Latinidad

This whole story started when The Oatmeal published a piece over the weekend basically letting everyone know that Christopher Columbus wasn’t the most humane guy in history (not a surprise), and that more attention should be paid to Bartolomé de las Casas, who according to the piece, was “considered to be one of the first […]

Tonight at La Casa Azul Bookstore, Latino Rebels Foundation member Rick Najera will be make an appearance to discuss his new book “Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood.” Here are the details: Rick Najera at La Casa Azul Bookstore Friday October 4, 2013 6pm – 8pm – Event registration email: rsvp.lacasaazul@gmail.com – Bookstore […]

It was one of those turn your head moments. An Associated Press story saying that “The Dominican Republic’s top court on Thursday stripped citizenship from thousands of people born to migrants who came illegally, a category that overwhelmingly includes Haitians brought in to work on farms.” It caused one of our resident Dominicano Rebeldes to […]

You can catch Chapter 1 here and Chapter 2 here. Indie-inspired, Latin-hearted group Del Exilio brings you new music videos from their new album PANAMERICANO, blending telenovela episodes with traditional music videos.  Check out this web video series that captures the story of how an immigration reform revolution is sparked, and how a young man’s identity is transformed […]

After several statements to Latino Rebels defending its decision to strip the title of a seven-year-old Miss Hispanic Delaware winner Jakiyah Mckoy for not being Latina enough, the Facebook page of Nuestras Raíces Delaware sent us the following image and quote today: This Jakiyah after the removal of the title and she was happy and […]

After talking with Latino Rebels yesterday about the recent controversy surrounding the decision to strip the title of Little Miss Hispanic Delaware from seven-year-old Jakiyah McKoy because McKoy lacked “the proper documentation” to prove she was Latina, Nuestras Raíces Delaware sent us the following Facebook message tonight: The recent issue of El Tiempo Hispano with […]

Anyone who thinks boxing is a dead sport really doesn’t spend much time on social media, and yesterday when we posted “The Ugly Racial Side of Floyd Mayweather’s Win Over Canelo Álvarez”, we kind of knew that we were entering into some uncomfortable territory, but when has that stopped us before? Like we said in […]

Indie-inspired, Latin-hearted group Del Exilio brings you new music videos from their new album PANAMERICANO, blending telenovela episodes with traditional music videos.  Check out this web video series that captures the story of how an immigration reform revolution is sparked, and how a young man’s identity is transformed by a journey through North and South America. You can […]

Kudos to the Associated Press’ Russell Contreras for publishing a piece about the U.S. Latino presence at the 1963 March on Washington. Contreras’ superior well-researched piece sheds new angles that few media outlets are discussing. What follows are some of the article’s highlights. You can read the whole article here. Did you know? One member […]

This weekend, we chatted via email with Xavier Luis Burgos, editor of La Respuesta (“The Answer”), a new online magazine dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Yeah, we are supporting this magazine because we believe it is important to support these types of initiatives. Read on. What is La Respuesta? Why now? XLB: La Respuesta […]

If the following opinion piece is any indication about how the new Fusion network will be like, then we think both ABC and Univision made the right decision to partner up for a different kind of television network. This is what Fusion’s Jorge Rivas (@thisisjorge) wrote: Dear Google Translate Team, On Saturday I used Google Translate […]

The following video was shared with us last week. Produced by Project Bronx, the segment explores how Spanish is no longer a “foreign language” in the Bronx. Like the YouTube channel says: Language barriers create a divide and unnecessary insecurities. The Bronx is made up of 1/3 of New York City’s Latino population. NYC has […]

We spoke to GOYA today. Here is the latest. Yesterday we wrote about whether the placement of a large GOYA Foods logo was appropriate on the base of a new Roberto Clemente statue unveiled last week in a New York state park in the Bronx. The initial social media reaction from New Yorkers of Puerto […]

Who knew? Who knew that a Public Shaming Tumblr post published late Tuesday night (June 11, 2013) would turn an 11-year-old boy from San Antonio into a national hero in less than 48 hours? Yet that is exactly what happened to Sebastien de la Cruz, whose story went from one of ignorance to one of […]

This morning, I spent 30 minutes with Madelyn Lugo, chairperson of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) organization. We covered several issues surrounding the latest developments with the official Coors parade can that has led to controversy in New York City’s Puerto Rican community. We also discussed the request by the state attorney general […]

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak a the Commonwealth Compact’s diversity breakfast at UMASS Boston. One of the questions I addressed was about a Boston Globe op-ed piece I wrote saying that Massachusetts Republican candidate for Senate Gabriel Gómez was being ignored by the national GOP even though he was an […]

Last night on CNN Latino’s Panorama news shows with host Fernando Del Rincón, Madelyn Lugo, chairperson of the non-profit National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) organization, defended NPPRD’s actions in response to an official Coors Light parade beer can that depicted images of the Puerto Rican flag and the parade’s official logo. On May 23, […]

Even after MillerCoors decided to stop production of an official National Puerto Rican Day Parade beer can that has gained national attention through social media, community activists and local New York City politicians of Puerto Rican descent continue to call for the resignation of the the parade organization’s chairperson and its current board of directors. […]

In response to a forceful statement that the National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) gave to NBC Latino saying that community leaders should “top misguidedly telling the public that the Puerto Rican flag has been posted on beer cans,” Boricuas for a Positive Image, a grassroots New York City organization that has called for both […]

After a campaign by Boricuas for a Positive Image calling for MilerCoors and the Puerto Rican Day Parade to stop the distribution and production of an official parade Coors Light beer can displaying the colors and images of the Puerto Rican flag went viral via social media, both MillerCoors and the Puerto Rican Day Parade […]

Last week Boricuas for a Positive Image, a grassroots New York City community group formed after ABC’s “Work It” fiasco, has formally asked for MillerCoors to stop distribution of special Coors Light beer cans donning the Puerto Rican flag. Marketed as the official bear of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, held this June in Manhattan, […]