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DON FELÍPE’S BRAVO ROAD BLOGS 2014 -2018

Scholar and long time Latinopia blogger Felípe de Ortego y Gasca passed away on December 29, 2018. A prolific author, he wrote 56 articles for Latinopia from the time he started blogging on Latinopia … [Read more...]

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January 19, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 11.25.18 “WHY WE ARE CHICANOS”

In 1973 Washington Square Press—a Division of Simon & Schuster—published a Pocket Books edition of We Are Chicanos: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature, first critical anthology of Mexican … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Chicano Literature, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

May 10, 2015 by Breht Burri

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 8.05.18 “DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

  DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY--IMPLICATIONS OF MINORITY TO MAJORITY SHIFTS IN SELECT GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS As part of the process of keeping my college … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca, Hispanic populations, Texas Population growth

August 11, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 7.08.18 “A DREAM DEFERRED”

  My dream has not withered like a raisin in the sun, though at my age I wonder what my “future” would have been had I realized my dream of being a college or university president. It never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

July 8, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 6.06.18 “IF NOT FOR THE G.I. BILL-A CHICANO VIEW”

  I was surprised by the American Legion Magazine interview on the GI Bill with  Henry Kissinger and Hank Greenberg  (June 2017). These are two public figures whom I’ve long admired despite … [Read more...]

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June 6, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 5.05.18 “SUNSET AND EVENING STAR”

  It seems to be a truism of history that significant events begin inauspi­ciously. Or at least if one is attuned to the significance of the moment, its augury for the future … [Read more...]

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May 5, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVE ROAD WITH DON FELIPE 4.15.18 “IN AMERICA’S DEFENSE: MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS”

IN AMERICA’S DEFENSE: MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS    By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca At almost 92, World War II seems like a world and a half ago. I had just turned 17 in 1943 … [Read more...]

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April 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 3.04.18 “JAMES BALDWIN, RICHARD WRIGHT AND CHICANO CONSCIOUSNESS”

JAMES BALDWIN, RICHARD WRIGHT, THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE  AND CHICANO CONSCIOUSNESS                                                                            Our paths did not cross … [Read more...]

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March 4, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 6.06.18

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: MICHEAL SEDANO ON "THE FABULOUS SINKHOLE COMES TO LIFE," BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON "CELEBRATING THE CUATRO," DON FELIPE ON "IF NOT FOR THE G.I. BILL" AND MITOTE PERFORMING "LA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

June 6, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELÍPE 11.19.17 “REMEMBERING GEORGE I. SANCHEZ 1906-1972”

When I first met George I. Sanchez in 1963 I was a member of the Southwest Council of Foreign Language Teachers organized by María Esman (Barker) and María Urquides. I was then teaching French at … [Read more...]

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November 19, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 9.01.17 “HISPANICS, FAKE NEWS, AND THE AMERICAN MEDIA”

It’s not that the American Media is crooked, as Donald Trump rages against it, they’re blind-sided by their perception of America as white despite the fact that the United States has never been a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Chicano Literature, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

October 15, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE ORTEGO 9.03.17 “THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING”

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING In 1888 Rudyard Kipling wrote “The Man Who Would Be King” an “extraordinary social parable” about two British adventurers who, in Keystone Kops fashion, became kings … [Read more...]

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September 1, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD WITH DON FELIPE 8.13.17 “TUSCANY ON THE MIMBRES”

When my wife Gilda suggested a drive to the Esperanza Vineyard in Sherman, New Mexico, just East of Silver City, New Mexico, I readily agreed. It was a perfect sunny day for such a drive and … [Read more...]

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August 13, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE DE ORTEGO 7.09.17 ‘MASKS OF IDENTITY”

MASKS OF IDENTITY: THE SPACE OF LIMINAL POSSIBILITIES Abstract: A case study in teaching from 2007-2014 a dual-enrollment university course in Composition & Rhetoric 101 and 102 Exposition and … [Read more...]

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July 8, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 6.04.17 THE LATINO DIASPORA AND HERMANDAD

THE LATINO DIASPORA AND HERMANDAD I At the moment the U.S. Census Bureau calculates there are about 60 million American Hispanics—not Hispanic Americans—in the United States, all of whom are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Boricuas and Chicanos, Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

June 4, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 5.07.17 ROBERT JAMES WALLER & CHICANO LITERATURE

It may seem incongruous to link Robert James Waller and Chicano literature: he of the best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County; and Chicano literature so unread and so unknown—except to the … [Read more...]

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May 7, 2017 by JT

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 4.09.17 “NACCS AND GLOBALIZATION, WAR & TERROR”

Chicano/a Studies in an era of Transcendence: Globalization, Constant War, Terror, and Mass Expulsions The official history of NACCS states that “In 1972, at the annual meeting of the … [Read more...]

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April 9, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 3.19.17 “TRUMP: PATRIOT, PATRIARCH, OR PETRARCH?”

A trope is a figurative use of language—a metaphor which provides a compact way of representing  a subset of cognitive and perceptual features salient to it. In other words, a metaphor mediates the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Donald Trump, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

March 26, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD WITH DON FELIPE 2.26.16 “THE OSCAR AND ME”

The 2016 Oscar Awards fue un desmadre—a disaster, not the Chris Rock show: the Awards. I had thought about going to the Oscar Awards event this year to protest the paucity (near absence) of minority … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Boycotting the Oscars, Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca, Oscar minority exclusion

April 4, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD — 2016 ELECTION RESULTS

MORNING IN AMERICA: MANOS A LA OBRA DONALD TRUMP’S BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE It’s morning in America, Donald Trump is President Elect, the sun is shining, the water in my shower came … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: 2016 Election Results, Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

November 10, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 8.14.16 “REFLECTIONS ON TURNING 90”

  Hard to believe I’ve made it to this milestone age of 90—more than half of those years teaching in higher education—still teaching. There were a number of years when I was a high school … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca

August 14, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS 03.17.23 “IRISH VS KKK: THE IRISH WON “

March 11, 2022 By Tia Tenopia

Irish vs. the KKK: the Irish won… St. Patrick’s Day is nigh upon us. For many, St. Patrick’s Day is a fun day, a time to wear green, drink green beer, and eat corned beef and cabbage. But it’s actually a serious holiday. St. Patrick’s Day celebrates Ireland’s patron saint and national apostle, St. Patrick, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.17.23 THE CHEECH

March 17, 2023 By wpengine

Texas Chicanos Shine in New Cheech Marin Museum in Riverside, California As you enter the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture—be prepared. The two story glass sculpture by the de la Torre brothers will take your breath away. The glass and plastic installation, homage to an Aztec deity Coatlicue, silently greets visitors. […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.08.23

March 10, 2023 By wpengine

Gini Garcia attained international status with several significant glass works: a commission work for the Vatican;  a one thousand pound chandelier for the Lingner Castle in  Dresden, Germany valued at $250,000, and  a prodigious glass wall for a Marriott in Aruba.  She has completed 50 site artworks worldwide, including 150 pieces for the Harry Potter […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.17.23 – JESSE TREVIÑO, AN ENORMOUS LOSS

February 17, 2023 By wpengine

Jesse Treviño: The Latino Art Community Suffers an Enormous Loss By Dr. Ricardo Romo Jesse Treviño, one of America’s premier Latino artists, passed away on February 13, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. He was 76 years old. Treviño had been ill for the past year following a surgery for cancer. His monumental tile mosaic sculptures […]

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