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Leguizamo got the idea for Latin History about six years ago, when his son, Lucas, then in middle school, was being bullied by classmates because he was Latino. Hoping to make Lucas proud...
- We Have Been Here For 500 Years, Yet We’Re Left Out of The History Books
- Indigenous Technology
- Thousands of Unarmed Aztecs Were Killed by The Spanish
- We Were Robbed of Our Gold
- Chocolate Comes from Latin America
- Columbus Didn’T Discover Anything and That’S That!
- In Fact, There Were 73 Million American Indians Already Living in The Americas
- We Make Up 18% of The U.S. But Less Than 5% of Hollywood Roles
- Mexicans Created The Whole Cowboy Thing
- Latinx Fought in Every Single American War
Latin History for Morons covers 500 years of Latin History spanning the Aztec and Incan empires to World War II. 500 years that are suspiciously missing from most of our history books in grade school and all the way through high school, probably even beyond.
One of the important focuses of Latin History for Moronsis our indigenous history. There are so many amazing things Indigenous communities helped pioneer (that are still relevant in modern-day America), including math, writing, agriculture, genetics, and engineering. They’re essential to our everyday lives but we aren’t really taught about their or...
Another fact you’ll learn when watching this Broadway show is the fact that in 1520, the Spanish conquistadors massacred thousands of unarmed Aztecs while they were celebrating the Feast of Toxcatl, in Tenochtitlan. In Latin history, the Spanish are treated as genius explorers, and horrific incidents like these are often glossed over or not mention...
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0e_UgGnjcA/ The Spanish colonizers stole gold and silver from the Indigenous people. In fact, they stole 500,000 tons of gold from the Incas and 1.5 million tons of silver. American Indian riches were taken away and then perpetrated to be European riches in what Leguizamo calls the biggest theft in history.
A lot of people don’t know that the things we enjoy on a regular basis are thanks to folks from Latin America, and more importantly, thanks to Indigenous cultures. One example is cacao, which is used to make chocolate. The internationally-loved sweet has ties to Mexico, South America, and Central America.
Hopefully, you learned this truth before John Leguizamo dropped the knowledge, but Christopher Columbus didn’t discover ish. How can you discover land that already has inhabitants on it? Yet in school, we were always taught to revere Christopher Columbus and to celebrate him every year for “discovering” America. Yeah, okay. Nope, not anymore.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYpciHBWjb/ To drive the point home of Christopher Columbus not having discovered anything, there were a whopping 73 million American Indians already in the Americas: 3 million Tainos, 33 million Incans, 30 million Aztecs, and 7 million Apaches, Comanches, and Navajos. In fact, 95% of these people were killed in what Le...
Hollywood should represent the movie-going population, but unfortunately, we know this to not be the case. John Leguizamo drops some concerning stats: Latinxs make up 18% of the population in the United States. However, we are only represented in 5% of roles in Hollywood.
John Leguizamo took to his Latin History for MoronsInstagram account to remind everyone where cowboys actually came from. “John Wayne who? Over half of American cowboys were Latin American, black, or Native American. Even the word “cowboy” comes from the Spanish vaquero. Just a bit of un-white washing for today’s #WednesdayWisdom,” he wrote.
The next time you hear anyone question Latino-American patriotism, make sure to school that person the way John Leguizamo schooled us. Latinos fought in every single American war, a fact that we definitely weren’t taught in history class. This is important information to know and share with others, especially on holidays such as Veterans Day and Me...
Nov 15, 2017 · Leguizamo worked on the show over a period of four years, trying out his material in comedy clubs, where audiences were unpleasantly surprised to find themselves at a history lecture.
Sep 26, 2024 · In “American Historia: The Untold Story of Latinos,” Leguizamo traces U.S. Latinos' and Latin American history from the powerful Indigenous empires to the Civil Rights Movement.
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1 day ago · John Leguizamo went into ‘super sleuth dad’ mode to help his son learn Latino history “America does not function without Latino immigrants,” Leguizamo says. His new three-part PBS docuseries, VOCES American Historia, highlights Latino contributions to American history and culture.
Sep 26, 2024 · John Leguizamo is tired of the omission of Latino stories in American history. And he is doing something about it … again. The award-winning actor and producer is the host and force behind a...
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Oct 2, 2024 · Emmy-winning actor and activist John Leguizamo explores all this in his new series, “VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos.” Leguizamo joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what...
