Topic: Linking Latinos | VivirLatino http://vivirlatino.com/ US Latino life in blog form. en Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:21:13 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss What is a Jibarito Sandwich? UrbanjibaroIn 2005, I had an opportunity to visit Chicago for a few days for a business conference and as soon as I arrived to the hotel my conference was being held at, I recieved an email on my blackberry from a friend Dulce Ramos. Dulce Ramos is a Chicago native and very successful woman that has an amazing career in real estate as well as very unique women's shoe store called the Pump Room Boutique. I decided to call Dulce to let her know I was in town and before I knew it...she was at the Hotel picking me up to give me the Chicago Express Latino Tour.

You see...I had written an article inquiring about the existence of Latino Life in Chicago and Dulce really wanted to show me how proud the Boricuas are out in Paseo Boricua. What I encountered was fascinating, all these really nice shops and boutiques with very interesting themes and personality all of their own. She asked me if I wanted to have a "Jibarito" and I looked at her with a puzzled look...I had no idea what she was talking about. She took her time to explain it to me as we drove to a place called "Borinquen Restaurant" which is also known as the home of this Mysterious "Jibarito Sandwich".

]]> http://vivirlatino.com/2008/08/08/what-is-a-jibarito-sandwich.php http://vivirlatino.com/2008/08/08/what-is-a-jibarito-sandwich.php Chicago Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:21:13 -0500 Link Love : Your ‘conspiracy theory’ is my blood and flesh I'm crazy behind this morning in my blogging pero go give a looksie over at All About Race and a recent post about how conspiracy theories about people of color and our children globally have been played as the guinea pigs of science all in the name of progress.

In the winter of 2004, a source first told me that the Federal government had sanctioned testing an AIDS vaccine on mostly black and Latino foster children ages1 month to late teens. I did not believe it. When finally convinced that it was true, I sobbed openly as we walked through the park. I had only the back of my hand to wipe my eyes and my nose, but I didn’t care. I was so enraged and so impotent. It was excruciating and useless to have this knowledge because I didn’t have enough of the story to go to a reporter and it would be almost impossible to prove anyway cloaked as it was in the “private records” of foster children.

I'm currently reading Andrea Smith's Conquest (a fuller review will come when I'm done) and it's heartbreaking and anger inducing, but it is also a call to action when you comprehend and digest how ethics get thrown out the window when it comes to the bodies and minds of people of color.

Check out the entire post here.

]]> http://vivirlatino.com/2008/04/15/link-love-your-aconspiracy-theorya-is-my-blood-and-flesh.php http://vivirlatino.com/2008/04/15/link-love-your-aconspiracy-theorya-is-my-blood-and-flesh.php Linking Latinos Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:41 -0500 Linking Latinos: VL's Faves This Week on the Web A new feature of VivirLatino, Linking Latinos highlights what the editors of VL have been reading and loving in the blogosphere.

Embracing Human Rights? Let's see how you treat immigrants and people of color in your overdeveloped nations. Paris, France: Fail. (Fabulosa Mujer): This is another Latino perspective on what’s going down in France.

New & Noteworthy (CraftyChica): Kathy’s podcast was chosen as one of four "New and Noteworthy" of the week from Yahoo. She’s been getting listeners from the US, UK, Australia, Spain. Congrats mujer.

Four years and counting (Loteria Chicana): More congrats. Cindylu is celebrating her blog's 4th birthday!!


Christmas shopping (Chicana on the Edge): Regina in Chicago is already making her Christmas shopping plans. Wanna help her?


A Minuteman's Essay Reveals a Different Mindset (Latina Lista): Marisa Treviño posts the thoughts of a Texas Minuteman.

]]> http://vivirlatino.com/2005/11/13/linking-latinos-vls-faves-this-week-on-the-web.php http://vivirlatino.com/2005/11/13/linking-latinos-vls-faves-this-week-on-the-web.php Linking Latinos Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:00:00 -0500 Linking Latinos: VL's Faves This Week on the Web A new feature of VivirLatino, Linking Latinos highlights what the editors of VL have been reading and loving in the blogosphere.

la Mala's picks:

- Tortillas Duras:
La Cherry confronts what leaving New England means. I love this mujer’s prose. It reads like poesia.

- Xispas:
Patrisia Rodriguez links day of the dead and marigolds with current events in the name of the ancestors. This article moved me.

- The Daily Gotham :
They have excellent coverage on the NYC election coming up (even if they love Freddy Ferrer a little too much for my taste).

- Margaret Cho’s Blog:
She is one of the funniest mujeres out there but there ain’t nothing funny about encountering racism. I could relate to this post.

- Crafty Chica:
Dia de los Muertos may be over but this mujer has amazing and beautiful craft ideas.

]]> http://vivirlatino.com/2005/11/06/linking-latinos-vls-faves-this-week-on-the-web.php http://vivirlatino.com/2005/11/06/linking-latinos-vls-faves-this-week-on-the-web.php Linking Latinos Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:43:39 -0500