Library: Explore Hispanic Heritage: Activism

Here's How Much Hollywood Continues to Erase and Stereotype Latinx People on Screen
Article from the Huffington Post, summarizing a recent Annenberg study.

During the longest government shutdown in American history, we assembled a team from Mexico and a team from the USA to establish a highline across the border between us. “In a world that is constantly trying to tear us apart, we are here to come together, to cross those imaginary lines that divide us...”

The 2020 census had big undercounts of Black people, Latinos and Native Americans.

Representation matters. But for most Latino students across the country, a stark under-representation of Latinos in the education profession means they may never have a teacher, principal or administrator who looks like them. Read about the importance of Closing the Latino Leadership Gap.

Code Switch: The Kid Mero Talks "What It Means to Be Latino"
We've said it multiple times on the show: Latinos are the second largest demographic in the United States. But...what does that actually mean? Are Latinos a race? Ethnicity? Culture? We try (and fail) to answer some of these questions with Dominican American podcaster and entertainer the Kid Mero.

Tamarindo: College? She's Got a Plan for That
It’s Back to School, and for many first-gen Latinx college students, this can be both an exciting and scary time. On this episode of Tamarindo, Ana Sheila and Brenda revisit their college years at Standford and CSUF respectively, share awesome tips helpful for any college survival kit, and discuss the state of college access today.

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