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I Am White & Brown But Never Both: Latin@s & Race In America
My name is Matthew González Regueiro Soto Fernández and I am white and brown, but never both.
Confused? Well for most of my life so was I.
At eleven I first became aware of racial/ethnic categories. Living in Downey, CA, …
The 3 Paths To Happiness
Last week I started reading Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and Professor of Marketing Rajendra Sisodia. Though I definitely recommend everyone skip the introduction, as I make my way …
POEM: “Kindred Soul”
These are the moments I remember
Sitting sleepy eyed and cross legged
On ghostly train tracks,
Blinking in mesmerized expression
At summer time luminaries.
Singing out childhood anthems of
Joy and love and growing up.
Heads heavy with a million …
Wishing On Stars
Today we are able to cross the globe in a matter of hours. Anyone with an Internet connection can watch news unfold in cities whose names they can’t pronounce. Food, oil, and other commodities are shipped across oceans with ease …
The WhatsApp Times
Eight years ago, I penned my first article “The Classroom Dash” in the pages of the Berkeley Daily Planet. The piece talked about the new stresses teachers at my high school faced, as they had to go from classroom to …
POEM: “Still Rocking”
The billboard ads promise me dreams:
artificial one-hit fixes of imitation sunbeams.
And while products pull us through this Purgatory,
we are stretched between lack of sleep and overeating.
Companies are stringing products across our path to prevent us from …
Rape Culture: From India to Ohio
After a day and a half of being able to think about little more than the Steubenville rape case, I thought it was time to write. Nothing I say here will be new or add any sort of insight/perspective to …
Bicycles Made From Old Cars
Bicycled takes car parts from junkyards then recycles them to create the most efficient, ecological and healthy means of transportation. Found out more at bicycledbikes.com…
Love Poetry?
Wishing On Stars is a collection of spoken word poetry from mgregueiro.com's very own Marco de Onís. Through word and verse, Marco challenges readers to use their hearts and minds to better the world around them.