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Growing Up Brown In A Small Town

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August 22, 2011 

Comedian Lucas Molandes talks about growing up brown in a small white town and all the cultural icons he had to rebel against. Gerardo, Speedy Gonzales, the Taco Bell dog: they’re all there.

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Tu Vez Blast-From-The-Past Truck: Speedy Gonzales

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March 2, 2011 

This day in age, American audiences are very familiar with an assortment of Latino stars. That wasn’t always the case. In the past, talented actors and singers of Hispanic descent made a concerted attempt at hiding their ethnicity and changing their names (case in point: Martin Sheen, whose real name is Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez) to appeal to white audiences. There was one person, however, who never changed his name, never compromised his heritage, and broke down the door that so many Hispanic actors have walked through. We, of course, are talking about Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico.

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