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More than 200 people demonstrated again at ABC's headquarters in NYC on Thursday night to demand that ABC apologize for airing the now-canceled show "Work It" and meet with the organizers of the Boricuas for a Positive image group.  Here is a video of Thursday's demonstration. Photos by Rebecca Beard. Music by Mercedes Sosa. “We […]

You have seen "Sh*t Latina Girls Say" and "Sh*t Abuelas Say". Ahora, tenemos "Mil Maneras de Decir Cabrón" ("Sh*t boricua men say") Este video está… (wait for it) ¡CABRÓN!  

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!

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Here is an update from Tucson Unified School District on the book ban.    From TUSD: Reports of TUSD book ban completely false and misleading Tucson Unified School District (January 17, 2012) Tucson, AZ, Jan. 17,2011 – Tucson Unified School District has not banned any books as has been widely and incorrectly reported. Seven books […]

The Ethnic Studies Ban has made headlines across the nation. Detractors have called the ban unconstitutional and  “have defended the Mexican-American studies program as no different than African-American or Native American studies classes.” Here at Latino Rebels we decided to give you a bit of an in-depth look at some of the books that are […]

¿Qué qué? ¿Es ella nuesta abuela? ¡CREEMOS QUE SÍ!

Equality for all people is long overdue.

Cuando lanzamos esta página el 5 de mayo de 2011, publicamos la siguiente declaración que nos gustaría compartir ya que la última semana ha sido un viaje emocionante de visitas nuevas, nuevos lectores, nuevos enlaces y nuevas conexiones. Nuestra misión no ha cambiado pero cuando las personas llegan tarde a la fiesta, es posible que […]

“¡Libres al fin! ¡Libres al fin! Gracias a Dios omnipotente, ¡somos libres al fin!”

Yesterday, ABC pulled the plug on the Bosom Buddies ripoff show, 'Work It," after the second episode of the show garnered a pathetic 4.9 million viewers and just a 1.5 rating from the coveted 18-49 crowd, as reported by ZapIt!. The show, which has been the target of the LGBT community as well as a […]

In the end, the only thing that matters is this: 13.5 million viewers. That is the number of people who watched Rob Schneider's "¡ROB" pilot on CBS last night. The show had suffered a barrage of critical reviews, including a scathing one by Time Magazine, but managed to gather a "shockingly" strong showing (says EW). Why […]

Tonight we will be posting our thoughts about the pilot episode of the CBS sitcom ¡ROB! Our short review: the critics were right. We can do better. We don't have to settle. Why? We will let Esai Morales explain them for us. See this.

Yes, everyone by now knows about all the "Sh*t Girls Say" parody videos, and as with any genre (yes, they are now a genre because there are so damn many of them), there are two strategies: post a parody quickly onto YouTube to ride the traffic wave—quality be damned—or wait and actually produce a higher […]

This Thursday night, a committed group went out to ABC HQ in New York to demand that ABC apologize for its now infamous "Work It" Puerto Rican Drug Dealer Joke and ask ABC that they meet with them to discuss how one of the country's largest networks can begin to portray Puerto Ricans (and all […]

Tonight the new CBS sitcom ¡ROB! premieres and already major publications like TIME and The Los Angeles Times are trashing it for its stereotypical, one-dimensional and insensitive humor, especially towards portrayals of Mexican Americans (you know, we are all gardeners, illegals, etc. etc.). Just this afternoon on Twitter, Latina Icon Dolores Huerta tweeted out to […]

So, do television executives sit around a big room and brainstorm stereotypes about Latinos? Because from the looks of it, the latest crop of mainstream sitcoms that are either Latino-themed or feature Latino actors are not having a good month. Yes, everyone by now knows about ABC's "Work It" Puerto Rican Drug Dealer Joke fiasco, […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED by THE NEWS TACO In response to Mitt Romney's recent win in the New Hampshire primary, the parody of the presumed GOP presidential candidate emerged on Twitter. Using the handle @MexicanMitt, the accounts has parodied Romney as an opportunist, job killer, corporate fat cat, and more. Sometimes using vulgarity, in either English or […]

For a select few of commenters who said that all this social media controversy about ABC's "Work It" show and its silly Puerto Rican Drug Dealer Joke would only give the show more publicity and higher ratings, this week's ratings for the show didn't increase at all, so that argument is moot. As reported by […]