Here, at SupaDaily we were absolutely appalled (<—yes, it’s a ‘scholarly’ word, we use) to learn that a fellow woman of color was disrespected and falsely called out for plagiarism because a word, a word – ‘HENCE’ did not sound like a word she would say?! Tiffany Corin Martínez, a college senior at Suffolk University, had an experience in a classroom that should never occur, a teaching moment turned into an embarrassing, put on-the-spot, humiliating one. Tiffany’s sociology professor rudely tossed Tiffany’s essay paper and wrote in a blue pen “this is not your word” underlining ‘not’ several times and also writing down ‘Please go back and indicate where you cut and paste’. It was assumptive. It was bias. It was racism.
In Tiffany’s blog post ‘Academia, Love Me Back’, she asks, ‘How many degrees do I need for someone to believe I am an academic?’
As NASA returns to the Moon, Latinas are helping shape the future of space. From Ellen Ochoa to Diana Trujillo and Lili Villarreal, their impact highlights the need for more Latina astronauts and Latina in STEM.
Long before diversity in books became a movement, Pura Belpré was bringing Puerto Rican folklore to life in New York libraries. As the first Puerto Rican librarian in NYC, she created bilingual storytime and helped generations of Latino children see themselves reflected in literature.
Across the Americas, Latina journalists are reshaping the media landscape bringing visibility to gender violence, inequality, and the stories too often ignored.
Bad Bunny headlining Super Bowl. LX. and the conversation around him reveals why Latino representation in American culture still matters.
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