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INTERVIEW: Why This Dad Supported His Daughter During Palestine College Protests
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for Remezcla
One Latino father, Lazaro Aguero, went viral last month in his interview with ABC7 for his unwavering support of his daughter, Camila Aguero Salas, who joined the student-led protests at USC. Aguero and his daughter are now speaking up about the viral moment, why they are so passionate about demanding academic institutions divest funds from Israel and the connection they see between the struggles of Latines and Palestinians.
UCLA student protestors say the administration is putting them in danger
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for The LA Public Press
As campus arrests rose to over 2,000 nationwide in the last 2 weeks on more than 80 campuses, student organizers at UCLA say the violence on campus is due to the administration’s failure to protect students. Tensions began to rise on Sunday, April 28 as counter-protestors violently attacked protestors at the student-led Palestine Solidarity Encampment just days after its setup.
USC genocide studies professor sees Gaza campus protest arrests as a dangerous step toward authoritarianism
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for The LA Public Press
USC joined a growing list of academic institutions around the country asking for police presence at Gaza solidarity encampments, a move many academics and lawyers claim sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarianism on college campuses. Experts, including a tenured professor of genocide studies at USC, say the presence of police at college campuses — where Gaza solidarity encampments are often peaceful — has the potential to escalate the situation and lead to violence.
These Dominican Americans are throwing the best L.A. parties you don’t know about
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for DeLos LA Times
Just because Caribbean Latines represent a small percentage of the L.A. population doesn’t mean that there aren’t opportunities for them to celebrate their culture and build community. Two Dominican Americans living in Los Angeles, one a chef and the other an actress, began hosting parties to bridge that gap.
These Indigenous people are fighting to keep their languages alive
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for DeLos LA Times
For many diasporic Latines, an inevitable argument arises around identity and language. If you don’t speak the primary language of your home country, whether that’s Spanish, French or Portuguese, the implication can be that you are not Latine or “Latino enough.” But this framing ignores the thousands of Indigenous languages still spoken by First Nations across Central and South America.
The Women of Color on the Front Lines of the Hollywood Strike
By Constanza Eliana Chinea for KnockLA
As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, have held strong on their fight for better wages for the past few months, and even gained a victory for the writers union recently, many prominent figures have been featured as the leading voices of the movement. However, it has been women of color who have been on the front lines of the strike, and for them, the stakes are high.
These Latines are normalizing alcohol-free spaces for la cultura
A growing number of Latines are shifting the social pressure away from drinking while keeping the cultural aspects of Latine gatherings firmly in place. They’re building community and connection without alcohol and a lot of that has to do with the role it played in their culture and their families growing up.
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Stranger Fruit
Constanza Eliana joins Donovan Thompson of Stranger Fruit to co-host and produce this Spotify Original LIVE podcast, covering trending topics that affect the Black and Brown community.