Dramos does a deep dive into the idea that Latinos have historically had to choose between assimilating into either Black culture or White culture and why that has often caused our stories to be ignored or forgotten.



NPR 2010 Census: 

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/16/321819185/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-checks-white-and-why

Pew Research Center Colorism Study

https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2021/11/04/measuring-the-racial-identity-of-latinos/

Los Angeles Times Article:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-09/south-los-angeles-immigration-displacement-latinos-blacks-2020-census

USA Today Piece on Segregation and Latinos

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/07/18/race-segregation-mexican-african-american-justice-column/5457920002/

Education Week Hispanics Are Forgotten in Civil Rights History

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-hispanics-are-forgotten-in-civil-rights-history/2014/05

Dramos does a deep dive into the idea that Latinos have historically had to choose between assimilating into either Black culture or White culture and why that has often caused our stories to be ignored or forgotten.
 
NPR 2010 Census: 
<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/16/321819185/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-checks-white-and-why">https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/16/321819185/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-checks-white-and-why</a>
Pew Research Center Colorism Study
<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2021/11/04/measuring-the-racial-identity-of-latinos/">https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2021/11/04/measuring-the-racial-identity-of-latinos/</a>
Los Angeles Times Article:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-09/south-los-angeles-immigration-displacement-latinos-blacks-2020-census
USA Today Piece on Segregation and Latinos
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/07/18/race-segregation-mexican-african-american-justice-column/5457920002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/07/18/race-segregation-mexican-african-american-justice-column/5457920002/</a>
Education Week Hispanics Are Forgotten in Civil Rights History
<a href="https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-hispanics-are-forgotten-in-civil-rights-history/2014/05">https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-hispanics-are-forgotten-in-civil-rights-history/2014/05</a>

“Life As A Gringo” is a podcast from Z100 On-Air Personality, Dramos. The show represents the voices of American-born Latinos who live their lives existing in a gray area. Those who are looked at as a gringo or “too white” by their family back in their native land, but were constantly reminded that their house smelled different or their parents music was “weird” by the people they grew up with. This is life as seen through our eyes.

“...one feels at home in both places, yet at home in neither place”
- Ed Morales

Life as a Gringo

“Life As A Gringo” is a podcast from Z100 On-Air Personality, Dramos. The show represents the voices of American-born Latinos who live their lives existing in a gray area. Those who are looked at as a gringo or “too white” by their family back in their native land, but were constantly reminded that their house smelled different or their parents music was “weird” by the people they grew up with. This is life as seen through our eyes.

“...one feels at home in both places, yet at home in neither place”
- Ed Morales

Gringo's Guide To: Living In The Gray (Brown) Area

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/455d41d3-feb9-412c-a0e4-af4700e18bb6/transcript

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