Hispanic Heritage Month Resources

Your Host
Anna – @vivid.dadance

Nonprofits
Hispanic Institute
67 Sueños
United We Dream
Latino Victory Fund

TV
Street Food Latin America on Netflix
John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons
This Fool – Hulu

Podcasts
Se Regalan Dudas

Foods to try
Enchiladas en mole
Tamales (savory or sweet)
Tortas
Ropa vieja

Music
Bad Bunny
J Balvin + Tainy
Selena Quintanilla
Juanes
Luis Miguel

Movies
Frida
Coco
Maria Full of Grace
Sex, Shame and Tears

Books
Isabel Allende – The House of the Spirits
Jorge Luis Borges – Fictions
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude

Latinx, Hispanic, Chicano?

Latino/latinx/latine describes any person with ancestry in Latin America.

This definition usually includes Portuguese-speaking Brazil and French-speaking Haiti, but excludes Spain.

Describes ethnicity (cultural identity), not race.

Hispanic refers to any of the peoples in the Americas and Spain who speak Spanish or are descended from Spanish-speaking communities.

Describes ethnicity (cultural identity), not race.

Chicano describes someone who is native of, or descends from, Mexico and who lives in the United States.

Mexican Americans have taken the term Chicano, previously considered a pejorative word, and used it to empower themselves.