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El Paisano

Rio Hondo College Newspaper

El Paisano

Rio Hondo College Newspaper

El Paisano

The Chicana/o/x Identity and the 20th Century Movement

Written by Jeffrey Barragan, Copy Editor
Oct 20, 2021

The Chicanx movement of the 1960’s created solidarity among Mexican-Americans in the Southwest. The movement pursued to change and improve education,...

Ethnic Studies Will Be in California High Schools, and It’s Mandatory

Oct 17, 2021

Ethnic studies courses are now a requirement for all high school students in California. On Friday, Oct 8, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom passed Assembly Bill...

Hispanic Heritage Month Excludes Parts of Latin America

Written by Jeffrey Barragan, Copy Editor
Sep 29, 2021

There is something extraordinarily odd about the word “Hispanic” in Hispanic Heritage Month. The word is exclusionary but also ironically Eurocentric...

13 year old boy shot and killed by Chicago PD

“Adam, during the last second of his life, did not have a gun in his hand. The officer screamed at him, ‘Show me your hands.’ Adam complied,” Adeena Weiss-Ortiz said, attorney of the Toledo family.
Written by Viviana Reyes
Apr 26, 2021

On March 29th, Chicago PD shot and killed a Latino 13 year old boy. Initial report claims that the boy, Adam Toledo, was still holding the gun in his hand...

Celebrating ‘Latino heritage month’

Written by Erik Buelna, Calendar Editor
Oct 11, 2012

The Associated Students of Rio Hondo College (ASRHC) helped celebrate Latino Heritage Month by encouraging Rio Hondo College students and staff members...

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