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The Legend el El Yebe: Al Madrigal’s Brilliant #Hispandering Segment

In case you missed it last night on The Daily Show, Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal breaks it down pretty brilliantly: The Daily ShowDaily Show Full Episodes,  More Daily Show Videos,  Comedy Central Full Episodes

  • May 7, 2015
  • 8:31 AM

The Coolest (and Cutest) Chespirito Chorus Ever (VIDEO)

Ok, enough with all the #CincoDeFallo snark. Today is May 6 and we are starting the day with this amazing video from the VuelaAlto virtual choir: Are you smiling yet?

  • May 6, 2015
  • 9:56 AM

President Obama’s Hispandering #CincoDeFallo Tequila Speech

Looks like the White House officially doesn’t give a crap any more. Let’s just Hispander some more and mention tequila almost every minute? And yeah, add a little immigration too? Why not? Just bring it all out today. You can read the transcript here. We won’t say much because @FruittiLoopz already broke it down for […]

  • May 5, 2015
  • 7:49 PM

Flyo de Mayo? Yup, Another #CincodeFallo

If you are a Virgin America Elevate member, you very likely got the following email today: Total #CincodeFallo. And why do ad people feel the need to add an “o” to the end of every flipping word today? Honorable mention goes to Jet Blue:

  • May 5, 2015
  • 1:47 PM

Tonight’s #CincodeFallo Award Goes to Florida Bar

And the hits keep on coming. Congrats to Madison Social for tonight’s Cinco de Fallo Award. For a previous list of winners, go here and here. You can also follow any new #CincodeFallo winners live on Twitter. And if you see any new winners, tweet us @latinorebels

  • May 3, 2015
  • 8:39 PM

That Moment California Rep. Ted Lieu Told Immigration Haters to Basically STFU (VIDEO)

The following video, posted last month on the Facebook page of California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu, kind of speaks for itself. This is a clip of what Rep. Lieu said at a March 17 Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting. Congressman Lieu: “I think it’s easy for people like you and me who wear suits […]

  • May 1, 2015
  • 12:23 PM

The Top Five Immigration Myths (VIDEO)

Myth: Most new immigrants come from Latin America. Fact: More new immigrants come from Asia than any other continent!Check out some of the most common myths about immigration in this quick video! Posted by FWD.us on Monday, April 27, 2015

  • May 1, 2015
  • 10:03 AM

Texas County Commissioner’s ‘White Pride’ Facebook (Now Deleted) Moment

Earlier this week, a Texas county commissioner decided to write this public Facebook post just hours after the U.S. mainstream media was pushing out images from Baltimore on a constant loop: An email to Latino Rebels yesterday included that screen shot. So we checked it out and discovered that John Gradberg is a Precinct 2 County […]

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • 11:31 PM

Danger: Journalists Crossing the Border (VIDEO)

The following video comes from our friends at Narco News. As Narco News tells us: The idea for the latest NNTV video was born at the 2014 School of Authentic Journalism, a laboratory where new ideas are created at the intersection of journalism and social movements and where participants share experiences from movement leaders and […]

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • 1:28 PM

Death of Guatemalan Teen Labeled a Hate Crime by Police Chief

Over the weekend in Jupiter, Florida, an 18-year-old Guatemalan teen was killed by three other teens who were going “Guat hunting.” The murder of Onésimo López-Ramos has been formally called a hate crime by Jupiter’s police chief, who also told local news that the targeting of Guatemalans has been an ongoing problem. What follows is […]

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • 1:16 PM

One #BaltimoreUprising News Video You Likely Haven’t Seen Yet

In case you missed it, this report from Baltimore was posted on Facebook yesterday. Gang members came together to "fight police brutality" but the #BaltimorePolice claim that this means violence. Now, #Baltimore area #Bloods and #Crips explain that they never once said anything of the sorts. So why is the Baltimore Police Department and mainstream […]

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • 8:10 AM

Chicago Hockey Team Takes Stand Against ‘F*ck*ng Mexican Sp*c’ Racial Slurs

Earlier today, Latino Rebels received an email from Alex Martínez, a founding member of the Chicago Bulldogs men’s hockey team. In the email, Martinez shared two links from the Bulldogs site. The first one (full story here) reported that on “February 10th, 2015, Bob Moretti who plays for the Ice Bison at the Fox Valley […]

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • 12:04 PM

Robert Downey Jr.’s Ridiculous #NoMames Iñárritu ‘Spanish’ Comment

So a few days ago, Robert Downey Jr. said this during a Guardian interview about a comment Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu made last year about superhero movies. Looks like we have to play this once again tonight.

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • 8:15 PM

Nylon Wins the Next 2015 #CincoDeFallo Award

Earlier today, we gave our first 2015 #CincoDeFallo Award to American Eagle. Tonight, our next #CincoDeFallo goes to Nylon, after our friends at Remezcla shared the following tweet and wrote more about it here. Facepalm Alert: Nylon is Selling a “Cinco de Mayo” Clothing Collection http://t.co/jGINDQSBry pic.twitter.com/tDOrOJsHps — REMEZCLA (@REMEZCLA) April 27, 2015 And yes, […]

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • 6:21 PM

‘English Only, USA’ Chant Shocks People at Iowa Kindergarten Concert

This story from Iowa comes from our friends at HuffPost Latino Voices. Seriously, dude? (The original story was first posted on ThePerryNews.com)

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • 1:24 PM

American Eagle Earns First 2015 #CincoDeFallo Award

It’s not even May, yet with Cinco de Mayo less than two weeks ago, the #CincoDeFallo Awards are already happening. You would think that after last year, things would change, but come on, you knew that wasn’t going to happen. Case in point… @AEO im not amused w/ your appropriation of MY holiday for profit. […]

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • 12:45 PM

Do We Really Need a Selena Hologram? (A New #RebelReport Video)

So now that you have caught up with the first 19 episodes of Rebel Report, here is episode 20, and it’s all about Selena.

  • Apr 25, 2015
  • 1:12 PM

A Viral Video Showing Tortilla on Record Player Sparks Discussion on Stereotypes and Bigotry

The following video, posted two days ago on Facebook, has already gotten over five million views, 74,000 likes and 124,000 shares. It is about 17 seconds long, and it shows a flour tortilla on a record player as “Jarabe Tapatío” (perhaps the most overplayed Mexican song ever) plays on.   What a tortilla sounds like […]

  • Apr 24, 2015
  • 8:14 AM

Newest Anti-Immigration Tactic: Pit Black Against Brown

As you know, we like to check out what’s new in Neo-Nativism, so we subscribe to the newsletters of several so-called “Patriot” groups. Last night we got this email from a Maryland group with the following subject line, “Can It Get Any Worse?” You can read more about the context of the email here and […]

  • Apr 24, 2015
  • 7:43 AM

The Now-Viral Anti-Xenophobia Ad for a Fast Food Chain in South Africa

The things you find on the Internet. Here a 2012 video from South Africa that now making the rounds online and getting more and more attention. By the way, protesters in Johannesburg marched earlier today against recent violent attacks on immigrants. Nando's "immigration" chicken ad is going viral This ad, banned in South Africa in […]

  • Apr 23, 2015
  • 2:29 PM

19 Things You Need to Know About This REBEL REPORT Series We’re Doing With Flama

While you all anxiously wait for the 20th episode of REBEL REPORT (a Flama series with Latino Rebels as executive producers), here are 19 things you need to know about the show, which has gotten close to 350,000 total views on Facebook and YouTube (349,814 to be exact) as well as one very active #RebelReport […]

  • Apr 22, 2015
  • 3:38 PM

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