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Latino USA

Finding Legitimacy With Aida Rodriguez

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week on Latino USA a conversation with comedian and author Aida Rodriguez.

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0:00.0

FUTURTA.

0:05.0

This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Kultura.

0:11.0

It's Latino USA.

0:12.0

It's Latino USA. Welcome to the Latino USA. I'm Maria Inuosa. We bring

0:16.2

you stories that are underreported but that mattered to you overlooked by

0:20.3

the rest of the media and while the country is struggling to deal with these problems.

0:23.5

We listen to the stories of black and Latinos students.

0:26.0

A United Latino Front, a cultural renaissance organizing at the forefront of the movement.

0:32.0

I'm Maria Ino Hosa, no sebayan.

0:35.0

Dear listener, a heads up here that there are mentions of suicide and some explicit language so be prepared.

0:44.0

It's a cold autumn night and the streets of Chelsea in New York City are bustling.

0:53.0

I'm on my way to meet comedian Aida Rodriguez at the Chelsea Music Hall.

0:58.0

She has a comedy show tonight.

1:00.0

I've never seen her life before, but I really enjoy her work because she really goes

1:05.3

there especially when she talks about Latinos.

1:08.2

And I grew up going to the hair salon with my grandmother every week and every week they tried to blow dry the

1:15.0

Dominican out of me.

1:18.3

Because Latinos are racist.

1:20.8

They can be very racist.

1:22.1

They're racist with others and they're racist with each other too.

1:25.0

Like the mom is Puerto Rican. Her dad is Dominican and her stepfather is Cuban.

1:31.0

Some of them think they're better than Haitians because they speak Spanish, right? And Cubans

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