Hispanic In The Box: Inside The Power of Latin-Americana

Hispanic in the Box: Inside the Power of Latin-Americana is a cultural memoir that blends personal family stories with historical nonfiction to examine the vibrant yet dizzying effects of colonialism and imperialism trapped inside that innocuous Census box. In exploring Moorish Spain, his family origins in 16th century Texas, a gunrunning ancestor in the Mexican-American war, revolutionaries, the baseball beet fields of 1930s Colorado, to my immigrant grandparents, Catholicism, and cowboys, the journey coalesces into a singular vision that uses Hispanic culture to reinvigorate the modern American Dream.The book seeks to transcend trauma and stereotypes by reclaiming the true power of Latin-Americana - the overlooked contributions Hispanics have made to American culture. Most importantly, as a new father who is second-generation, it is a value system grounded in my Hispanic heritage that respects the sacrifices of the past while providing the tools for a better future - for American society - and for my son. Read more