'The Lincoln Lawyer' Makes Culture an Every-Day Thing
…the 2011 movie The Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller was conceived and written as Mexican American from the start. His story is never just about being Chicano, but that is still…
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Why Disney+ Should Pick ‘Ghost Rider' Back Up
…played by Gabriel Luna, and with his addition, he advances how Latinx people are portrayed on the show by centering the Chicano experience. Unlike Yo-Yo, who was from Colombia and…
Five Classic Films Where Non-Latinx Actors Play Us
…Filipino, Cherokee, and Scots-Irish. In 1987, he brought the amazing story of the first Chicano rockstar, Ritchie Valens, to the silver screen. Lou is also known for playing Latinos Angel…
5 Films Based on Epic Moments in Latinx History
…film you should know about is Cesar Chavez. Starring Michael Peña in the title role, the 2014 movie follows the iconic Chicano activist and union leader as he fights for…
Danny Trejo: Catalyst for Change
…This is Machete after all. The man whose gruff voice and menacing looks have become the prototype for the quintessential, Chicano tough guy. But after talking it through, he suddenly…
12 Groundbreaking Latinx TV Shows
…Brown. For three seasons (the show lasted four seasons after Prinze’s death), primetime TV audiences got to see a funny Chicano, played by a Puerto Rican, in a garage in…
Listen Up: Cristela Alonzo Brings to Life 'The Chicano Squad'
…Chicano Squad officers were not perfect. Episodes eight and nine are all about the rise and fall of one of the Chicano Squad’s most beloved members, Bobby Gatewood. And in…
Let's All Go Live in Ashley Garcia's Universe
…about Tad’s background because he knows all about the Chicano Movement — he had an uncle who wrote for La Raza. And in my favorite episode, season two’s “Failure Is…
This Latina Honors Toni Morrison
…listen, to question, to demand more of myself and others but that change wasn’t instant. Now I’m a nerd from a nerd family (including a Chicano-studies professor dad and a…
“Sabrina & Corina” Colors in Our Erased History
…dad is a professor of Chicana/Chicano studies and I grew up steeped in Mexican American history, learning the ways we are erased and the consequences of that erasure. Having lived in all…