Latinidad

The following video from Uruguay is starting to make the rounds online. Produced by the Casa de la Cultura Afrouruguaya (The Afro-Uruguayan Cultural Institute), the video asks the Real Academia Española (the authoritative organization of the Spanish language) to remove racist expressions in the RAE’s dictionary. The group also created an online petition that as […]

In case you missed it, here is the complete interview between Jon Stewart and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. This first video was the interview that ran on last night on The Daily Show. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Here is part […]

Seis del Sur is a photography exhibit running through March 8th, 2013 at the Bronx Documentary Center. The Bronx of the 1970s through the early 1990s comes back to life in this rare and emotional exhibit that showcases the work of six talented Puerto Rican photographers who were working side-by-side (often not even knowing so) […]

Tonight Justice Sonia Sotomayor was featured on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Guess she will always be “Sonia from The Bronx.”

Here’s something you don’t see every day. A perfume that smells like a tamal. Yup, that is what one Latina is trying to capture as a way to “capture the culture” of Chicago’s famed Pilsen neighborhood. Here is what DNAInfo.com Chicago had to say about Zorayda “Z” Ortiz and her latest tamal-inspired scent: Part of […]

This. This is what it is all about. You want to see an example of how we can start changing perceptions? Right here. Banda El Salvador. 2013 Rose Bowl Parade. Yeah, we got marching bands, too. ¡Que vivan los guanacos! Here’s a video from Tuesday’s event. And here was the Pass and Review from a […]

2012 was certainly a turning point for the Latino Rebels. The year began with a little bit of luck, which led to spectacular growth, a highly engaged social media community, and 50+ Rebelde stories being picked up by global and national media outlets. Yesterday our founder @julito77 had a chance to talk about the history […]

Today Al Jazeera's "The Stream" featured the recent events in Puerto Rico regarding the brutal murder of publicist José Enrique Gómez and the social media movements that resulted from recent events. The following video focuses on #TodosSomosJoseEnrique and #BoicotLaComay. "

In October, we ran a piece called "Now Ben Affleck Is Latino: Another Lost Opportunity for Hollywood." As we tried to stray away from the "we're offended" line that many of our critics tossed our way (because that was not the point of the piece, if people actually took the time to read it and not […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT THREE SONORANS One of the most important parts of the federal desegregation court order on Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is the new Unitary Status Plan (USP) which is being worked on right now. Over the next three days, ending at midnight on November 28th, 2012, the public nationwide has an important role […]

Recently, Latino Rebels founder @julito77 ;wrote a very thought-provoking post called ;The Perils of “Latino” Marketing: Lessons Learned from the “Los IceHogs” Hockey Night. It wasn’t clear to some people why trying to appeal to the Hispanic community with a promotional poster of maracas, Corona, and Dora the Explorer can be problematic. So Julito explained […]

Earlier today, the Facebook page of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts shared a public update about the Kennedy Canter and its dismal history of overlooking Latino for the Kennedy Center Honors awards (only 2 in just 35 years). Apparently the issue is now on the radar screen of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus: KenCen Update: […]

File this one under the "unfortunate" files. As reported by the local Brownsville press, a school sign about the Thanksgiving holiday has gone viral on Facebook and it is eliciting responses that range from the humorous to the ugly. According to reports, officials at Cummings Middle School confirmed that the sign was real and that […]

Today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Congressman Luis Guitiérrez wanted to introduce the Republican Party to U.S. Latinos. Again. As his YouTube channel says: Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to introduce the Republican Party to Latinos as a way of underscoring the […]

Editor's Note: We are proud to call Tony Diaz, the Librotraficante, a key member of the Latino Rebels familia. I was recently knighted. I didn’t fully understand what was happening at the time as I flew to New York. But I did know that we were making history. All around the nation Librotraficantes convened, on […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT JULIORVARELA.COM Last night the island of Puerto Rico experienced a historic election. Not only did Puerto Ricans go to the polls to vote for Governor, Resident Commissioner, and other legislative positions, they also voted in yet another non-binding plebiscite that tried to determine whether Puerto Ricans favored its current commonwealth relationship with […]

On this Day, many through out the U.S., Mexico and Latin America will be celebrating El Día de los Muertos, a holiday founded on indigenous beliefs that on this day the dead come to visit the living. It is family event in which people go visit the graves of deceased loved ones and create ofrendas displaying […]

If you want to catch a very unique film, we highly recommend "Nostalgia for the Light" from PBS. (Shout out to @vato for the tip.) Here is a description about the film: Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, 10,000 feet above sea […]

Earlier this month the Latino Leadership Council of the University of Texas (UT Latinos) produced a video that speaks to the critical importance of the US Latino vote this election year. Watch as these young Latino leaders tell you why 2012 is so important. Get out and vote!

REBELDES' NOTE: For those who are keeping score at home, the following is an unsolicited review. No one asked us to write about this. 100% opinions are our own, just like everything we do here. Last Friday night, we were intrigued by "The Legend of La Llorona" episode from NBC's GRIMM. When we found out […]

From the YouTube channel of IDREAM Campaign: IDREAM campaign and A 1986 Project is proud to present "Untitled" a 12-episode series documenting the faces of undocumented youth in Arizona. In this short teaser of Angelica Hernandez's Untitled Piece, she shares with us what being a Dreamer means to her. To learn more about the IDREAM […]