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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!
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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!

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Olvera Street, a historic Mexican marketplace in downtown Los Angeles. 1935. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Can you lose a language you never knew?

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‘Black Panther’ brings new visibility to cosplayers of color

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Food stall serves up a social experiment: Charge white customers more than minorities

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8 years ago

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