In 2009 I posted an entry about My Favorite Latino Blogs and followed up on the topic with My Favorite Latino Blogs for 2010. In browsing the blogosphere this time around to find my favorite for 2011, I came across so many incredible blogs that narrowing it down to just 10 was quite a challenge. There is no scientific method involved in my decision making process. I just go with what I like, what catches my attention, or what other Latinos would find interesting and/or informative. So here are my top ten Latino blogs for 2011:
- LatinoPoliticsBlog.com – With Latinos becoming a major force in politics, I think this blog is amazing. It provides a wealth of information and every Latino should have it bookmarked.
- LATISM Blog – Latinos in Social Media is the largest organization of Hispanic professionals engaged in social media. I’m a member and a huge fan. The organization just had a successful conference in Chicago.
- Hispanic PR Blog – A guide to Hispanic public relations and social media news, this blog excellently covers industry news and trends and is one to check out daily.
- Bella Vida by Letty – This is a blog by a creative Boricua that shares her inspirational photography, art, quotes, and life’s lessons with the world to make it a better place.
- Andy Checo – This is the personal blog of a Dominican public relations professional specializing in the US Hispanic market. Checo is the founder of the monthly Hispanic Public Relations Chat #hprchat on Twitter (first Wednesday of every month at 8pm EDT.)
- The Buffalo Puerto Rican Press – Maria Rosa started writing for the Buffalo Puerto Rican Press back in 1978 as a columnist for the Latin Journal. Rosa covers politics and Puerto Ricans nationally and specifically in the Buffalo, NY area.
- Salvador Mendoza – This is the personal blog of a father, husband, photography enthusiast, and technology/social media professional.
- Una Cabeza de Coco – This is the blog of an entrepreneur and owner of one of the most creative and forward-thinking PR/Marketing firms in the nation and the founder and moderator of the first and ONLY Latina Lifestyle Blogger Group.
- La CaSSaDaGa – A blog by Julián Esteban Torres López, its mission is to share with an English-speaking, int’l audience the diverse, creative talents of budding Colombian artists and introduce Colombians to the emerging, non-mainstream talents of the world.
- Cowgirls Don’t Get the Blues – This is a blog about a Dominican named Rosanna who used to live in Boston and now lives in Montana.
Please support the work of the Latinos/as above by visiting their blogs, commenting on posts, and sharing their links. Feel free to also make a comment below about the blogs in this post or use the space to give a shout out to another Latino blog.
Thank you SO much for this honor Phil!! I am honored beyond words to be placed in the same category as bloggers that I admire and respect.
Wow! Phil, I’m so flattered to be on this list. Thank you very much.
It makes me truly happy to share the things I find inspiring on my journey of finding beauty in the world and that others may take away something as well.
Thanks again, you’ve made my day brighter.
Thank you so much, Phil. This completely made my week! Thank you not only for including my work, but also for introducing all of us to such wonderful blogs.
Thanks for your comments. I wish there was a “Like” button on them because I appreciate each one. Keep up the great work!
Phil,
Thank you so much. I’m deeply honored that you find my writings worthy.
I have to echo Julian’s thoughts on thanking you for introducing us to the other wonderful blogs.
Be well my friend!
Nice, thanks for posting.
Have you read Me-too-lupe.blogspot.com? This is written by a Latina and very good.
It has always perplexed me how the inaccurate use of the terms Hispanic and Latin continues to be perpetuated. What do the vast majority of people in the US who use the term Hispanic or Latin to describe themselves have to do with Spain or the Latin Countries (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania) anyway? Absolutely nothing as far as I can tell. So why then, do these folks continue to appropriate and co-opt names that do not belong to them and absolutely do not describe them accurately?
As an example, suppose you have two individuals with an identical name, say Fernando Gonzalez. The first Fernando is from Spain, specifically northwest Spain which happens to be and has a very Celtic culture, bagpipes included. Most likely Fernando Gonzalez from northwest Spain is tall, light haired and blue or green eyed, not unlike his brothers in other Celtic lands like Scotland and Ireland. The second Fernando Gonzalez is from, say, the Dominican Republic. Most likely this Fernando Gonzalez is black and his culture is Afro-Caribbean.
My question is: why would these two Fernando Gonzalez both be referred to as Hispanic or Latin when they have absolutely nothing in common except that they share the same name?
The first Fernando Gonzalez, from northwest Spain, is absolutely Hispanic since he comes from the former Roman colony of Hispania, from which the name for modern day Spain, Espana, is derived. He is also Latin because he comes from one of the Latin Countries, as described earlier.
I don’t understand why the second Fernando Gonzalez, from the Dominican Republic, is referred to as being Hispanic when he has absolutely no connection, culturally or racially, to Spain nor is he Latin since he also has no cultural or racial connection to any of the Latin Countries.
Using this same line of logic, why are James Brown from Birmingham, England and James Brown of Jefferson City, Missouri who is white referred to as Anglo-Saxon yet James Brown of Greenville, South Carolina who happens to be black is not referred to as Anglo-Saxon also? After all, James Brown of Greenville, South Carolina has the exact same name as James Brown from Birmingham, England and James Brown from Jefferson City, Missouri.
Someone please explain.
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