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In Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s article, Enter the Hurbans, the background of Reggaeton and its rise in US culture are discussed. In the article, Rivera-Rideau makes the clear distinction between the Reggaeton that i […]

este vacación, yo voy al Chicago por avión. Chicago es más divertido que Wooster porque hay muchas actividades para hacer en la ciudad. antes de este vacación, mi coche está en la tienda de reparación pero cuando […]

¡Buenos días! Hoy es Lunes. Es el veintitrés de octubre. Es otoño. ¡El otoño es mi estación favorita! Hace un poco de frío. Esta nublado. Yo llevo una falda, una camisa azul, un suéter rojo y botas. Hasta luego! 

Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s article on reggaeton principally presents the musical genre, reggaeton, and its artists as a concept that has been racialized in the United States, similarly to how Puerto Ricans have been […]

Me encanta la comida. Mis comidas favoritas son pollo, manzanas y ensaladas. También me gusta beber agua mucho. Me gustan las manzanas rojas más que las manzanas verdes o amarillas. Las manzanas rojas son más du […]

In the Chapter “Enter the Hurbans” by Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, she talks about how the rise of reggaetón came to be and how was perceived when it entered mainstream United States music. Rivera-Rideau’s centra […]

In this chapter, Rivera-Rideau argues that the racialization of reggaetón creates negative stereotypes that apply to all people of Latin American descent. The author seems to be incredibly frustrated with the way […]

The central argument in this chapter is that the racialization of the Reggaetón in the U.S. has created the social prejudice to the hispanic artists in the same way they did to the African American musicians. Th […]

Rivera-Rideau’s central argument in this chapter is that- reggaeton was a vehicle for the evolution of culture, behaviours, and the identity of Latin American artists and the portrayal of Latin American culture i […]

Rivera-Rideau argues in this chapter on the development of Reggaeton as a popular music genre in the United States. He mainly accredits this to the hit song “Gasolina” by Daddy Yankee and other artists such as […]

Rivera-Rideau’s central argument in this chapter is that Reggaetón has become racialized as Latino in the United States in the same way that Hip-hop has been racialized before it. The racialization of these g […]

I notice that everything we call natural is full of a plethora of intricacies that we can relate to. This realization was sparked by Annie Dillard’s Pilgrimage at Tinker Creek. Take the tree for instance, their […]

West Point es para estudiantes que quieren estar en el Ejército o para personas en el Ejército y que quieren obtener una educación. Mi novio asista West Point ahora y yo visito el fin de semana pasado. En West Po […]

Please read Camryn and Cesar’s articles. Before class please read the lyrics to “All I Blow is Loud” by Juicy J to get a frame of reference of Brazilian Funk lyrics. Also, please look at this translation of a fun […]

Trump Lies as Global Warming’s Victims Die
 Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan write describing the impact Climate change is having on the world discussing the responsibility that lies with politicians and go […]

Mi descanso de otoño fue muy divertido. Yo vi mucha familia y amigos. En el primero fin de semana de descanso, yo fui una fiesta de inauguración para mi tía, tío y primos. Mi tía hizo una cena grande y noso […]

A man believed to be a leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (aka MS-13) gang has been arrested in Guatemala recently. Ángel Gabriel Reyes Marroquín, or Blanco, as he is known, was found in a town 31 miles west of Gu […]

Soy de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. La ciudad tiene muchas cosas para hacer y es muy divertido. Tiene muchos ríos y puentes. Es muy interesante cruzar el puente. Pittsburgh tiene muchos museos como Carnegie Museo d […]

Mi rutina de mañana es muy sencillo y tranquillo. Antes de que poner mi ropa, yo beber mucha agua. Es muy importante mantenerse hidratado durante el día. Me despierto a las nueve todos los días, a menos que mi com […]

     The article I chose primarily for this week is entitled “Why is there talk of banning funk music in Brazil?”.The article discusses how Brazilian funk is becoming an ostracized music genre due to the conten […]