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A New Film Sheds Light On Dolores Huerta’s Significant Untold Contribution From Creating ‘Si Se Puede’ Message to Organizing One of the nation’s most important of activists, a feminist, a mother to eleven (ay Dios mio what a super woman) and co-founder of the first farm workers
Throughout the many years of terror attacks, the United States has endured this last decade, the majority of the carnage is at the hands of white males. In the past year, white males have killed more Americans in mass murders more than by any other background. However, in the past
‘Illegally WOMAN‘ as featured in ‘Timeless Tales, True Edition‘ by Vincent Miller featuring Thalia Edwards Available on Amazon Also available on Amazon, Thalia’s Black Code a poetic memoir inspired by the insightful self-reflections of inner city Black and Latino teenagers as they look further into social, cultural and
Kim Kardashian showed off her latest hairdo: Fulani braids, inspired by Fulani women of East or West African. Except, in traditional Kardashian fashion, Kim robbed African American women of the credit for the style and called them “Bo Derek” braids instead. Bo Derek is a white actress who was seen
Originally published on EducatedLatina.com Did you know that an Oreo is not just Milk’s Favorite Cookie? According to UrbanDictionary.com, an Oreo is also… Oreo A racist slur and schoolyard name based on racist stereotypes wrongly assuming that intelligence, articulateness, dapperness, and manners are traits of whites and
Long before it was deemed the devil’s work, brujeria, or witchcraft was considered a healing agent. In some cases, royal families called onto witches for guidance. There was an understanding that women were natural healers. They were unlicensed doctors, nurses, midwives, counselors, and pharmacists. They were self-taught, knowledgeable
Cassandra a writer in Dallas, wrote up something that so many of us can relate to. About our perfectly sounding, perhaps gringo names. Her piece for The Dallas Morning News, “My Parents Gave Me An ‘American’ Name…” is contemplative and wrestles with the idea if she should change it, as
Reader Submission by Rocio L. You would never expect a single woman, a ‘childless’ single woman to go see Disney/Pixar’s ‘Coco‘. A look around the theater, it was apparent…families. Lots of familia vibes. As a woman in Hollywood, a Latina working in the industry, I had to
Some time ago, in a conversation with a woman, I shared my experience as a survivor of sexual assault. To my surprise, she burst into tears and revealed that she too had been assaulted years ago and had never spoken about it to anyone. In her cry, I recognized shame
We are consumers, early adopters, super users of the net and creators Latinx, net neutrality is one of the most important matters and social issues today… Imagine working on a big assignment, a major deal, or building your e-commerce shop when you get hit with a slow download or
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