Tag: latino culture

Junior Alexandra Hernandez adds some incense on an altar for the Day of the Dead observance.

Aside from the negativity, violence, hatred and disease in our world, there exists one virus that plagues the entire human race alike -- stereotypes.

Nestled comfortably between Little Tokyo and Chinatown, there is a street which celebrates the Latino culture not just on Cinco de Mayo, but 365 days a year.

It is enraging enough to read and listen to GOP candidate Patrick Buchanan tear diversity and attack immigration. Yet, it is more upsetting when descendants of immigrants choose to forget their roots and bash the newcomers. And what infuriates me the most is how many of these individuals I know.

A series of racially insensitive acts directed at Latinos occurred after the University of La Verne's Cinco de Mayo celebration had come to a close.

Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday which honors the peasant uprising against the French in Mexico, has been celebrated on campus all week long through the efforts of the Latino Student Forum (LSF).