Photo: Laura Martínez
Ayotzinapa in New York City II: Mexicans Say ‘Basta’
NEW YORK — Battling freezing temperatures, paisanos walked the streets of New York City on Nov. 20, 2014 to demand –yet again– answers about the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero on September 26. This time the march kicked off at the Mexican Consulate on 39th street and moved East to the United Nations Headquarters. I was there with them and the vibe was just incredible.
Oh, and it was not the first time. Click here to see some images from the Nov. 9, 2014 march.
Kellogg’s Preps Cereal Line for Religious-Minded Hispanics
Hispanic moms should worry no more: Jesu Krispis, Tadeos and Guada Loops are here to make sure their little devils will go off to school not only with a full belly, but with energy and a blessed heart — and soul — ready to face anything… anything, even their increasingly likely deportation.
Art by @vampipe via @SenoraCatolica
In Ongoing Effort to Desecrate Mexican Food, Taco Bell Preps ‘Dipping Tacos’
And just when you thought tacos couldn’t be any more violated… Taco Bell says it is already working on its next concoction: The “dipping” taco, which is expected to hit stores just in time for the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution: November 20.
Out of respect for my people (i.e. The Mexicans) –and other taco-lovers out there– I will refrain from describing this thing. Suffice to say: I’ll pass.
This is What a Mexican Clinic Did to your Babies Born in 1974
From the “Only in Mexico” and “Not The Onion” archives, comes Cambiados al nacer (Switched at Birth,) an initiative launched by a group of citizens in Toluca, Mexico, informing people born between July 23 and 24, 1974 that they might have been given to the wrong set of parents.
So far, the Facebook page of Cambiados al nacer has a mere 418 followers, but heck, they even got a story in a local newspaper, aptly titled: Se equivocó la cigüeña (The Stork Made a Mistake.)
I personally find this very amusing, mostly because I was not born in Toluca in 1974, but if you did, you should be worried. Very. Worried.
Hat tip: @Oscargutiez
This Pot is Ideal to Cook ‘Hispanic Food’ -Whatever that Means
The folks over at Cinsa know too well that “Hispanic Food” is a thing on this side of the continent; no matter most of us (the so-called Hispanic people) have absolutely no idea what “Hispanic food” means.
In any case, if you feel the need to be enlightened about what “Hispanic food” means in the U.S., go here, here and –of course– here.
Hat tip: @LatinoRebels
You Know Mexicans Have Taken Over New York City When…
… your street’s garbage consists of abandoned tamales carts and the like.
Mexicans in New York are Also Tired –and Pissed– about Ayotzinapa
I wish I had something funny to say about what’s happening in Mexico these days. But I can’t. Nobody can. This has got to be the one time in which this blog has had to put on a sad face.
Mexicans today organized a non-violent, beautiful event in New York City that served not only to express rage at Mexico’s failed state, but -more importantly- to remember each and one of the 43 students murdered in Guerrero. Thanks to organizers like Emilio Montez and Lorena Patiño I was given the opportunity to spend some time getting to know Jonás Trujillo Gonzalez (aka Beni), a native of la Costa Grande del Ticuí, and one of Ayotzinapa’s 43 “missing” students.
I have no idea where Beni is right now, but I’m sure he is in a better place than he was on September 26.
Here are some photos I took today in Union Square. Feel free to steal, copy, paste, share, spread, etc.
WARNING: Photography is not really my thing, so please bear with me.
For references, read the following articles.
Drug Gang Killed Students, Mexican Law Official Says NYT
A test of Peña Nieto’s mettle. The Economist.
Le président mexicain part vers l’Asie en laissant un pays en colère. Libération
Are You Guys Ready for Liquid Doritos? I Know I’m NOT
What do you get when you combine a bag of Doritos with a can of Mountain Dew?
Answer: The perfect post for this blog.
According to regular CNET (which is not CNET en Español) students at Kent State University recently had the opportunity to “Do the Dewitos,” which is nothing but a weird mix of Mountain Dew flavor and Doritos.
I’m not entirely sure about the veracity of this thing, but heck anything, I repeat,
A-N-Y-T-H-I-NG, is better than this thing.
Via: CNET (h/t: @gabosama)
Attention, Architects: Here’s Your Chance to Add some Diversity to your Next Project
I know squat about architecture, but apparently when it comes to architectural renderings, there is –surprise, surprise!– a serious lack of diversity, with most projects using white folks as renderings to represent people in, say, a Mexican supermarket or a Colombian coffee shop.
With that in mind, a group Latin Americans set out to create Escalalatina, an image bank, which aims to provide a way for Latin American architects to fill their renders with images of “real Latinos,” so that next time you see a model of, say, a shopping mall, instead of seeing a very white person, you could actually insert a masked wrestler, Emiliano Zapata or even Cuauhtémoc Blanco (notwithstanding the whiteness of his name) because you know you always bump into those people in the mall.
Heck, you can even go for this AWESOME ice-cream vendor:
via: Arch Daily
You Guys! New Mexico Dedicates a Fighter Jet to ‘The TACOS’
Oh… never mind. I just realized the TACOS in this story were some kind of U.S. Air Guard for New Mexico during World War II and not the delicious ones that consist of yummy stuff wrapped in a tortilla.
But still… Go, TACOS!
Someone Had a Blast in Mexico…
I am just going to leave this here.
So It’s Columbia AND Colombia? … Now They’re Just Screwing with my Head
As it turns out, it’s Columbia *and* Colombia.
Photo: Laura Martínez, Columbia (or Colombia) University, NYC
Eva Longoria to Produce TV Drama About the Castro Brothers
No… unfortunately not the ones pictured above, but the other Castro brothers.
(To think I was already getting excited about the versatility of my favorite, retro-acculturated Latina)
Sniff, sniff.
‘Emojis’ Will Soon be Browner, Blacker, Because Diversity
Tired of the lack of diversity in the media and pretty much elsewhere? Worry no more! Very soon, your cute yellow -and white-faced emojis will be able to adopt up to six different skin tones, from unreal, weirdly yellowish yellow to an almost-pitch black.
This added diversity comes courtesy of the Unicode Consortium, the group that governs the emoji standard, which today said it is working on an update that “addresses emoji diversity.” In a nutshell, this basically means we will soon be able to use some sort of tech tool to make our emojis more brown/black and hopefully less güeritos.
I applaud the Unicode Consortium for their diversity efforts, because even if Hispanics and/or African-Americans continue to be underrepresented in media, politics, entertainment and pretty much elsewhere, at least we’ll be more accurately represented in the very important world of chatting with our friends and family using emoticons.
I mean, embracing diversity has to start somewhere.
Via: CNET en Español
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