Category: Latino Studies

  • Part-Latinos and Racial Reporting in the Census: An Issue of Question Format? Sociology of Race and Ethnicity July 2016, Volume 2, Number 3 pages 289-306 DOI: 10.1177/2332649215613531 Michael Hajime Miyawaki, Assistant Professor of Sociology Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas In this study, the author examines the racial reporting decisions of the offspring of Latino/non-Latino white, black,…

  • 9 Famous Faces On The Struggles And Beauty Of Being Afro-Latino The Huffington Post 2016-02-18 Carolina Moreno, Editor Afro-Latinos face many challenges when it comes to identity, particularly when people refuse to believe that being Black and Latino aren’t mutually exclusive experiences. The Latino identity denotes an ethnicity, which means that Latinos exist in every…

  • What does ‘Latinx’ mean? A look at the term that’s challenging gender norms Complex 2016-04-18 Yesenia Padilla, Xicanx Poet Southern California If you’ve been online at all in the past year, you’ve probably seen the word “Latinx” and thought: What does it mean? Latinx (pronounced “La-TEEN-ex”) is a gender-inclusive way of referring to people of…

  • Soledad O’Brien: Seek Out the Curious and the Fastidious Corner Office The New York Times 2016-06-10 Adam Bryant This interview with Soledad O’Brien, chief executive of the Starfish Media Group, a production company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were your early years like? A. I grew up on Long Island, in…

  • On her funky second album, “Black Terry Cat,” the genre-bender explores identity, police violence and the hidden labor of Latino/a restaurant workers.

  • On Her Second Album, Xenia Rubinos Finds a New Language to Talk About Latinidad Remezcla 2016-06-01 Isabelia Herrera At a time when the political utility of the Afro-Latino label is as urgent as ever, it’s easy to forget that the journey to embrace that identity isn’t always immediate. Before recording her sophomore album Black Terry…

  • LA poets document the city in ‘Coiled Serpent’ anthology Los Angeles Daily News 2016-03-25 Richard Guzman, Arts and Entertainment Reporter Long Beach Press Telegram As students take part in a guitar workshop inside his Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in Sylmar, Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez grabs a copy of the latest book…

  • White Colorism Social Currents Volume 2, Number 1 (March 2015) DOI: 10.1177/2329496514558628 pages 13-21 Lance Hannon, Professor Department of Sociology & Criminology Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania Perhaps reflecting a desire to emphasize the enduring power of rigidly constructed racial categories, sociology has tended to downplay the importance of within-category variation in skin tone. Similarly, in…

  • Filipino Americans: Blending Cultures, Redefining Race Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed National Public Radio 2016-05-24 Renee Montagne, Host There are over 3 million people of Filipino heritage living in the U.S., and many say they relate better to Latino Americans than other Asian American groups. In part, that can be traced to the history…

  • Mixed-Race Mixtape Explores Identity Through Hip-Hop Theater at UCI OC Weekly Fountain Valley, California 2016-05-17 Gabriel San Roman If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can tweet a picture of himself eating a taco bowl while declaring “I love Hispanics,” the national discussion around race has gotten soggier than the bottom of his bowl. Thankfully, Andrew…