“La sangre nos trata destrozar…El gobierno nos trata destrozar…Las tormentas nos tratan destrozar…Pero aquí estamos.” | “Our blood tries to destroy us…The government tries to destroy us…The storms try to destroy us…But here we are.” A storm is brewing in Miami, Florida in 1992. As a small Cuban family prepares to brace the storm, loyalty…
Just Do It: Both Sports & Politics
Although the NFL is over a month underway, Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49ers pro quarterback, continues to make headlines despite not having played a game in almost two years. On September 6, 2018, Nike spurred a series of mixed reactions with feature of Colin Kaepernick, who narrated the 30th anniversary rendition of its “Just…
Reconciling Representation in Crazy Rich Asians
“I can’t wait to watch it!” “Oh my gosh, you haven’t seen it, yet? You HAVE to watch it!” People have uttered these exclamations countless times since Crazy Rich Asians came out. The day the film premiered, my friends and I immediately went to the nearest theater in NYC. As we sat together at the…
Two Words
“You’re in America – speak English!” I felt the sprinkles of spit hit my arm. Whipped my head to the right. All I could do was watch as a scowling seventy-something year old Caucasian man huffed away – an expression full of hate and an air of self-righteousness. My mom’s voice on the phone seemed…
Death and Gravity Overcome
No plane has ever crashed from turbulence. The Wright Brothers, however, were blatantly unaware of this. They must have feared that with every one of its convulsions, the aircraft would come tumbling down into the earth like every machine that attempted to fly before theirs. That’s another thing to remember. The Wright Brothers…