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From Pero Like: “I Discovered My Aunt Was A Dominican Legend”
Julissa Calderon goes to New York to do research on her late aunt Normandia Maldonado and finds out she is an ICON! Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike
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From Pero Like: What It’s Like Being Asian-Latino in America
We come in all colors and combinations. I’m half-Dominican and Puerto Rican. I’ve met people half-black and Mexican and half-Japanese and Brazilian. Our history reflects a history of colonialism and also of survival and most importantly, sometimes just simple love. “We don’t have a family tree, we have an entire forest.” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike
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Pero Like Tries The Best Empanadas In Miami
“Gadiel, Maya, and Julissa went to Miami and tried 3 different types of empanadas: Colombian, Dominican and Cuban!” For the culturally deprived, an empanada, according to Wikipedia, is a type of pasty baked or fried in many countries of The Americas and in Spain. The name comes from the Spanish verb empanar, meaning to wrap or…
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Don’t Tell Me Not To Speak Spanish…Seriously. This is America!
“A very important public service announcement: English is not the official language of the United States, which means every person in this country has the right to speak whatever language que le da las ganas!” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike
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5 MORE Words that are Impossible to Translate into English
“Spanish is a beautiful language and spoken differently throughout the globe! Here are some words that we attempted to translate into English!” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike
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Fusion or So wrong: Dominicans Try Platano Sushi For The First Time
Julissa and Gadiel head to Mama Sushi, a fusion restaurant of Dominican and Japanese food, to try their popular sushi. Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike
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Dominican Artist Tony Peralta Brings New Excitement to Pop Art
“Julissa sits down with Tony Peralta, the Dominican Artist who has brought a whole new meaning to pop art, to talk about his work, inspiration, and where he got the idea to put rolos on iconic, Latina women like Celia Cruz in his art!” Watch more at https://www.youtube.com/perolike Find out more about the artist HERE
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I Learned To Make My Abuela’s Arroz Con Gandules
From our friends at Pero Like “Eli learns to make his grandma’s Puerto Rican rice aka arroz con gandules, according to him: “I feel like I am on an episode of Chopped “Disappointed Abuela Edition.”
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Afro-Latinx History: Roberto Clemente, Baseball Player, Humanitarian
From www.biography.com: “Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to collect 3,000 career hits before his death in a plane crash. Born Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker on August 18, 1934, Clemente played with the Brooklyn Dodgers’ minor league team before making his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955. He…
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From Their Voices: What Afro-Latinos Want You To Know
There has forever been a struggle to identify and accept the spectrum of identities in the Latino community; from the African and Indigenous roots roots in the Caribbean to Mexico through Central and South America. My father was a light-skinned Puerto Rican who married a brown-skinned Dominican. I’ve witnessed first-hand the rejection and racism by…