Articles tagged with: Cuban-American
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OK, we are a little bit addicted to these Things People Say videos on YouTube, and watching them has brought up stuff people have said to me and …
Questions of Race and Ethnicity
There are more people living in the one Miami subdivision where my parents live than in the whole of my little town outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
And except for the nice family …
So, NBA star Michael Jordan announced an engagement to Yvette Prieto, a pretty Cubanita model from Miami he’s been dating for three years
My first thought was, “Welcome to la Familia, Michael.”
My second was: “Ay, madre. Cubans! …
Click the headline link to see the YouTube video of Mi Burrito Sabanero and hear the lyrics.
By Bohemian Babushka
“Si-i-lent Night, Ho-o-ly Night. All is calm, All is bright…”
As a child I remember being enchanted and entranced …
Sometimes, hearing stories and studies about bilingualism and bilingual education make me want to bang my big fat cabeza against a wall. A thick wall. Even when the stories and studies are praising the value …
At this week’s potluck with the neighbors — where we discuss things such as new baby names, Google+ vs Facebook and dogs that eat underwear — a friend joyfully told me she had purchased a …
By Tracy López
Like most children I had a keen eye for injustice – especially when it was perpetrated against me.
“It’s not fair!” I’d declare. My mother, calmly, and sometimes without even looking up from whatever …
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Habanera, a Portrait of a Cuban Family (Floricanto Press, 2010) and published here during Abuela Week at the Tiki Tiki. The essay also is the fifth of five …
Editor’s Note: This is the third of five essays celebrating Abuela’s during Mother’s Day week 2011 on the Tiki Tiki. To read the other essays, visit the intro essay.
By Jennifer Ramón-Dover
I was lucky: I got …
Editor’s Note: This is the second in the series, ¿Vege-Que? — A Week of Healthy Eating, ongoing from April 11 to 17 on the Tiki Tiki. Please visit the first post to learn more about …
