Shaping a National Latino Museum

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Documentary

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What and who do you include in a national Latino museum? That’s a question that many have been asking since late 2020, when Congress green-lit the creation of The National Museum of the American Latino

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0:00.0	This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Culture.
0:11.3	It's Latino USA.
0:12.4	Welcome to the Latino USA.
0:14.4	I'm Maria Inojosa.
0:15.7	We bring you stories that are underreported, but that matter to you.
0:19.9	Overlooked by the rest of the media.
0:21.3	And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems,
0:23.7	we listen to the stories of black and Latino students.
0:26.0	A united Latino front, a cultural renaissance.
0:29.5	Organizing at the forefront of the movement.
0:32.9	I'm Maria Inojosa.
0:34.5	No se bayan.
0:36.9	Dear Latino USA listener, I hope you're well. Here's a show from the archives.
0:44.7	I think someone we know is in here. Oh yeah, and we know this person, I think pretty well.
0:49.8	It's a Wednesday morning in June. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
0:56.9	is mostly empty right now.
0:59.2	Its doors won't open to the public for another hour and a half.
1:02.7	But my colleague Alejandra Salazar and I got early access today.
1:06.9	So we're here, and so is our boss.
1:10.0	Well, kind of.
1:11.8	Yeah, that's Maria. That's La Jaffe.
1:14.0	She's standing there with poop earrings and her red lipstick.
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