Hex Poem Blog #2
Group #2 Josabeth Simisterra, Brianna Gonzalez, Maya Pacheco-Berger Poem Hex poem to colonizers, recolonizers, and haters I hope you feel the sting of platano poppin’ oil I hope when you try to jump back, one drop jumps a second quicker onto your hand and i hope when you bite into it, thinking the sting was […]
Blog 1 By: Kaid Almuntaser, Elijah Herring, and Heidy Espinal Interviewing Cara De La Luz on what she loves about life Interviewer: Hello everyone, we have a Puerto Rican poet with us today. Today we have Caridad De La Luz with us, and she is a poet that has performed in the Nuyorican poet café. […]
Interracial Marriage Blog #1
Group 2: Josabeth Simisterra, Brianna Gonzalez, Maya Pacheco-Berger Presentation The piece our group decided to go with was the Blog forum where many people were discussing the topic of interracial marriage. This blog post immediately caught our eye because it seems insensitive especially during these political times. When looking at the article attached it reads […]
Blog #2: Miguel Algarin, Arrestado
Group #3 Contributions:Quote and written review by Amanda MedinaVideo by Sarah RamirezDrawing by Genesis Batista-Cepeda Written Material: Miguel Algarin, Arrestado Topic: A Mongo Affair “I have to admit that he has been lied to, misled, that I know that all the goodies he named humiliate the receiver, that a man is demoralized when his woman and […]
On Clatritza Maldonado’s “hex poem to colonizers, recolonizers, and haters” (Group 11)
We were all drawn the the absolute sass that “hex poem to the colonizers, recolonizers, and haters” embodies. Even though the poem is short, Maldonado conveys a strong message through humor and snark. Of course, poetry, especially the poetry we’ve been talking about is also meant to be read and shared out loud, so Lucy […]
On Open Veins of Latin America (Group 11)
We were influenced Galeano’s description of the violence caused by the conquistadors as they explored and conquered Latin America. Dulce’s audio-visual response: This video focuses on Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador. It explains Pizarro’s expeditions and how he came to conquer Peru. What stood out to me most about this video was the way in which he […]
How Land Ownership Leads to Liberation (blog #1)
Group 3: Amanda Medina, Genesis Batista-Cepeda, Sarah Ramirez In his essay “The Problem of Land”, Jose Mariategui touched upon the different ways that colonialism exploited indigenous people. For example, systems like feudalism and the latifundium were oppressive towards the Incas and bound them to a life of servitude which then prevented them from owning […]
Analysis of “A Lower East Side Poem” by Miguel Piñero
group 1: Jonathan Castillo, Nathan Lati, Alvaro Castro, Gabriel Bush Miguel Piñero was an actor and a playwright. Piñero was raised in the Lower East Side in New York, so he was brought up in a harsh environment. He has admitted that he was involved in petty crimes as a little boy in order to […]
On Claritza’s “Hex poems to Colonizers, Recolonizers, and Haters”
Claritza Maldonado and the Boricua expression Poetry analysis:Culture as a Form of Resistance “salsa said todo everything papi ever wanted to say but couldn’t shape his mouth around the words to say it [..] learning that there is no such thing as too loud for us when all they ever wanted was for us to […]
