1a. What identity option does the term Latinx potentially add to the community of Latinos and Latinas in the world today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drBLwGkShRE (Links to an external site.)
https://www.msnbc.com/cross-connection/watch/the-debate-over-the-use-of-latinx-117331525779 (Links to an external site.)
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1b. Why might some people choose to use Latine instead of Latinx?
https://wearemitu.com/things-that-matter/heres-why-some-latinx-users-are-switching-to-latine-instead/ (Links to an external site.)
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2. How does the ability to identify as Afro-Latino/a further enlighten our understanding of the history of the world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joh6vUsHiq0 (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67j5sqiqViA (Links to an external site.)
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3. As an Afro-Latina, how does hearing and seeing Cardi B (Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, b.1992) sing in English and Spanish (in 2nd video below, La Modelo), prove the point that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardi_B (Links to an external site.)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-modelo-la-modela.html (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlNMmZKwpA (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8sSXU-J8fI (Links to an external site.)
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4. As you watch the choreography to La Modelo (The Model), briefly describe each of the groups and their movements; how are they alike, different?
Group A (0:40): choreographers Mike Irvin & David Perez
Group B (1:54):
Group C (3:09):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5GQupHTSJc (Links to an external site.)
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5a. At 0:50 what are most people in Mexico unaware of?
5b. At 1:20 what did the Mexican government do in 2015 for the first time?
5c. How would you describe the dancing of Afro-Mexicans in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi92OnIy8XI (Links to an external site.)
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6a. At 3:23 even if you don’t participate in the religious culture, you have to know the Afro-Cuban deities. What are the 4 that are mentioned?
6b. How does hearing this story of two Afro-Cuban musicians living and making music in Toronto, Canada, further prove the point that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4V0tx-O3_w (Links to an external site.)
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7. What part of a Shakira concert features the Afro-Colombian rhythm of Cumbia ?
8. At 6:10 how far has Cumbia spread, where can we hear this beat, and which artists are using it in their music?
9. At 6:54 how does Yeison Landero speak of how humans evolve in music making; what beautiful, forward-thinking words does he use?
10. At 7:10 what does Yeison say is the key to this evolution?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mpzrRHmFA (Links to an external site.)
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