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
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Grito de Lares Revolutionary Flag
The Grito de Lares, the first major independence revolt in Puerto Rico, took place on September 23, 1868.

In 1514 the newly arrived African slaves in PR revolted. creating the first uprising of Africans in the Americas. in Puerto Rico. Historians have always maintained that the first uprising of Blacks took place in Hispaniola in 1522. pero, why has history ignored the revolts of 1514 in the island of Puerto Rico? According to Jalil Sued Badillo, in his book Puerto Rico Negro, the reasons were many. One of the main reasons was that the population of African slaves in Puerto Rico was still small in numbers and wasn’t considered a threat to the colony. Besides, at the time of the uprising the Spaniards had their hands full fighting (ie, trying to commit genocide on) the Tainos who had begun to revolt in 1511. with that said, i’m going with the first major independence revolt was that of black and brown folks who wanted their freedom about 300 years earlier. we’re still fighting for it.

manifestfreedom:

fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:

Grito de Lares Revolutionary Flag

The Grito de Lares, the first major independence revolt in Puerto Rico, took place on September 23, 1868.

In 1514 the newly arrived African slaves in PR revolted. creating the first uprising of Africans in the Americas. in Puerto Rico. Historians have always maintained that the first uprising of Blacks took place in Hispaniola in 1522. pero, why has history ignored the revolts of 1514 in the island of Puerto Rico? According to Jalil Sued Badillo, in his book Puerto Rico Negro, the reasons were many. One of the main reasons was that the population of African slaves in Puerto Rico was still small in numbers and wasn’t considered a threat to the colony. Besides, at the time of the uprising the Spaniards had their hands full fighting (ie, trying to commit genocide on) the Tainos who had begun to revolt in 1511. with that said, i’m going with the first major independence revolt was that of black and brown folks who wanted their freedom about 300 years earlier. we’re still fighting for it.

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