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Central America in Diaspora

Using this tumblr as a parking lot of ideas for the US Central American History and Heritage class I am teaching and to share with all of you. Feel free to send me your ideas, links, photos you’d like to share that are historical, cultural, literary, political, current events, mundane, o unas babosadas.
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If you have knowledge about a particular subject, language, or issue, and somebody else doesn’t, think about how you learned that. Maybe you’ve lived it or maybe somebody taught you. In order to move forward, we must educate others and bring people into our communities of knowledge, not alienate them. That is how we make change. Let’s not assume that everybody comes to places with the same backgrounds and knowledge.
my comparative american studies professor, as quoted by my friend k.c. (via radlerad)

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What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.

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Day 7 - Post a picture about your culture and explain its significance

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The beautiful Quetzal!

The quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala, and is considered a holy and wise creature by the great Mayan people. The quetzal has much significance, but I’ll focus on the folklore passed down…

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56 U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America

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