Latino arts, history and culture
I Am Not Your “Wetback” “Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors. —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) To borrow—more like steal—from the great James … [Read more...]
Ruben Guervara is a legendary Chicano rock musician from East Los Angeles who, beside his own music, collaborated with Frank Zapata in the 1970s, creating the rock group, "Ruben & The Jets." He … [Read more...]
El Congreso Norteamericano ha sido categórico en reafirmar nuestro carácter de territorio no incorporado, por lo que se me hace imperativo volver una y otra vez sobre esa realidad y las … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Puerto Rico's Crisis One from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Facing massive unemployment and a poverty rate of 40%, Puerto Rico declared it could not pay its $72 billion debt in 2017. Juan … [Read more...]
Daniel Acosta is a writer whose short stories have appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines and in Anthologies. Latinopia caught up with Daniel at the 2010 Flor y Canto Literary Festival convened by … [Read more...]
The 1940s was a time when segregation still reigned in Texas and the South. In 1949, a baseball team made up of Mexican Americans kids from Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas, surprised sports fans … [Read more...]
In 1949, the Bowie Bears baseball team, comprised of Mexican American students at Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas won the statewide baseball championship. The players came from poor working … [Read more...]
A.P. Gonzalez is a director and producer with a life-long passion for baseball. His current project is a major long-form documentary about Latinos in American baseball. Latinopia is proud to showcase … [Read more...]
Part I I have always been nervous about visiting my old neighborhood. One day, my brother Salomon—an acclaimed artist—invited my younger brothers (Noel and Ismael) and I to meet him at our old … [Read more...]
Daniel Acosta is a writer whose short stories have appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines and in Anthologies. Latinopia caught up with Daniel at the 2010 Flor y Canto Literary Festival convened by … [Read more...]
Pensamientos About St. Patrick’s Day There was a time in America when the Irish were not welcomed. There were signs in the windows of business saying, “No Irish.” or “No Irish Need Apply.” It was … [Read more...]
LATIN BLACKS IN BASEBALL BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON. The start of the Major League Baseball season is just around the corner and that seems like a good time to look back at some of the very early … [Read more...]
Cuando la brújula pierde el norte, se menoscaba el ánimo y se disipa el camino, mucho ayuda retomar a quien dejó la visión clara y la certidumbre de propósitos. Entre los prohombres que ha dado este … [Read more...]
Trump’s Obsession and Criminalization of the Salvadoran Community Provides a Unique Opportunity for Young Salvadoran Americans to Speak Out Once again, President Trump is tweeting and using MS 13 … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event 1968 L.A. Thirteen Arrested from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The 1968 East Los Angeles High School Walk-Outs are recognized as the impetus for the National Chicano Civil Rights … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Calligraphy of the Witch from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a prolific author whose novel Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders has won national acclaim. Her latest … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero's guest on Chicano Music Chronicles is renowned American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for Los Lobos and Latin Playboys, Louie Pérez. As co-founder of the legendary … [Read more...]
Listen to the children… As I write this, young people are in the frontlines of political change. High-school students, survivors of the Feb 14 massacre in Parkland, Fla., are confronting … [Read more...]
Book Review: “Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era” By Jorge Ramos Reviewed by Luís Torres Journalist Jorge Ramos Challenges Donald Trump “Get outta here, go back … [Read more...]
Los Lobos is an internationally acclaimed Chicano rock and roll music group with multiple Grammy awards to their name. Although the group released their first album, "Just Another Band from East L.A." … [Read more...]
