365 Days of Latino Heritage | 4 million residents of the U.S. Caribbean...

365 Days of Latino Heritage

Latino Heritage Month has been commodified and commercialized with the real meaning behind heritage and history lost in a push to make Latinos spend and make us a brand. We are not a brand. We are not a marketing demographic. We are a complex mescla of people, culturas y lenguas.

Originally this started as a project for Latino Heritage Month, 2009 pero because our lives as Latinos, Latin Americans and the other names we respond to in our hearts are live every day, this is 365 days of Latino heritage.

Compiled and Curated
By Maegan la Mamita Mala Ortiz of VivirLatino

4 million residents of the U.S. Caribbean territory are American citizens but can’t vote for president, while the almost 5 million Puerto Ricans living in the 50 U.S. states have full voting rights.

—CNN (via speaksbeliefs)

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4 million residents of the U.S. Caribbean territory are American citizens but can’t vote for president, while the almost 5 million Puerto Ricans living in the 50 U.S. states have full voting rights.