THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: AGAIN?! RENEE NICOLE GOOD KILLING PROTEST! LATINOPIA SHOWCASE THE LAND OF BORIKÉN; RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT ON NEW LATINO ART AT SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART AND MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES WITH LORENZO MARTINEZ OF THE TEXMANIANCS.
Sadly we begin this week with another tragedy due to Donald Trump’s continued ICE attacks on immigrants but now expanding to include law abiding American citizens. In this case, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old United States citizen and mother of three, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent as she attempted to drive away from a potential confrontation. This time, however, the incident was captured on numerous cell phones, causing many to call the incident a brazen and needless act of murder. The death of Renee Good has sparked protests throughout the United States and one such protest, held in Pasadena, California, was captured by Latinopia and is posted here. Hear Americans speaking out on this tragedy.
Also this week, Puerto Rican blogger José M.Umpierre brings us an original video he has written and co-produced with Jonathan Cintrón. This remarkable video traces the history of agriculture on the island of Puerto Rico from indigenous times, when the Taino people cultivated crops, to the present where we find that Puerto Rico imports more than 80% of its food from outside the island. Umpierre’s call is for a renewal of what was once the island’s mainstay of self-sufficient agriculture. Check out this well crafted video, presented here in Spanish with English subtitles. Its really worth a look!
Texas blogger Dr. Ricardo Romo returns with his weekly Tejano Report. This week he looks at New Latino Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art. The new show highlights the work of artists Mario Pérez, Patrick Martinez, Jesse Treviño, Al Rendon, Marisa Moran Jahn and Alberto Mijanes. As usual Ricardo gives us backstory on the artists and their work.
And Mark Guerrero returns with his unique interviews of Chicano music artists in his East L.A. Music Stories. Mark is amazing because he has set out to chronicle, through interviews, the entire span of Chicano and Latino music artists, many of them legends, from the the 1960s to the present. As a musician, composer and performer himself, Mark has often performed with many of the artists he interviews, giving his questioning added depth. Check out this music blog as he interviews Lorenzo “Lencho” Martinez whose primary instrument is the guitarrón and who has performed extensively with the group Los Texmaniacs.
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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