WE ARE LATINO…..WE ARE YOU. By Jose Redeiro

Kean University’s The Human Rights Institute presents the We Are You Project [WAYP], a comprehensive coast-to-coast depiction of 21st Century Latino socio-cultural, political, and economic conditions, reflecting triumphs, achievements, risks and vulnerabilities, confronting and affecting all Latinos “within” as well as “outside” the USA. The five primary themes of this unique exhibition are Latino immigration, Latinization, the current anti-Latino backlash, the rise of Pan-Latino transculturalism, as well as the investigation of diverse Latino identities emerging at this time. Individually or in combination, the five themes inspire sundry artistic manifestations that capture and reflect the impact of increasing Latino demographic-growth on the U.S., portending inevitable North American cultural shifts that will result, as characterised by the term Latinization. Moreover, the above five key issue reinforce a “new” transcultural bonding between U.S.-Latinos and Latin Americans.