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Meanwhile, On TumblR: “Serving Up Black Frida Kahlo Realness”
By Andrea Plaid It’s the second time I’ve seen a photo like this. One of my favorite Tumblrs, black beauty, featured photos submitted by Tumblrer Indigo, who dressed in an homage to legendary artist...
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Meanwhile, On TumblR: Junot Diaz Goes Graphic Novel
“Nilda,” from the upcoming deluxe edition of Junot Diaz’s “This Is How You Lose Her.” Image Credit: Jamie Hernandez via Entertainment Weekly. Y’all know we crush hard on author Junot Diaz around these...
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Voices: March For Immigrant Dignity And Respect
By Arturo R. García About 3,000 people attended the March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect in San Diego, Calif. All pictures by Arturo R. García. On Saturday, thousands of immigrants and immigration...
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More Than 200 Immigration Advocates & Lawmakers Arrested During Demonstration
By Arturo R. García Saturday’s March for Immigrant Respect & Dignity was indeed a prelude to a bigger demonstration on the National Mall on Tuesday that drew thousands of protesters calling upon...
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Quoted: OC Weekly On The Latin Grammys Marginalizing Mexico
Latin Grammy nominee Aleks Syntek, via Facebook. First, the caveat: ANY entertainment industry awards show never gets anything right and really serves as an excuse for bigwigs to have one giant,...
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Western Privilege and Anti-black Racism in Panama
By Guest Contributor Aliyya Swaby Residents of Colón, Panama, have been fighting to get the government to renovate their dilapidated colonial-era buildings, with little success. Images by the author....
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Quoted: The Nation On The César Chávez Hollywood Didn’t Show Us
America Ferrera (right) and Michael Peña as Helen and Cesar Chavez. Image via Philly.comCesar could be a brilliant strategist, a skill observable in agile, imaginative interaction with determined...
View ArticleReport: Customs officials held 40 ‘low-priority’ pregnant immigrants in one...
By Arturo R. García Despite designating pregnant undocumented immigrants as “low-priority” targets for incarceration, officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) imprisoned 40...
View ArticleIn His Own Words: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014)
Solidarity with our dreams will not make us feel less alone, as long as it is not translated into concrete acts of legitimate support for all the peoples that assume the illusion of having a life of...
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A Friendly Reminder About Cinco De Mayo [The Throwback]
With incidents like this one at the University of California-Davis still popping up, it’s painfully obvious that Cinco de Mayo brings out the absolute worst in some people. So, in this special Monday...
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Murrieta’s Anger Toward Immigrants Comes From The Top
By Arturo R. García Over the course of the past week, the face of the “ugly American” (or perhaps more accurately, the “angry ‘Murican”) has migrated. Usually these kinds of images are associated, for...
View ArticleWho is Lucy Flores?
Camino Cesar Chavez is now official! #Vegas pic.twitter.com/5AC3HESal3 — Juan Ortega (@JuanoBano) September 20, 2014 Midterms are coming. Also known as the election years that most people don’t pay...
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Funny Business: The Racialicious Review of Cantinflas
By Arturo R. García It was perhaps inevitable that Sebastian del Amo’s Cantinflas would fit Charlie Chaplin into the proceedings. Much like Richard Attenborough before him, del Amo finds himself...
View ArticleLive From San Diego Comic Fest: Latino Comics
By Arturo R. García Over the weekend I went to the third annual San Diego Comic Fest, which has pointedly positioned itself as the anti-Comic Con. Specifically, the size of the event is kept manageable...
View ArticleRace + Politics: Undocumented Activists Slam Democrats After Midterm...
By Arturo R. García Tuesday night’s midterm elections brought with them the worst-case scenario for the Democratic Party: Not only did they lose control of the Senate to the Republicans, but the GOP...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Remembering Soldiers of Color [The Throwback]
In honor of the U.S. celebrating Memorial Day today, we are reprinting this 2012 piece featuring veterans from many of our communities We’ll begin with a video that was shown here in San Diego earlier...
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Images: Chicano-Con And The San Diego You Won’t See At Comic-Con
By Arturo R. García While San Diego Comic-Con has become linked with the city’s economy, it’s worth pointing out that one reason other cities probably feel they have a shot at wresting it from San...
View ArticleThe SDCC Files: Spotlight on Lalo Alcaraz
By Arturo R. García [View the story “SDCC Spotlight: Lalo Alcaraz” on Storify] The post The SDCC Files: Spotlight on Lalo Alcaraz appeared first on Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop...
View ArticleLive From IndieCade15: Game Development in the Spanish-Speaking World
[View the story “IndieCade15: Game Development in the Spanish-Speaking World” on Storify] The post Live From IndieCade15: Game Development in the Spanish-Speaking World appeared first on Racialicious -...
View ArticleSan Diego Comics Fest: Comics and Creators in Mexico
By Arturo R. García [View the story “San Diego Comic Fest: Comics and Creators in Mexico” on Storify] The post San Diego Comics Fest: Comics and Creators in Mexico appeared first on Racialicious - the...
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