IN THIS “SECOND GOLD RUSH,” where it seems every store, site, and organization is moving forward quickly to access “The Latino Market,” and keeping in mind the arrival of Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month, it seems a good time to consider the question: What does it mean to be “Latino” today? Another chapter in the News With Nezua narrative.
Soy Indio y Euro, soy mestizo, soy Latino. I am the conqueror and the conquered, I am the field and the worker and the hungry consumer; I am all these things, but my heritage is and will always be la lucha. And that is why I am here many days. For mi gente are still in the fields. It is not a thing of the past.
PRESS RELEASE: After 20 years of archeao-astronomical research, Alberto Hagar-González has deciphered “keys’ hidden for thousands of years in thegeometrical patterns of the Mayan pyramids and the steles and glyphs of Yucatan, Mexico. Saturday, September 13th he will give a free talk at Southwest College, Little Theatre in Los Angeles starting at 11 AM.
LATINO HERITAGE MONTH approaches (Sep. 15 – Oct. 15) and we see the rise of both pride and solidarity, as well as outright resistance to our celebrating our culture, language, and feelings of pride for who we are and where we have come from. In Oxnard, Califas, the celebration of Latino history and culture is being held for the first time.
House of Nezua
the XOLAGRAFIK theater!
