15 May 2021
The road to political victory is, apparently, paved with good intentions. Mexico has done tremenously when it comes to gender parity in public office… half, or almost half, of both chambers of the legislature are women, as are the two second most powerful offices in the country after the President (Claudia Sheinbaum, the governor …
Jefa de Gobierno… of Mexico City and the Home Secretary/Interior Minister … Secreteria de Gobierno… Olga Sanchez Cordero). Striving to recognize that gender inequality is not the only form of inequality in the country… and that gender is a more complex matter than just the binary traditional male/female split, the election rules in this country have what might be called affirmative action rules for party candidates, mandating not just that there be as many female candidates within a party slate as there are male candidates, but that the parties strive for (but fall a bit short) of LBGTQ+ candidates, indigeneous candidates and
From ‘Pelo Malo’ to ‘Tango Negro’, Here Are 5 Must-Watch Pieces Centered on the Black Latino Experience
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As you know, February is Black History Month a time set aside by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in February 1926. Initially, it was celebrated the week of February 12 to coincide with Frederick Douglass’s birthday. Then, in 1970, the Black United Students at Kent State expanded it to a month.
Now, countries like Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands also officially recognize Black History Month. Many studios take this time to release films centered on Blackness, most notably the Oscar-nominated blockbuster Black Panther in 2018. In recent years, Afro-Latines have become a part of the celebration as well. One of the best ways to learn about our diversity in this fantastic landscape called Latin America is film. Below we will discuss a few projects that tackle this complex history of the Afro-L
Afro-Mexicans finally got the recognition they were striving for years on the Mexican census in 2020. This marks the first time the country is counting its Afro-Mexican population, which provides official recognition for the people who were often overlooked in the Mexican cultural picture.
The Afro-Mexican population has long fought for recognition in a mestizo country, where lighter skin color is often shown in social advancement and higher incomes, according to The Guardian report.
This year s census is being collected throughout March. Meanwhile, a 2015 survey from Mexico s statistics institute estimated the Afro-Mexican population at 1.3 million.
Observers are seeing the census to put together a total of around two million, mostly in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz states.
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A takeout window seems an apt location to begin thinking through some of the Los Angeles restaurants that managed not only to open in 2020, but also to enrich the city’s culture with creative achievement and personal narrative. This carryout setup operates from the quiet interior courtyard of Chinatown’s Mandarin Plaza, its mustard-colored façade embellished with a lone ribbon of red neon. Out of its sliding-glass panes appear outlandish sandwiches devised by one of the city’s defining chefs.
Wes Avila, the creator of Guerrilla Tacos, opened
Angry Egret Dinette in late October. One of his early imaginings was the Mookie Melt, a bucking bull on a bolillo roll that charged wildly and deliciously in all directions.