Latinidad
Christian Rodríguez’s “The Forgotten Class” Provides a Voice to the Voiceless
From the YouTube channel of GRBEntertainment: At a time of increasing debate about immigration from Mexico, filmmaker Christian Rodriguez looks at the roots of the issue, its current state, and where it is headed. It explores the reality of being an immigrant in a new land when the act of being an immigrant itself is […]
Marco Rubio Gets Grilled in Spanish by Jorge Ramos and It Gets Testy
Tonight, Univision's Jorge Ramos interviewed Senator Marco Rubio. It gets testy and intense… and, yes, the interview sounds better in Spanish. They talk about several topics, including Rubio's politics and the whole Univision controversy. Here it is:
The President’s Immigration Announcement Blindsides the GOP and Muddies Its Message
Talk about being all over the place. Yesterday, right after President Obama announced his administration's intentions to shift part of this country's immigration policy to allow a "deferred action" of two years that delays deportations and grants work permits for close to 1 million undocumented youth—1) who came to this country with their parents before […]
UFW Issues Statement to LatinoRebels.com Addressing Local Budweiser Sponsorship
This afternoon we received the following statement from the United Farm Workers, after we originally contacted them on May 25 to ask about the placement of a Budweiser logo under its iconic ¡Sí se puede! image at the organization's 50th anniversary celebration. After several emails and phone messages, we got a response from the UFW […]
Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities
Here is what the Department of Homeland Security released around 10:15 EST TODAY: Release Date: June 15, 2012 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 La Secretaria Napolitano Anuncia Proceso De Acción Diferida Para Jóvenes Que Sean De Baja Prioridad Para La Aplicación De La Ley WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet […]
Undocumented and Unafraid: TIME Cover Features New “We Are Americans* Just Not Legally” Picture
You don't think immigration is an issue in this country? That it is all about a law that, quite frankly, does not reflect the economic reality and the economic necessities we need to promote as a country in the 21st century? Tell that to TIME. This week they published the following cover: Here is an […]
VIDEO: Author Carmen Tafolla Tells The Truth About Being Latin@ in America
Author Carmen Tafolla = Rebelde. By the way, Tafolla is San Antonio's Poet Laureate. ¡Break it down, hermana!
Facebook Page of UFW Deletes Fans’ Comments About Budweiser Logo Under “Sí se puede” Symbol
Yesterday, after we reported a story that our constant requests to ask the United Farm Workers (UFW) a few basic questions about the use of a Budweiser logo under the organization's iconic "Sí se puede" symbol have been ignored and has also led to the UFW's Facebook page blocking our founder for posting the very same questions we […]
The UFW Continues to Stay Silent About Budweiser Logo Appearing Under the Iconic “Sí se puede” Image
Nine email requests. Four phone calls. Two weeks of follow-up, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) has yet to answer the following questions we have for them regarding the placement of a Budweiser logo under the iconic "Sí se puede" image that has become a symbol of US Latino pride for many. The following text […]
The Puerto Rican “BanderaGate” Follow-Up: New York Daily News Corrects Ad and Prints Retraction
So, within 24 hours, here is what happened: An image gets uploaded on Facebook around lunch time. We call The New York Daily News. They respond. We break the story online. The reaction goes viral. The Puerto Rican press picks it up around 3pm EST. We contact the newspaper again and they give us a statement. The apology gets tweeted. […]
New York Daily News Apologizes for Printing Cuban Flag on Puerto Rican Day Parade Announcement
Just hours after an editor from Latino Rebels uploaded the following picture to our Facebook site, which shows New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz in front of two Cuban flags promoting the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in the "viva New York" section of the New York Daily News, a spokesperson for the […]
The New York Daily News Goofs By Printing Cuban Flag in Section on Puerto Rican Day Parade
What's in the Daily News? We'll tell you what is in the Daily News, the picture of a Cuban flag next to New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz advertising this Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Talk about an oops. That is one big oops, considering that the parade is one of the city's most […]
Need Spanish Lessons for the Pizza Patrón June 5 Free Pizza Event? Here You Go
Tomorrow it is on. Pizza Patrón. June 5. Order pizza in Spanish. Get free pizza. Yeah, we know that this might have gotten some people pissed that God forbid, people are speaking in Spanish in a "public space," but it is free pizza, people. Need some help ordering? We asked our jefe @julito77 to give […]
Of Accents and Eñe’s: Why Respecting Spanish Conventions Is Important for US Media
Maybe the lack of copyeditors has become a problem in AMERCIA these days. As the United States gets more and more diverse, and as Spanish continues to climb up the charts in terms of influence and use in the US (where some statistics now say that the US is the second largest Spanish-speaking country in […]
The UFW–Budweiser Sponsorship: How It Reflects The Complexities of Latino Identity in the Digital Age
Since neither the UFW nor Anheuser-Busch will go on record after countless calls and emails by to comment about why the Budweiser logo appeared under the organization's iconic image, others are weighing in. There will be those who are still asking for answers and those who will defend the actions of the UFW because they are […]
EastWillyB Community Fundraising Drive Proves That Independent Latino Programming Has Audience
To all of those who might have rolled their eyes a bit when the peeps from EastWillyB said they were going to raise $50,000 in 50 days to fund the show's second season, well we are here to tell you that nothing is impossible. As of tonight, the EastWillyB-ers have raised over $38,000 (76% of […]
Sombrero Lawn Mowing Pledges & “Conquistadors and Aztec Hoes” Event Raise Tensions at U. of C.
This following story, originally published by the University of Chicago's student newspaper and later picked up by the Chicago Sun Times, portrays how the issues of racial stereotyping and cultural misunderstandings are still alive and well in modern college life. Here is the scoop: two fraternities at the University of Chicago are under fire university […]
Budweiser Sponsors La Causa: UFW & Anheuser-Busch Still Quiet About Beer Logo Under Iconic Image
This past Monday we ran a piece from our friends at Three Sonorans that showed a Budwesier logo under the iconic "Sí se puede" image of the United Farm Workers, co-founded in 1962 by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta, to celebrate the UFW's 50th anniversary at its annual convention. From a photo that shows very little […]
Stunning “4th of July from La Frontera” by Felipe “Feggo” Galindo Resonates with Many
It was a piece of art we found while doing a Google search about life on La Frontera. We are glad we did. Luckily for us, we were able to find out who the genius was this powerful piece—Felipe Galindo, a Mexican visual artist who lives in New York and is known as Feggo. We […]
Pizza Patrón’s Free Deal for Ordering a Pizza in Spanish? Una pizza, por favor
First of all, good for Pizza Patrón. According to USA TODAY, the Dallas-based pizza franchise is running the following campaign on Tuesday June 5 from 5pm to 8pm: order in Spanish and get a free pepperoni pizza. According to the USA TODAY piece, "It can be broken Spanish. It can be first-time Spanish. But it has […]
From The Three Sonorans: Is Cesar Chavez Rolling Over in His Grave as UFW Continues to Go Corporate?
Originally published at ThreeSonorans.com I am very disappointed in this year’s sponsorship in the 50th year anniversary of the UFW by Budweiser. This logo on the front of the convention center is straight wack! First the Navy ship being named after Cesar Chavez and now this? What the hell happened to this union, makes me […]