Pedro Herrera III Mocks his Latino Roots to Become Star
Much in the fashion of Sascha Baron Cohens Borat, Herrera has created Chingo Blingo. His alter ego based off of Latino slang has become a growing hip hop phenom in East LA, doing concerts and promoting his music. While all that sounds very typical of budding artists his music is filled with racial slurs and mockings of immigrant Mexicans that would typically be seen in movies. He over satirizes his upbringing by dramatically inflating stereotypes to draw crowds of fans that seem to relate to the music and his racialization according to the article. While Herrea himself is a business oriented entreprenuer his alter ego is a slur slinging rap star.
This is one of those articles that show how although many people enjoy things that may seem okay due to the creaters satirical nature it continues to promote racial biasis and convey that it is okay to mock cultural differences. While I appriciate the humor I'm sure it is only a matter of time before he faces an uproar that many other contiversial artists have had too. It is one of those situations that brings note to how people work for change and others work off of the lack of change they see.
Article: http://articles.latimes.com/2005/12/31/calendar/et-chingobling31
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAC7jg5l8V4&feature=related
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Changing Aspects of Black Latinos In NY
This article that was recently on nytimes.com reminded me of the video we watched last week in class about the Latino movements in New York in the 60s and 70s. The video showed what I thought to be a strong sense of cultural pride between all mixes of Latinos and there mixed heritages. This particular article seems to show a change in that feeling and a need to identify with only one cultural background.
This article shows several different people with varying mixes of Latino and black heritage and how they identify with those backgrounds today. Almost all of the people in the article seem to be most closely tied to only one cultural identity. It seems to vary on how they were raised with the heritage, the friends they keep, how friends react to who they identify with, and the views they instill on their children. It is interesting to see how within one group of people there is so much concern over who they tie themselves too and how it influences their activity with certain actinity. Some tie themselves to hiphop and relate to their black heritage while others teach their children Spanish and keep more Latino than black friends. While I have more personal interest in my Irish roots I don't identify as a person of Irish decent. It is different to see how other cultures keep and build much stronger roots than many whites, and how that governs different aspects of thier lives.
Article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDB133DF93BA15757C0A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=latinos&st=nyt
This article that was recently on nytimes.com reminded me of the video we watched last week in class about the Latino movements in New York in the 60s and 70s. The video showed what I thought to be a strong sense of cultural pride between all mixes of Latinos and there mixed heritages. This particular article seems to show a change in that feeling and a need to identify with only one cultural background.
This article shows several different people with varying mixes of Latino and black heritage and how they identify with those backgrounds today. Almost all of the people in the article seem to be most closely tied to only one cultural identity. It seems to vary on how they were raised with the heritage, the friends they keep, how friends react to who they identify with, and the views they instill on their children. It is interesting to see how within one group of people there is so much concern over who they tie themselves too and how it influences their activity with certain actinity. Some tie themselves to hiphop and relate to their black heritage while others teach their children Spanish and keep more Latino than black friends. While I have more personal interest in my Irish roots I don't identify as a person of Irish decent. It is different to see how other cultures keep and build much stronger roots than many whites, and how that governs different aspects of thier lives.
Article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDB133DF93BA15757C0A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=latinos&st=nyt
Latinos Hiring Latinos in America
This article focuses on the rising number of Latino families who are U.S. born and making over $100,000 a year. With the increasing amount that Latino citizens are making they are hiring laborers to help them with household duties like many other Americans. However, many laborers tend to be Latinos as well. Some Latinos in the article are okay with the idea of hiring people of there same heritage because the see it as helping them or providing their children another base of teaching their roots. Others though, who grew up with parents or doing similar labor, seem to be conflicted with the idea of being viewed as white collar when they consider themselves in the blue collar class still. This article interested me because while the hired laborers are not always Latino this is the one time that Latino employers seem to feel an uneasiness. Having never grown up with hired help I wonderer if the sense occurs for whites and African Americans? It is also interesting to note that those being hired seem to be suprised to learn that those who they are working for or their neighbors are Latino. Does it create a sense that Latinos or their kids can make it as immigrants?
View article at: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7218351302653681641&postID=6589183561978785031
This article focuses on the rising number of Latino families who are U.S. born and making over $100,000 a year. With the increasing amount that Latino citizens are making they are hiring laborers to help them with household duties like many other Americans. However, many laborers tend to be Latinos as well. Some Latinos in the article are okay with the idea of hiring people of there same heritage because the see it as helping them or providing their children another base of teaching their roots. Others though, who grew up with parents or doing similar labor, seem to be conflicted with the idea of being viewed as white collar when they consider themselves in the blue collar class still. This article interested me because while the hired laborers are not always Latino this is the one time that Latino employers seem to feel an uneasiness. Having never grown up with hired help I wonderer if the sense occurs for whites and African Americans? It is also interesting to note that those being hired seem to be suprised to learn that those who they are working for or their neighbors are Latino. Does it create a sense that Latinos or their kids can make it as immigrants?
View article at: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7218351302653681641&postID=6589183561978785031
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