Supplemental Resources for the Hispanic Heritage Month Equity Challenge

Day 1: The Hispanic Community - Diversity of Culture & Ethnicities

• NPR: Code Switch - 'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' or 'Latinx'? Survey Says...
• As Hispanic Heritage Month Begins, It's Important to Recognize the Diversity within the Latinx Community
• Diversity in Latino Culture
• Inventing Hispanics: A Diverse Minority Resists Being Labeled
• Sandra Gutierrez: Why This Latin American Chef Rejects the Term 'Latinx'
• Key Facts about U.S. Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Day 2: History of the Hispanic Community - Local, State & National

• 15 Influential Hispanic Americans Who Made History
• Washington State's First Museum of Latino Culture, History Opens in Seattle
• Visit Seattle: Latino/A/X Cultural Heritage
• Latino History in Washington State
• Seattle's Civil Rights & Labor History Project: Latinos and Seattle's Civil Rights
• History of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States

Day 3: Legacy of Hispanic Immigration and Racism

Day 4: Stereotypes and the Impact of Assimilation

• Whitexican

Day 5: How to be an Ally

 

Documentaries:

• Latino Americans, PBS, documentary [https://www.pbs.org/show/latino-americans/]
• The Latino List 1 & Vol. 2, HBO, documentary (available on Amazon Prime with HBO subscription)
• Paper Children (Niño de papel), YouTube, Documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsPSkFXrD4]
• The Graduates/Los Graduados, PBS, Documentary [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/graduates/]
• Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America, Onyx Films, Documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gW84cAN2Pw]
• Dolores, PBS, Documentary [https://www.pbs.org/video/dolores-jhnajm/]
• Underwater Dreams, 50 Eggs, Documentary [https://vimeo.com/ondemand/underwaterdreamsedu]

Podcasts:

• Latinos Who Lunch, Podcast [http://www.latinoswholunch.com/]
• Latinx Therapy, Podcast [https://latinxtherapy.com/podcast/]
• Scattered, NPR, Podcast [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/770761889/scattered]
• Latina to Latina, Podcast [https://www.latinatolatina.com/]
• Latino USA, NPR, Podcast [https://www.latinousa.org/]

Books:

• Undocumented by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
• Finding Latinx by Paola Ramos
• The Book of Emma Reyes by Emma Reyes
• Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir by Jean Guerrero
• American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise by Eduardo Porter
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodríguez
• My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capó Crucet
• Harvest of Empire: The History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez
• The African American and Latinx History of America by Paul Ortiz
• The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering by Michelle Madsen Camacho and Susan M. Lord
• Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas
• An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success by Elsa M. Gonzalez, Frank Fernandez, and Miranda Wilson (coming Nov. 2020)
• Black, Brown, and Bruised: How Radicalized STEM Education Stifles Innovation by Ebony O. McGee
• La Vida Robot by Joshua Davis
• Immigrant, American, Survivor - A Little Boy Who Grew Up to Be all Three by Officer William Jimeno & Charles Ricciardi
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
• Dreaming in Cuba by Cristina Garcia
• Citizens but not Americans - Race & Belonging Among Latino Millennials by Nilda Flores-Gonzalez
• Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe

Films:

• Cesar Chavez (2014)
• Selena (1997)
• Frida (2002)
• Before Night Falls (2000)
• McFarland, USA (2015)
• John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons (2018)
• Spare Parts (2015)