Latino arts, history and culture
Rudolfo "Rudy" Anaya, celebrated author of Bless Me Ultima and the Sonny Baca detective series and recipient of the National Humanities Medal passed away on June 28, 2020. Latinopia Plática host Jesús … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya On Randy Lopez from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Celebrated author Rudolfo Anaya's novel Randy Lopez Goes Home is arguably his most profound and engaging work since his landmark, … [Read more...]
Rudolfo A. Anaya is a pioneering, prolific and renowned Chicano author. His novel, Bless Me Última, is a magical story of a young boy's coming of age in 1940s New Mexico. Set against a background of … [Read more...]
Rudolfo Anaya is the pioneering Chicano author of more than a dozen books including the acclaimed coming of age novel Bless me,Ultima. Latinopia asked Anaya about how he goes about writing and what … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya on Aztlan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In the 1960s, Mexican American activists embraced the term "Aztlán," to define a Mexican presence in the Southwestern United States. They … [Read more...]
June 24, 2020 An Open Letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Ethnic Studies Dear Governor Gavin Newsom: As one of the few tenured Latina/o faculty members at the California State … [Read more...]
This is not just a matter of “a few bad apples” in the police department The televised killing of George Floyd has slapped this country awake. It has forced this country, among other things, to … [Read more...]
Latinopia Plática Has Police Abuse of Latinos Been Overlooked from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The prominence of the Black Lives Matter movement has drawn attention to centuries-long police abuse of … [Read more...]
In a previous Latinopia Plática, Alvaro Huerta and Ricardo Romo agreed that the abuse of Latinos by police and other law enforcement agencies has largely been overlooked and ignored. In this Plática … [Read more...]
Latinos In The Black Lives Matter Moment In the aftermath of George Floyd’s horrible murder, Latinos are joining the thousands of protestors who have been marching daily since the death to lend … [Read more...]
Summary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on DACA By Valentina de Fex, Immigrants’ Rights Legal Fellow, ACLU of Utah Overview: In a 5-4 decision on June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the … [Read more...]
Truth-telling—Mexican American Studies… Mexican Americans have not lived in a vacuum; they have left footprints in terms of history, literature, and interactions with the legal and educational … [Read more...]
Manuel Martín-Rodríguez is a Professor of Spanish and Chicano literature at the University of California at Merced who has created an impressive listing of all the books written by Chicano/a/x authors … [Read more...]
Mark Guerrero is a musician, performer and song writer whose songs have been recorded by Herb Alpert, Trini López, Chan "Hippy Hippy Shake" Romero and Lalo Guerrero. In this Latinopia Platica he talks … [Read more...]
TSEU y PR En la larga historia de las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico, una decisión del Tribunal Supremo de ese país es un evento que no suceda con frecuencia. Siendo el más alto … [Read more...]
This week on Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles, Mark features...himself! This is an in depth two-hour review of Mark's musical journey from his first recording "Get your Baby" at the age of … [Read more...]
Kathy Gallegos, Executive Director of the Avenue 50 Art Gallery in Los Angeles, California and Poli Marichal, a printmaker and filmmaker based in Puerto Rico, discuss the impact of the coronavirus … [Read more...]
With Brazil becoming the new hotbed of coronavirus infections, the impact of the virus on Latin America and Mexico becomes more pronounced. Dr. Armando Vazquez-Ramos of the California Mexico Studies … [Read more...]
Sobre la Vejez y la Pandemia Por más de dos décadas tuve el privilegio de ejercer la catedra de Psicología del Envejecimiento y hoy cuento con suficientes años para contar en los que llaman … [Read more...]
Latinopia Plática Artists Respond to Covid-19 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. With the Coronavirus closing down museums and art galleries, how are the artists responding and maintaining their … [Read more...]
Rapper and spoken word artist Olmeca teams up with Marisoul in this performance of his original No Vengo Solo (I am Not Alone). LATINOPIA MUSIC OLMECA "NO VENGO SOLO" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
