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How did it all begin? As the name would suggest, Latin Freestyle initially emerged among the Hispanic Americans (primarily Puerto Rican) in New York and Philadelphia back in the 1980s. The genre quickly became a hit in other major areas like Miami and Detroit.
- 'Hispanic' Helps Unify Communities, Agenda
- 'Latino' as Alternative to 'Hispanic'
- Some Mexican-Americans Embrace 'Chicano'
- 'Latinx' Emerges as Gender-Neutral Term
The first time the federal government used the word Hispanic in a census was 1980. The appearance of the term was borne from decades of lobbying. “It took the debates of the 1970s, the protests of the late 1960s to get us to 1980,” explains G. Cristina Mora, a sociology professor at UC Berkeley and author of Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureauc...
While Hispanic may have utility, the term has been criticized for highlighting Spain, which colonized much of Latin America. Some have offered “Latino” as an alternative. This term refers to those from Latin America, meaning it includes Brazil but not Spain. The word existed long before the 1960s. But Ramón A. Gutiérrez, a Preston & Sterling Morton...
For some Mexicans who shunned Latino and Hispanic, this meant turning to the word “Chicano.” There are a few theories about the origins of Chicano, including that it comes from mexicano (pronounced meshicano), a word that some “groups of Nahuas (Indigenous speakers of Nahuatl) began calling their language,” writes David Bowles, an author and profes...
Spanish is a gendered language. If there is a group made up of women, they can be described as “ellas.” If there is a group with men and women, it defaults to the masculine (ellos instead of ellas). The word “Latino” follows this convention, labeling nouns as either masculine or feminine. For those who fall outside the gender binary, this word fail...
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Feb 10, 2022 · “Hispanic” comes from the Latin term for “Spanish,” Hispanicus; the ancient Romans called the Iberian Peninsula Hispania. In the United States in the 19th century, the term “Hispano” was used to...
Latin freestyle music originated in the early 1980s in urban areas like New York City, where Latino Americans began to blend elements of electronic dance music with the Latin rhythms and melodies of their cultural heritage.
Jun 20, 2023 · Corina Ayala. Corina. Corina is a Puerto Rican Freestyle artist, actress, and beauty queen from New York City. She released singles “Out of Control,” and “Give Me Back My Heart,” in both 1987 and 1988. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1991 which featured the popular song “Temptation.”.
Feb 13, 2015 · If you graduated from high school in the late '80s or early '90s and remember having your Firebird's T-tops down, the New York City breeze in your hair and K7's "Come Baby Come," C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat," or Nayobe's "Please Don't Go," blasting from your stereo's speakers, then you'll want to check out the upcoming documentary "Legends of Freestyle" directed by Steve Stanulis.
Mar 14, 2019 · Today, as the United States continues its meddling in Latin American countries, the term is used as a way to flatten all the countries into a monolith that really doesn’t exist. “Latin America” isn’t going anywhere, however, and it’s become an important marker of identity. Identifying as Latino, Latina or Latinx — labels used in the ...
