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I have a big family, a big beautiful brown family. I mean, c’mon who doesn’t when you’re Latino. In my family, of all the women whom are here in the states, at one point or another have all been the help, a housekeeper, the maid . Either that or they still are, case in point Read More
Mattel has been criticized for its Barbie dolls and her unrealistic measurements and her negative effect on girls’ body image. Now it is under fire again for its Dolls of the World collection which features dolls from China, Australia, Argentina, Ireland, India, Holland, Chile, Brazil, and Mexico. The latter doll comes wearing a pink ruffled Read More
If you’ve ever driven around my current hometown of Los Angeles, you know that Latinas pushing strollers of white, blue-eyed children is a common sight. These women are usually nannies, and they get paid to raise the kids of movie stars, TV executives, and Beverly Hills trust fund millionaires. Well, ok, not everyone who hires Read More
Eat it, Ms. Coulter: “Latinos are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to apply for unemployment insurance benefits or to receive them once they apply, according to the study published in the Monthly Labor Review and publicized in a briefing by the National Employment Law Project. Based on the 2005 supplement of the Current Population Survey Read More
Do you ever find yourself looking around and saying to yourself, “I’m the only Latino here”? Do you suddenly find yourself feeling anxious, as if your every action is a reflection of your entire ethnicity? It happens to me a lot. I frequently count in my head the number of Latinos in the room. If Read More
For the first time ever, I have been introduced to the bizarre world of WWE (I feel I should point out that this is, believe it or not, part of my job, and not because I like watching men with no armpit hair pretend to break each other’s necks). There are a number of reasons Read More
The NPR – National Public Radio – recently reported in a three-part series that the major networks are trying to appeal to Latino audiences. Although the NPR article focuses specifically on news outlets trying to appeal to both Latinos who prefer their news in Spanish and those who prefer it in English, the networks are Read More
Anyone who drives along Interstate 95, through the Carolinas, cannot miss them: the billboards to stop at South Of The Border, fronted (of course) by a Mexican in stereotypical dress named Pedro. If you’ve ever stopped there, the first word that probably comes to mind is tacky. My question is: Are Latinos offended by the Read More
When you see the name Maria Aragon, what comes to mind? You might think that I plan on writing about a Latina, but that is not quite the point today. That name belongs to a talented young girl, known for her covers of stars such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars and a rising star Read More