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Etienne Rodriguez

Etienne Rodriguez

Why the “Dominicans Don’t Claim Their Blackness” Stereotype is Ignorant

In the United States we tend to see our culture and way of life as the standard; the idea that people live differently from us is literally…

Dec 4, 2017

Why the “Dominicans Don’t Claim Their Blackness” Stereotype is Ignorant

Dec 4, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Why I Use Slang in My Writing

Language, by design, is something that brings people together. It’s what we use to communicate our own ideas and develop new ones. I’ve…

Oct 25, 2017

Oct 25, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Lilo & Stitch and the Complexities of Family

If there’s one thing people remember from 2003’s Lilo & Stitch it’s this iconic line: “Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left…

Oct 6, 2017

Lilo & Stitch and the Complexities of Family

Oct 6, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

The Message of Kaepernick’s ‘Take a Knee’ Has Been Lost

On August 26, 2016 Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem and started a movement. In a post game interview he said that he was…

Sep 25, 2017

The Message of Kaepernick’s ‘Take a Knee’ Has Been Lost

Sep 25, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Sorry I Didn’t Respond to Your Email Because I’m a Bad Person

To whomever it may concern,

Sep 14, 2017

Sep 14, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

This is US

This is the America that we live in and we have nothing to blame but America itself.

Aug 14, 2017

This is US

Aug 14, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Revisiting the Beauty That is ‘Atlanta’

Donald Glover’s series is smart and trusts that the audience can meet that intelligence.

Jul 26, 2017

Revisiting the Beauty That is ‘Atlanta’

Jul 26, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Top 10 Questions I Was Asked During My First Year at a PWI

And how I responded to them.

Jul 25, 2017

Top 10 Questions I Was Asked During My First Year at a PWI

Jul 25, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Holding Out For A (Black) Hero

I’ve liked Spider-Man for as long as I can remember. That’s not even an exaggeration; while I know I went to see the original Sam Raimi…

Jul 9, 2017

Holding Out For A (Black) Hero

Jul 9, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

‘A Seat at the Table’ 9 Months Later

It’s been almost 9 months since Solange released her album A Seat at the Table and I decided to revisit it after prying myself out of the…

Jun 21, 2017

Jun 21, 2017

Etienne Rodriguez

Etienne Rodriguez

I used to be an angry teen who wrote a lot. Now I’m a jaded “adult” who writes less, but has more opinions.

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