Tag: Cafeteras

How East L.A. band Las Cafeteras brings together music and activism

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A woman bathed in blue light sings into a microphone.

Las Cafeteras members Hector Flores and Denise Carlos spent their adolescences chasing the dreams of their immigrant parents. After attending college, they were expected to get married, start families and lead simple lives. Instead, they […]

After scandal, L.A. band Las Cafeteras sings ode to Oaxaca

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A woman wearing white speaks into a microphone

She called them “dark little people,” adding “tan feos” (“they’re ugly”) and claimed she didn’t know where they came from. Former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez’s recently leaked racist remarks about Oaxacans living in […]