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‘Never Without a Fight’: How Texas Has Stood Up for Ethnic Studies

Maribel Falcón — Mon, 18 May 2020 20:27:05 +0000

Ethnic studies have never been granted to us without a fight. From the late 1960s to now, students and educators have slowly seen the implementation of ethnic studies courses at the college level and in some places, high school programs. "For all people, as with individuals, the time has come when they must reckon with

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Poet Mónica Teresa Ortiz’s New Book Imagines a Future Where Queer Bodies Are Free

Maribel Falcón — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:06:35 +0000

Texas is a contested space. While it’s politically and socially connected to Mexico, it’s sometimes at odds with conservative Texan culture. Nearly 40 percent of the state’s population identifies as Latino, and the soon-to-be-majority of the state still contends with what it means to be from the land itself. If we wonder what the future

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Esai Morales and Jesse Borrego on ‘Mi Familia’ and Hollywood’s “War of Images” Against Latinos

Maribel Falcón — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:25:01 +0000

At a recent screening of the Chicano classic 'Mi Familia,' OG actors Esai Morales and Jesse Borrego weighed in on how to solve Hollywood's Latino problem.

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Ibeyi Reconnect With Their Cuban Roots in this Short Doc Shot in Havana

Maribel Falcón — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:15:52 +0000

For Naomi and Lisa-Kaidé Diaz, their stage name Ibeyi came as a natural suggestion from their mother. In the West African language Yoruba, Ibeyi means twins. But for the sisters, there is a deeper significance of duality in their French-Cuban upbringing and “total opposite” personalities. Ibeyi is thus, as Lisa describes, the result of “two

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Chicano Batman Wants to be the Opposite of What’s Fucked Up in the World

Maribel Falcón — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:41:17 +0000

We had a chance to talk to the boys about the process behind their music, where they see themselves in the current cultural movements, and how their latest song "Cycles of Existential Rhyme" came together.

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