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The Libro-Traficantes Plan to Smuggle Banned Books Back to Arizona
Parody. Anyone can do it and one of our favorites Tony Díaz is doing it out of Houston. Watch out, Arizona. The "wet books" are crossing the border. Check out Libro-Traficante.com for more!
TONIGHT in NYC: “ABC Cancelled the Show, But Protest Will Continue”
The protest against ABC for it's airing of the now-defunct "WORK IT" show will still continue tonight at 5:30 at ABC's corporate headquarters. Boricuas For A Positive Image For Info: Mr. Rivera: 917-709-2219 ABC has cancelled the sitcom: “Work It.” Though they might believe that this will make the protest STOP, they are WRONG. The Boricua […]
After First “Sh*t Latina Girls Say” Goes Viral, @Dominizuelan Releases “Sh*t Latina Girls Say in the Car”
Last week, the very talented Chicago duo Dominizuelan released the OFFICIAL "Sh*t Latina Girls Say," parody video, which as of this morning has gotten over 68,000 views on YouTube in just a week. The response has been so good that the team and their friends released the following: "Sh*t Latina Girls Say in the Car […]
Now Playing: Sh*t Abuelas Say, The Sequel
So a few days ago, we shared the hilarious "Sh*t Abuelas Say" video and now that our SOPA BLACKOUT is over, our first post-SOPA piece is "Sh*t Abuelas Say," (Part 2). Ayyy, m'ijo. This is hitting TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
GUEST POST by @jazminchavez and @juliagrob: “Latinos: Turn Off Your TV, Coño!”
GUEST POST BY Jazmin Chavez & Julia Ahumada Grob of "East WillyB" By the time of this publication, we should all be familiar with the recent controversy regarding ABC sitcom, “Work It,” in which Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco’s character Angel, uttered the egregious statement on national TV, “I’m Puerto Rican, I’d be great […]
Puerto Rican Actor @Amaury_Nolasco Apologizes on Twitter for His Character’s Drug Dealer Joke
The Twitter silence for Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco is over. The actor, whose ABC show "Work It" face a social media controversy for a line about Puerto Rican drug deal ears, tweeted out an apology today around 5pm EST. The apology appeared on Nolasco's stream in both English and Spanish. It was more than […]
VIDEO: Boricuas for a Positive Image in New York City
Originally posted on NYC LATINO POLITICS. Boricuas for a Positive Image will join the NYC Chapter of the Labor Council of Latin American Advancement on Thursday January 12 at 5:30 pm at the front of the ABC Building on 66th and Columbus in New York City. Here is a video of the initial demonstration from […]
GUEST POST by EdMorales.net: “Work It: The Reactionary Backlash”
Originally appeared on EdMorales.net. Reprinted with permission of the author. Ed Morales is a journalist who has investigated New York City electoral politics, police brutality, street gangs, grassroots activists, and the Latino arts and music scene. He has been a Latin music Newsday columnist and longtime Village Voice contributing writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York […]
Don’t Leave the Party Before Tasting the Cake: The Rebels Are Here to Stay
When we launched this web page on May 5, 2011, we issued the following mission statement that we would like to share again since this last week has been a crazy ride of new visits, new readers, new cross-links and new connections. As with any content page, when people show up late to the party, they […]