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La Cucaracha y Mas
‘A Brief History of the USA’ or ‘White People: Why So Gunny?’ (video)
What is the deal with White People and why do they love their guns so much? This animated short — A Brief History of the USA— was included in Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine.
Maybe it is a thing: The Curse of Chavez Ravine (toon)
READ MORE ABOUT THE SAD HISTORY OF CHAVEZ RAVINE HERE.
RIP: American Indian Movement’s Dennis Banks walks on
Native American activist Dennis Banks, also known by his Native name of Nowa Cumig, has walked on. He was 80.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Tzitzimitl (toon)
Today’s creature is the tzitzimitl. Tzitzimitl (plural: tzitzimimeh) is a feminine spirit that looks like a skeleton with disheveled hair, sharp talons on its hands and feet, and a vicious personality.
‘Hey Vato!’: One does not simply ENJOY a Doyers game! (2014 video)
The Hey Vato! show’s Chuy and Smiley wonder if it’s possible to put away those childish things, and enjoy beisbol with Los Doyers.
Annual Migration: A Monarch butterfly returns to Mexico (video)
The Smithsonian’s Latino Virtual Museum is there as a beautiful Monarch butterfly completes its annual migration to the Sierra Madre in Mexico.
In the Corn vs Flour World Series, we’re down with Los Doyers! (toon)
Video: ‘Amarillo’ explores the history, future of (yes, we have no) bananas
Amarillo by Ana Pérez López considers the banana, a fruit that has been part of our cultural history for centuries and is now threatened by extinction through monocropping and a looming epidemic. López is an MFA candidate at CalArts.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Chaneque (toon)
Mexico has its share of stories about the little people known as chaneque (Nahuatl) and alux (Maya).
Their appearance varies; sometimes they look like children, other times they have animal-like or deformed extremities, or are reported wearing traditional garb native to the area.
Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
From the The Roots and crew at black-ish, this Schoolhouse Rock! inspired video celebrates our proud Southern Confederate Heritage through the eyes of a slave.
PREVIOUSLY ON SCHOOLHOUSE MOCK:
Mas…Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Ahuizotl (toons)
Today’s featured creature is the ahuízotl. In the Florentine Codex, written years after the Conquista, it is described as an amphibious, medium-sized dog with a dark pelt, hands like a monkey, and a long tail with a human-like hand at the end.