Bachata! The Immigration Story of an Increasingly Popular Dominican Genre
Bachata is one of my friend Maya’s favorite guilty pleasures. She and I turn up the volume when it comes on the radio, we listen to it when we’re getting […]
Tag Archives: immigrants
Classic “American” Food?
Mac ‘N’ Cheese? Hot Dogs? Apple Pie? These are some of the classic “American” foods we are familiar with. Yet, what is American? How are we to claim these foods […]
US Economic Policies Regarding Mexico: Notice a Pattern?
The North American Free Trade Agreement began on January 1, 1994 between the United States, Mexico and Canada. This enacted lower custom barriers that promoted a free market among the […]
Are Immigrants Just a Number?
Upon reading Shaun Tan’s The Arrival for a second time, I noticed the purpose of stylistic choices a bit more. After an emotional scene created by the main immigrant character’s meaningful relationships, […]
Koreatown emerges in Allston-Brighton
I was really excited when I found an article in the Boston Globe about the growing Korean-American immigrant population in Allston-Brighton, one of the many neighborhoods of Boston. While I […]
The “Bad” Ones
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. You can […]
Rappin’ Politics
Hip Hop has become one of the most popular genres in the music industry. Originating in the ghettos of South Bronx, in New York, hip hop first revolved around the […]
Thousands of Newly Registered Immigrant Voters in Massachusetts
On Election Day in two weeks 4,000 newly registered immigrant voters will participate in the Massachusetts polls. These immigrants became naturalized citizens between late last spring up until last Wednesday, […]
Y’all Better Vote (If you can, that is)
Yesterday at 4:00 a.m. UK time, one of my friends (an American citizen currently living in London) tuned in to watch the first 2012 presidential debate, live. To her surprise, […]
Borderless Love and Multiethnic Identity
I grew up believing that marrying outside of one’s race was no big thing. My dad is from Peru and my mom is from Oklahoma, and there’s never seemed to […]
Immigration Talk 