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Nobody Beats The Wiz Except El Rincon

• Farewell Rincon Musical398 Knickerbocker Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11237 It appeared to be an ordinary lunch hour as I walked down Knickerbocker Avenue. The lady with the empanada cart stood on the corner of Harman Street, busy mother's with two to three precious children scurried off to early afternoon appointments while the aroma of Burger King and La Isla's cuchifritos synthesized with the gelid February winds. It looked like a duck, it smelled like a duck, yet something still wasn't right. The [...]

The Requerimiento (Revised)

• Shouting in alien tonguesabstract wordsand perplexities of sorts,they arrived on shorelike summertime antsassaulting the calm of kitchen floors.Oh recognize us –citizens of ignorant acts,as the saviorsand prophets who shall bring peace upon your heads.Oh recognize us –and fear not words that befuddlenor hands of jagged wreaths,that graze upon the ample bosombelonging to your wives and offspring.In our postcards,we shall brag of your beautyas obvious as our heavenly given rights.We shall sip [...]

On Not Being Black Enough

• This here is another case of not being "Black" enough for the African-Americans and not being "Spanish" enough for the Latino's. I discovered this at one of the colleges I attended some years back (a brief stint), where the majority of the student body was mostly Latinos and African-Americas with sprinkles of everything else. I being a dark-skinned Latina am no stranger to people assuming that I am African-American, that is until the Spanish language started spilling out of my mouth. Once [...]

Andrés Jiménez: Yo No Protesté

• As many of you have heard, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño has decided to layoff and freeze the jobs and salaries of well over 17,000 government workers. The island's continued struggle is unforgivable! As a result, massive strikes and protesters are fighting against the impending layoffs due to take effect on November 6th, 2009.Among the many raising their voices against Governor Luis Fortuño's claim is El Jibaro, also known as Andrés Jiménez. Andrés who is known for his patriotic [...]

I Was His Trigueñita

• ....because you could....(A repost for N.L.)Gracias!!I Was His TrigueñitaFew were the timeswhen I felt specialin my fathers eyes.Moments when ice cubes dancedin glasses of liquid fire.That was when I was his "trigueñita".That's how he'd introduce mein the heat oftambores being bangedand plena bouncing off walls.That's when he felt "nice",when I felt prouduneven afro and allto be claimed as such.Me - this child of concoctions.Exotic and dark,creamy milk chocolatewith shards of white diamondsto [...]

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