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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]