In her collection of essays, For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez speaks to the experiences of “Brown Girls” through a critical feminist lens. Bringing a fresh perspective as a Nicaraguan American she broadens Latinx feminist writing, which often center the experiences …
Jennifer De Leon’s White Space: Review by Elizabeth Garcia
In White Space, Jennifer De Leon’s collection of essays, she cleverly uses the term “white space” to address a multiplicity of Latinx experiences. You might, as I did, assume that she would be referring mainly to spaces that are physically and culturally dominated by white Americans. While she does share the challenges that she experiences …
Documenting the Silencing of Latinx Voices
In the last few months we have seen state legislatures throughout the country passing laws prohibiting the teaching of the 1619 Project and/or critical race theory. As someone who teaches in higher education, I can guarantee you that what K-12 teachers teach is not critical race theory, but instead a more three dimensional history inclusive …