Latinidad
No Shock or Awe About ‘Acting’ Latinx
One problem with wholesale, national adoption of the term is its inconsistent meanings.
‘But You’re Not Really Black, Though’
We must build solidarity by being vulnerable and engaging to understand, rather than to respond.
On Love and Grief This Valentine’s Day
Everything after that is a blur. And honestly, it was all a blur for many, many months after.
Do Latinos Cry More?
What do YOU think?
Why You Might Want to Stop Using the Terms ‘Xicana,’ ‘Xicano’ and ‘Xicanx’ (OPINION)
The Spanish decided to use the letter X to represent this foreign sound that they could not pronounce.
On Claiming Afro-Latinidad
So what’s liberating about a movement if it reifies old hierarchies of color and class?
ONE DAY AT A TIME’S Justina Machado: ‘If One Latino Show Is Successful, It Opens the Door to More Latino Shows’
“So a win for me is a win for you.”
THE FIRST RULE OF PUNK: The Most Important Book Published During the First Year of the Trump Presidency
My heart pounded in my chest—not once in my life had I seen a book (fiction) about someone so much like me.
Latest Pew Report: 11% of US Hispanics Don’t Identify as Hispanic
The study estimates that this group is about 5 million people.
Afro-Latinidad Is a Brooklyn Original in ‘She’s Gotta Have It’
Despite all its other well-documented faults, the show stands out in its representation of Afro-Latinx characters.
A Stranger in a Strange Land: Growing Up Cuban-American Under the Embargo
I was so politically, physically, and aesthetically estranged from my heritage that it felt like a lie.
US Census Should Make Hispanic a Race and Not Just an Ethnicity (OPINION)
It’s time we retire this “Hispanic as ethnicity” distinction.
Filipinos, the Latinos of Asia (PODCAST)
Latino Rebels Radio: September 11, 2017
On Latinidad and Vergüenza: Confessions of a Latinx Non-Spanish Speaker
Confessing that I do not speak Spanish has always felt embarrassing and shameful.
A History of Lowriders (PODCAST)
Latino Rebels Radio: August 12, 2017
For the Wild Girl Still Out There Looking For Love: A True Story
Like many women, my whirlwind of failed romances left me fearful and insecure.
What Sanctuary Means to a California Artist: ‘Soy Humana, No Soy Ilegal’
Now 23, Arleene uses art to spark conversations about immigration, although she remains fearful of of the consequences of being undocumented.
Why I Chose to Not Be Latinx
To be Latinx, just like Latino, Latina, or Hispanic, is to make invisible the African and the Taíno in me.
NPR’s Latino USA Just Broadcast the Best Convo About Afro-Latinidad Ever
Listen to this now.
Fighting Trump and Coming of Age in Brooklyn’s Mexican Community
“We prove that not all Mexicans are here doing crimes, or trafficking drugs.”
A Peek Into the Lives of Puerto Rican Muslims
They live daily life as minorities—Muslims among their Puerto Rican family and Puerto Ricans in the Muslim community.