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Celebrating culture and breaking the myth of the Latinx monolith

Editor’s Note: Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15-Oct. 15, was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 to celebrate the cultures and folks from Latin America. While progressive then, the recognition also imposed a damaging image of homogeneity onto a diverse group of South, Central, and North American Latinx peoples, further marginalizing […]