Sometimes being a Latino means even innocent activities are seen as reckless by some, just because of how we look. And someone impersonating a cop can be used against us. That’s what this racist woman did to a group of young Latinas playing on their local playground swing……
Rudolfo Anaya wrote “Bless Me, Ultima” which reads like an incantation that takes us back to childhood story times, and has inspired generations of Latinos to embrace our mixed roots. Here are 6 things you need to know about this literary giant: 1. Known as the “grandfather of…
Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Adhara PĂ©rez all have genius IQs. Two are amongst the greatest scientists the world has known (who are also deceased), and one is an 8-year-old girl from Mexico, who will change our world today! When she was 3 years old, Adhara was diagnosed…
These films and TV shows made history for Latinos in the U.S. In 1981, “Zoot Suit” was the first film directed by a Mexican-American (Luis Valdez) to have a theatrical release. And 2002’s “Real Women Have Curves” was the first film directed by a Latina (Patricia Cardoso) to…
It’s terrible but true. In the 1920s and 1930s, the United States reportedly deported up to 2 million people of Mexican descent, nearly 60% of them were U.S. citizens. It was during the Great Depression that “the Republicans decided the way they were going to create jobs was…