Reaching a demographic of vegans unbeknownst to Amy Quichiz in , this Peruvian and Colombian New York City native would create the foundation of a tribe of hundreds of women, trans, and non-binary people of color eating a plant-based diet through Veggie Mijas. Originally a shared space for vegans of color to circulate affordable recipes, Veggie Mijas is now a grassroots organization with over 11 active chapters across the country with the latest established chapter in Mumbai, India.
Specifically, within the U. These statistics prove there is an evident disconnect between our Latinx plant-based roots and the current environment and eating habits of Latinx folks within the United States.
While Veggie Mijas is not exclusive to Latinx folks, Amy and this community are building the bridge within that gap. Amy spoke to HipLatina on the ancestral significance of food within the Latinx community, shifting food to mindset, and the future of veganism by people of color. Plant-Based Ancestral Practices When thinking of veganism as a Latinx person, it has been complicated, like any other person of color, to find oneself within this rhetoric and lifestyle when the options for plant-based foods are geared towards American foods.
Although veggie burgers can be delicious to vegan and non-vegan people alike, Amy highlights how critical it is to formulate your food options in ways that are traditional to your household.
As the United States reaches the highest recorded rate of adult obesity at Despite these staggering numbers, it is no surprise Latinx folks, as well as Black folks, have far more health issues than white Americans when a variety of socioeconomic factors are at also play.
Are they really choices? Click here to read the full article on Hip Latina. When model student Sonia Gutierrez was informed by her high school counselor in that college was out of the question because the young Colorado Latina lacked documentation, Gutierrez allowed herself an afternoon to sob, mourning the future she and her parents had worked toward their whole lives. Gutierrez testified before the Colorado legislature in support of the ASSET bill, which passed in and allows qualifying students without legal status to pay in-state tuition rates.
She shared her story with local journalists and was consistently disappointed in the coverage. I wanted to see stories told by my community — stories more fairly and truthfully representing what is happening. That was never going to happen unless people like us are doing that job. We are not supposed to do people harm. What these managers have done to these three women is harm.
Recent efforts include a DEI committee, listening sessions with journalists of color, training on inclusive journalism practices and an upcoming diversity audit by a third-party researcher, Ryan said. Ultimately, we are committed to working with our employees and the greater Denver community on a holistic strategy and tangible actions that effectively enhance our culture and serve and represent our community. Click here to read the full article on Denver Post.
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Finance Once a year, America acknowledges the egregious pay gap in which Latinas earn just 67 cents for every dollar a non-Latinx white man makes. Hispanic Lifestyle Pop Culture. Hispanic Lifestyle Technology. By Katie Coss, Hip Latina Planted within the intersection of veganism, scarce resources, and a college student budget, a self-identified queer Latina would turn an Instagram account for vegan recipes into a global community for vegans of color.
Then she got to work. Air Force Civilian Service. The term caught on, and thanks in part to a boost in popularity from ads aired on Univision and during Spanish-language TV shows, Hispanic became a more broadly acceptable label.
The form Latina refers to a Latin American woman. The reason for the inclusion of Latino? Portuguese, the primary language of Brazil, may not be Spanish, but it is also a Romance language—that is, it evolved from Latin, hence the term Latin America.
Latin America is the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken as a result of European colonialism. Latinx emerged in the early s and has since spread as a gender-neutral or nonbinary way to refer to a person of Latin American descent. The character x has been used to replace the gendered inflections -o and -a.
The spelling Latinx has been embraced by groups that wish to include members whose gender identities are nonbinary. The term Latinx has been used since the early s, particularly online, with other early uses found in scholarly and academic works. But the term has received criticism because the Spanish language, as some detractors point out , nouns in Spanish are gendered.
For example, there is nothing particularly female about a library la biblioteca , or male about a museum el museo , but as you can see, the nouns end with the gendered -o or -a. When nouns and the words that modify them refer to people, the gender inflection reflects the sex of the person described. The final vowels distinguish between the smart boy el chico listo and the smart girl la chica lista.
So Latinx has been viewed by some as an imperialistic effort originating in the US that breaks the rules of the Spanish language. An important—and perhaps surprising—note on Latinx : according to one poll , the vast majority of Hispanic and Latin Americans say they do not identify with the word.
Learn more about Latinx at our extensive and informative Historical Usage Note at our entry for Latinx. There is another argument against Hispanic : many who now exclusively use Latino , Latina, or Latinx argue that Hispanic reflects the imperialist history of Spain as a European colonizer in Latin America, at the expense of the rich cultures and languages of the indigenous and Black people of African origin who also live in these countries.
There also remains the matter of Latin in Latin America, which is Eurocentric. While Hispanic was at one time overwhelmingly favored in the late 20th century, Latino , when applicable, is growing more popular with younger generations seeking to stay rooted in their cultural identity. So, there are many people who fit the description of both Hispanic and Latino.
For example: if a woman was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Spanish was her first language, she may be called a Hispanic Latina. For example: if a man was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Portuguese is his first language, he is Latino because he is from Latin America, but he is not Hispanic because he speaks Portuguese.
This distinction would apply to citizens from some island nations of Latin America, like English-speaking Jamaica or French-speaking Haiti, where Spanish is not the primary language spoken. On the flipside, a person from Madrid could be said to be Hispanic, but not Latino, because they natively speak Spanish but are from Europe; however, we may more commonly refer to them as Spanish. Of the two, I prefer Latino. I like the sound more.
It is more musical to me and somehow better reflects the beats of the Caribbean nation where I was born. But as we conclude National Hispanic Heritage Month, it is important to remember that while Latinos and Hispanics have some things in common, we all bring different, unique cultures to the United States.
Since its inception, this country has brought together cultures from all over the world. That multiculturalism is certainly worth celebrating. Once we chose to become American citizens we became "Americans. But now we are Americans who are proud of our heritage -- Cuban, Mexican, Italian, etc. Labels only serve to divide. Why do so many want to come to America? We can continue to love and respect our individual homelands, but we are now Americans. Your source for jobs, books, retreats, and much more.
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