Media

Can you believe that the whole MSNBC/GMA #CincoDeFallo only happened last week? Leave it John Oliver and his new HBO show to put a final bow on this story. (Technically, the Cinco De Fallo fiascos had to to with an ethnic group, but still.) Watch. (h/t Fusion)

Two years ago today, #YoSoy132 began during a news conference at Ibero-American University. Tonight a video commemorating those two years was published on YouTube. Our memory says, “Never again.”

LatinoRebels.com is proud to help support La Respuesta’s New York networking event on May 17. See below for more. New internet-based magazine looks to network with its readers and establish a face-to-face relationship with the Puerto Rican community in New York City. New York City (May 2014) – La Respuesta magazine (www.larespuestamedia.com) proudly announces its […]

If there is a clear example of the media bias towards the “quaintness” of Northern border stories between the United States and Canada, today’s front page of The Boston Globe sports section is Exhibit A. Titled, “Border Clash,” writer/photographer Stan Grossfeld travels to the border town of Derby Line, VT. The article focuses on how […]

Now that the MSNBC’s #CincodeFallo “Way Too Early” segment pretty much went global, this afternoon Hugo Balta, President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) posted a follow-up comment on a public open Facebook group run by NAHJ: Balta also tweeted out the following: Grateful 2 @ThomasARoberts @NBCLOU 4 reaching out…candid conversation on diversity […]

Editor’s note: Viviana Leo (pictured below) is the writer and co-producer of “White Alligator,” a feature-length comedy about stereotyping in the entertainment industry. The film’s next screening will be this Saturday, May 10, at 1:30pmET at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. 180 Remsen St. in Brooklyn Heights. You can purchase tickets here. “Ethnically Ambiguous” has been […]

While national news channels had their own #CincoDeFallo moments, a Twitter tip from college student Maria Fernanda Andia @mfaeb also got our attention: Couldn't be more disappointed with #UMD 's dining service making employees wear fake mustaches & sombreros for Cinco de Mayo @presidentloh — Maria Fernanda Andia (@mfaeb) May 5, 2014 LT Offensive & […]

UPDATE, May 9, 2014, 11:00 am ET: Looks like Spacey finally wised up. Or did he? I guess nobody got the joke. I was in character as Francis Underwood in House of Cards, not myself! I don't know jack about Mexican politics — Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) May 8, 2014 By the way, there are already […]

Via Vice News: As Barack Obama considers ways to enforce immigration laws “more humanely,” VICE News travels to Guatemala to meet a deportee named Ray Jesus, who lives apart from his American wife and 5 American children. When Ray lived in the U.S., he was the family’s breadwinner. Now they rely on welfare to get […]

Now that MSNBC apologized for its ridiculously offensive frat-boy Cinco de Mayo segment and a co-host for ABC’s “GMA” kind of apologized for her own Cinco de Drinko silliness, many would want to believe that the “angry Latinos” who followed these stories today should just go away and disappear. If it were only that simple. As is the case with most blatantly ignorant TV segments […]

[View the story “A Beautiful Response to Morgan Hill’s Cinco de Mayo Protests” on Storify]

UPDATE, May 6, 2014, 5:30pmET: Spencer’s Twitter account shared an apology: Got carried w excitement over Cinco de Mayo celebration on GMA-sorry and thankful to @johnqabc @prrosado @julito77-u make great points.    — Lara Spencer (@LaraSpencer) May 6, 2014 Well, we might as well call out every U.S. media outlet for its blatant insensitivity when it […]

UPDATE, 9:00 am EST, May 7, 2014 Two Instagrams of apologies. A bit too corporate? UPDATE, 1:00 pm EST, May 6, 2014 The latest from Hugo Balta, President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ): UPDATE MSNBC TO ISSUE APOLOGY ON THE AIR: from MSNBC EP Alex Korson….Hugo, here is the apology we have […]

[View the story “Following Weeks of Tension, Cinco de Mayo Protests Come and Go in Morgan Hill” on Storify]

We won’t pretend that #CincoDeFallo came from us, it was @MichaelCalienes who coined the phrase. Nonetheless, we are glad that he did, and then let us know about it, because how best to describe all the failed ideas from brands today? Yup, #CincoDeFallo. Michael started the day with a few good ones. #CincoDeFallo RT @Gain: […]

Three years ago today (May 5, 2011), a small group of crazies launched LatinoRebels.com. As the Lead Loco who came up with the idea of forming a new type of site the would try to tackle (and celebrate) what it is to be a “US Latino” in a digital age, I wanted to take a […]

In response to a series of Pro-USA protests scheduled for tomorrow at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA, this is what Live Oak students are saying:

The public relations push for Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto continues. EPN will be on the cover of Mexico’s Rolling Stone magazine now. Talk about bizarre. As you might imagine, the image of Peña Nieto as a “reformer” has always been in question. We’re not surprised that some Twitter profiles have already started to slam […]

This week Fusion announced that comedian and “Daily Show” corespondent Al Madrigal “will host and report a one-hour primetime special for Fusion on the power and influence of the booming Latino community” in the United States. The special is set to air in the fall. “I’m delighted to carry on in the tradition of the […]

First off, let’s make one thing clear. The headline that Fox News Latino used about comments Edward James Olmos made Jennifer Lopez is a bit misleading: “Edward James Olmos Criticizes Jennifer Lopez, Calls Her Out For Lack Of ‘Latino-ness’.” With that said, the FNL story never mentioned any quote about Olmos saying the word “Latino-ness.” […]

Looks like Cinco de Mayo 2014 is moving away from 2013 stereotypical ignorance to a new wave in patriotic nativism. Yesterday, we shared a story from California, where a school district had to warn parents that the safety of students could be in jeopardy on May 5. That decision by Morgan Hill Unified School District […]