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Let’s face it, we’ve all wished we could change something about ourselves at one point or another. Some tall people would like to be shorter, short people taller. Some people with curly hair want straight hair, and people with straight hair want it curly. And let’s not forget about the people who’d like things like Read More
Bullying is everywhere. It seems that one can’t turn on the television or pick up a newspaper without finding stories of bullying or hazing among children and adolescents. Where the solution used to be teaching victims to ignore bullies, punish those who were bullying others or attempt to hide physical traits that caused the negative Read More
Bullying is a topic that’s been addressed at length, not only in other publications, but on the Being Latino platform. Our writers have shared statistics, stories of mean girls, personal stories, and even when we as Latinos say hurtful words to and about our very own. We read these words and feel sympathy for these Read More
“You should stop hanging out with Roberto, he’s kinda ghetto.” I heard this exchange from Latina students in the hallway of the high school I was tutoring at as a college freshman. There was something about the girl’s choice of words that bothered me, especially since I knew the kid they were talking about. Roberto Read More