Sacred Rage and Rhymes: How Xicana Poetry Is Fueling Resistance Against Erasure

Sacred rage and rhymes: How Xicana poetry is fueling resistance against erasure

By Claudia Meléndez Salinas | Edited by Patricia GuadalupeFor people who did not vote for the current occupant of the White House, there are lots of reasons to be angry these days. The administration is helming a fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which, among other things, led to the elimination of the Latin Cultural Club and the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point soon after Donal…

Sacred Rage & Rhymes

FEATURES | Latinas are channeling fury into verse — unleashing a healing movement of unapologetic truth By Claudia Meléndez Salinas An earlier version of this story was first published in palabra.  For people who did not vote for the current occupant of the White House, there are lots of reasons to be angry these days. […]Sacred Rage & Rhymes was first posted on May 27, 2025 at 8:44 pm.©2017 "Voices of Monterey Bay". Use of this feed is for pers…