Latino arts, history and culture
Forget history—let’s drink some beer! Let’s celebrate what we don’t know… Americans love to celebrate—even when they do not exactly know what it is they’re celebrating. The Fourth of July, for … [Read more...]
Intersectionality & Orlando: 4 Things To Consider The horror of the Orlando shooting was made all the worse by the fact that the targets of the shooter’s rage were already part of marginalized … [Read more...]
Perdido Me pierdo en tus ojos como un ciego que solo se encuentra en su sombra, como el perro abandonado a su destino que encuentra el rumbo a casa, como el rucio que no … [Read more...]
TO BE YOUNG, GAY, LATINO & INVISIBLE It’s hard to process with any gravitas the Orlando tragedy. The first reports made little mention of the names of the dead and the wounded. Instead, the … [Read more...]
The Pulse of Life It was the twelfth of June another hot and humid Florida night. In Orlando young people gathered at the Pulse Club, enjoying camaraderie, the dance floor … [Read more...]
La declaración del gobernador de Puerto Rico que la deuda Pública de 72 billones de dolares a la banca de Wall Street es impagable, puso la Isla en el vórtice de un escándalo financiero de la magnitud … [Read more...]
The Cesar Chavez Service Club of San Diego founded by Carlos & Linda LeGerrette sponsored a “Tribute to Helen Chavez”. What a wonderful idea, and long, long overdue in my estimation. This Tribute … [Read more...]
Scary. Dangerous. The ultimate pendejo is at it again, with probably his greatest pendejada so far. “He’s a Mexican, OK,” said Trump recently of the federal judge who is presiding over one of the … [Read more...]
The Associated Press and lobbyists elect Clinton … Don’t bother voting … we’ve made up your mind… In their classic song, the Mamas and Papas warned us about Monday: “Monday, Monday, can’t trust … [Read more...]
“I never knew anyone else like me, going through the things I went through, not fitting in, always having to choose...” Kip Fulbeck, The Hapa Project Hapa is a term that emerges from … [Read more...]
Background: The Governor of Puerto Rico's declaration that the 72 billion dollar public debt to Wall Street is unplayable brought international attention to the Island as the center of a financial … [Read more...]
THREE OF LATINOPIA'S REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS HAVE BEEN NAMED FINALISTS IN THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS. LATINOPIA CONGRATULATES: RUDY ANAYA for his poetry collection Poems from the Rio … [Read more...]
Fifty plus years ago, my folks and I went to meet Cora’s parents to ask their permission for Cora’s hand in marriage. Mexican tradition required this step. Cora and I had dated each other for over a … [Read more...]
El arte difícil de hacer películas requiere se conjuguen temas y personajes que graviten atención; Hemingway y Cuba cumplen ampliamente con ese requisito. Hemingway es una de las figuras cimeras de la … [Read more...]
Women organizers in our history: great role models… The moral force of young people at work… Recently, we have witnessed the moral and political force that young people represent, i.e., young … [Read more...]
When I first applied to UCLA, I wrote in my personal essay that I didn’t have any positive role models in my violent neighborhood. Having grown up in East Los Angeles’ Ramona Gardens housing … [Read more...]
In the late 1980s Cora and I were introduced to San Clemente by our Glendale neighbors. They suggested we jointly purchase a San Clemente condo for weekend use. We liked the idea and … [Read more...]
Soy el otro Soy el otro que no se te parece. Digo lo mismo aunque no me entiendes. Miro el mismo cielo que abrigan otros astros. Rindo … [Read more...]
