White Supremacy the Villain
White supremacy is scary as fuck. It’s the evil idealogy powered by the colonial world order, creating a hierarchy of humans as if light skin can equate to worth rather…
“De La Calle” Celebrates Urbano Music and the Latinx Musicians Who Make It
De La Calle is an Anthony-Bourdain-style travel show but instead of food, its organizing principle is music – specifically Latin, street music. In each of the eight episodes, the show…
TheLatinaPress Nº31: Adios y Abrazos
…hag, Bustamante’s version frames her murdering her children as a response to the violence of colonialism, choosing death for her kids in lieu of suffering a lifetime at the hands…
Q+A With Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Writer/Creator of La Borinqueña
…2015, then-Governor Padilla of Puerto Rico announced that the U.S. colony had amassed an unpayable debt of $80 billion. This exasperated an already struggling economy since the U.S. repealed Section…