NBC Latino
Opinion: When Stop and Frisk taught me I was a menace to society
June 8, 2012
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORIES
César Vargas
César Vargas is a published writer, producer and strategist, and the founder of LUCIR, formerly UPLIFTT. His work spans culture, identity, representation and the stories communities tell about themselves. He also leads azul., bringing strategy and production together for brands, creators and organizations.
ESSAYS / CULTURAL CRITICISM / COMMENTARY
Writing across publications.
On identity, representation, race, politics and the stories we tell about ourselves.
OkayAfrica
César Vargas: How I Became Black
January 8, 2016
Okayplayer
One Player’s Opinion: César Vargas On Why SNL Should #DumpTrump
November 6, 2015
HuffPost
How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other
May 13, 2015
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Opinion: When Stop and Frisk taught me I was a menace to society
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HuffPost19 articles
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Latino Rebels3 articles
Who Gives a Shit If the Majority of Hispanics Don’t Know or Use Latinx (OPINION)
Originally published in De Todo Un Poco.
A Clash of the Oppressed: An Intimate Look At Black and Brown People’s Relationship in America (OPINION)
Originally published in De Todo Un Poco.
The Overwhelming Brownness of Julián Castro and Me
Originally published in De Todo Un Poco.
Voxxi1 article
HIS OWN PUBLICATION
De Todo Un Poco
Personal essays, cultural criticism and dispatches from cesarvargas365.com.
36 essays and posts, now readable on LUCIR with links to the originals.
20232 articles
202212 articles
20216 articles
20206 articles
20199 articles
THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION / 27 RESTORED PIECES
From the UPLIFTT archive
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A Star is Born in Pocha: Manifest Destiny—Veronica Sixtos
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Best Latina Rapper Alive: Exclusive Interview with @AyeYoSmiley
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The Privilege of White Hispanic II: Facts, Stats, and Cognitive Dissonance
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Alt Control Delete: Interview with Ramón Govea
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Kenneth Castillo: Exclusive Interview
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Why Latino Networks and Publications Are Tanking
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Alec Baldwin vs. the Hispanic Society
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Being Latino Is Not a Crutch
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To The Critics Of Alfonso Cuarón: You’re Wrong
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Not a Big Fan of My Brother’s Keeper
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The Price of Privilege
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Hugo Fernandez: Exclusive Interview
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Dear White Xenophobes (and Misinformed Latinos)
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Montera: The One-Woman Tour De Force
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The Problem with Calling Mainstream “White Narrative”
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United People for Latinos in Film TV and Theater (UPLIFTT)
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Response to the Critics of The New York Times’ Latino Problem Article: You’re Wrong
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The New York Times’ Latino Problem: @nytimes #HireALatinoColumnist
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NUVOtv, UPLIFTT, and Nu Point of View: The Emerging Latino Filmmakers
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Where are the Latino Investors?
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Catie Waters: Exclusive Interview
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Melonie Diaz, the Power of Diversity, and Fruitvale Station
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How to Hoodwink a Nation: Divisive Rhetoric
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Latino Leaders? Clowns Need Not Apply
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The Latino Singularity: Offering Solutions, Not Just Stats
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Habla Women and The Dirtiest Word in a Men’s World
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Poverty Porn and The Latino Curse
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Books & anthologies
Writing that found another life on the printed page.
The Bedford Guide for College Writers
How First- and Second-Generation Hispanics Can Help Each Other
Essay reprinted in the 11th edition (2016).
View the book and contentsLatino Studies Press
White Latino Privilege: Caribbean Latino Perspectives in the Second Decade of the 21st Century
Contributing author. Edited by Gabriel Haslip-Viera; published in 2018.
View the book record