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Meet Lalo Alcaraz – The Chicano Artist Breaking Barriers for Latinos
By Andres R Gomez
Lalo Alcaraz has long represented Latino culture through his daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha,” delivering satirical and thoughtful discourse on politics and current events. Born to Mexican parents from Sinaloa and Zacatecas…
Spanglish Poetry by Ana Frausto
Asi Es
Fíjate como es la vida
Cuando uno no tiene algún plan fijo para volar a un mundo lejano
Ni alguna simple táctica definida para marcharse a un país extraño
Hispanic Heritage Month Books to Read in 2021
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Abantu Audio has put together a list of eight books you should be reading to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and culture. The Woman in The Zoot Suit by Catherine S. Ramirez…
Gerardo Meza: Capturing Border Politics through Art
By: Bianca Huntley Ortega
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. If that is true then Gerardo Meza’s paintings must be the windows into his surrealist Mexican American dream.
Notes from a Brown Girl’s Music Lesson
by: Noelia Cerna
I think about how you have to be twice as qualified and interesting as your white counterparts to get even a fraction of the opportunity in the working world. I think about how carefully I have to speak and conduct myself in white spaces because they find me intimidating if I’m too ethnic.
What to Free People is Juneteenth?
By: Ms. J
Juneteenth in many ways became the activist’s response to Fredrick Douglass’ question on July 5, 1852, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” This holiday claps back: “Nothing. We have a day all our own.”
Caribbean American Heritage Month & Audiobook Month
Audiobook Month Abantu Audio is a digital storytelling platform representing BIPOC through its Audiobooks and Blog. We are dedicated to hiring Narrators of Color and highlighting POC perspectives through our site. Check Out Our Free…
“I’ll never be Black Enough”
By: Ariyan Johnson
I thought I was Black. That was until American society told me otherwise. People, including friends and family would say things to me like “Are you sure you’re Black?” or “You act white”
Indigenous Student Confronts Professor on Native Culture
http://blog.abantuaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Marlie-with-logo.mov Note: Marlie identifies as two-spirit and goes by (they/he) pronouns. With indigenous roots from Mexico and Ecuador, something felt off when their Anthropology of “Native Peoples of the Americas” professor used ethnic slurs in…