Comments on: Latinization of Public Parks http://josemalamillo.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/latinization-of-public-parks/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: profe http://josemalamillo.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/latinization-of-public-parks/#comment-20 profe Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:58:01 +0000 http://josemalamillo.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-20 20 years ago my parents moved from our barrio to a primarily Asian immigrant community, to a house across the street from a park. For years it seemed it never got used on Easter. Yesterday, it was overflowing with families--all of them Latina--even though the neighborhood is even more Asian immigrant than it was when they moved. It made us smile to see the fruits of the "discovery" of the park even though it's not situated in an actual Latino community. Nice blog and post! 20 years ago my parents moved from our barrio to a primarily Asian immigrant community, to a house across the street from a park. For years it seemed it never got used on Easter. Yesterday, it was overflowing with families–all of them Latina–even though the neighborhood is even more Asian immigrant than it was when they moved. It made us smile to see the fruits of the “discovery” of the park even though it’s not situated in an actual Latino community.

Nice blog and post!

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