Now that the political theater of the conventions is over, the commentary keeps plowing on from: who got their message out, who motivated their base the most, and, oh so importantly, which party had the best (read: most) Latino representative. I’ve complained in the past about demographers insisting that the Latino Vote is a monolith. Insisting that Latinos swear political allegiance to only one party is just a different way to stereotype, as far as …
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The Wrong Kind of Brown
Followers will know that Deldelp Medina and I have a session submission in to SXSW. One of the things that SXSW is very clear about is that your session should answer 5 questions that you need to articulate before you can submit. The five questions we came up with are these: Why isn’t our generation of Latinos considered exceptional? How do we become visible in the media landscape without being reduced to the lowest common …
