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Workshop wants to help parents break away from physical discipline

This weekend a Kansas City nonprofit will be hosting a workshop for parents predominately living in the area on how to raise children using nonviolent forms of discipline

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do 3x the laundry and g[upbeat music]n. - you know, there's iso much latin talent in new york city--artists, innovators, and heroes. we're going to meet a few tonight, colombian-style. that's right. what's up, homies? how you doing, man? pimping somebody's ride? look at you. look at all that talent. that's real talent right there. every once in a while, i like to host what i call a legends dinner, where i invite iconic new yorkers to sit and share a meal and talk about all things latin. in order to do that tonight, i tapped on a burgeoning colombian talent. that's right, my people, mi gente. this is chef stephanie bonin, and she's about to blow up large in the culinary scene with, believe it or not, a restaurant in her own home. - so i started with la tropikitchen feeding my friends. - mm. - you know i always like to have people around me, and i love feeding people. that's my favorite thing in the world. and then i have a bunch of colombian friends coming

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[music winds down] back then, it was rare to see any latino faces on stage besides the great raul julia. and he wasn't necessarily playing latin roles. so what chance did a kid like me have of making it to broadway? that's why spaces like the puerto rican traveling theater and pregones theater are crucial for latinx talent to be able to develop their work. the first musical i wrote, "kiss my aztec," was workshopped back in 2018 at the puerto rican traveling theater with an amazing ensemble of actors. since its founding in 1967, theater directors like jorge merced have worked non-stop to hold a space for latin art to flourish. - so happy that you're here. you know, you have a connection to this building. it was built in 1888 as a firehouse. it's a historical landmark, and it's the only freestanding latino theater in the broadway district. - and it's because of latin innovation and how we adapt. so we took a firehouse so we could get our own theater.

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- labels don't mean anything to you. - i don't like the names and titles and boxes and categories. never really been my thing, you know? - i'm with tony. i never knew the true definition. - but you know, hey. got the word latino in it, so rock on. you know? - hey, i love it. - i support it. - yeah. - you know, i don't understand, like, how did it happen? - so latinx represented all latin people, regardless of masculine, feminine. and then it has sort of a nongender. but a lot of people don't like it. a lot of people-- no, i like latino. leave it alone. some people say, i like hispanic. you know. - those are just inclusive terms that younger people have created to make space for people who don't feel represented and seen. and so, as a woman, and as a man who identify as latina and latino, when a non-binary person feels that they don't identify with either, they wanna be-- they want a term that is inclusive of who they are.

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- i mean, i've heard about it all the way up to new york. - it's a membership. - oh, wow. - so you have to be 55 years and older. you have to be a miami resident. - you have to be 55? - that's right. if you have any domino skills, or you think you do, this is where you come. - to be tested. - to be tested, that's right. - and these are old pros, right? - these are old pros. these people came from cuba. [speaking spanish] this is their pastime. and we built-- the city built this place-- - yeah. - so--to recognize it. - it's incredible, isn't it, man? - enough talking. you ready to play? - yeah, i'm ready to play. i'm ready to play. - [speaking spanish] - [speaking spanish] - have a seat. - so here's what we do. we're going to throw some bones. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - now we grab 10. don't look! - don't look. don't look. so dominoes-- yeah, it's a pastime in many latinx cultures, especially for the older generation. yeah, i know, i get it. that's me, yeah. and also, it's just fun as hell.

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as we get down to some business. - beautiful. - amazing. - so good. - all right, y'all, i'm so glad you made it here to the special restaurant home. i brought you here because you all represent different aspects of my life, and i wanted to share because you know, latin people, we don't get our flowers. we don't get our dues like we deserve. to me, sergio represents broadway. and legendary rapper fat joe and tony, they're all about hip-hop. and aida, she's the comedy world. we dive in, starting with something that seems like it's pretty basic-- what we call ourselves. but it's not that simple. for years, the words hispanic, latino, and latina were most common. now, some younger folk in particular are gravitating towards a new term, latinx. but not everybody is on board. - latinx. are you for it or against it? or you prefer other terms? - i don't really know really what it is. - that's honest. - i kinda moved to the beat of my own drum. you know, if it sticks, it sticks. i do my thing.

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- i know, that's what--miriam was walking by in the '60s. - miriam colón, which was the founder, right? - the founder of this theater. and she saw this boarded up, and she says, "there's gotta be a theater in there." - the legendary miriam colón became well-known in the theater community after her performance in the acclaimed play "the oxcart" by puerto rican playwright rené marqués. but she was also the latina in hollywood in the '50s and '60s and became best known for her role as mama montana in scarface. - she hated hollywood. she was like-- - why'd she hate hollywood so much? - because she was so distant from her people. - right. - and in '67, she founded the puerto rican traveling theater. she was taking theater to the people. and she says, "that's my calling." i have some people inside from the company that wanna say hello to you again. you wanna come in? - yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, i know some of you. - you know these people? - of course i do. some of the great new york talent. this theater has pumped out crazy amounts of talent, like caridad de la luz, also known as

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♪ when i was first auditioning, i was also getting stereotypical roles. you know the denigrating types i'm talking about. and that's because there were almost no latinos behind the scenes calling the shots. well, i eventually got my break when i took a class with legendary acting teacher, wynn handman. he saw something in me in a series of monologues i'd written called "mambo mouth." i started performing them in a hallway and eventually got critical acclaim, but it still took me three years to take it to a major off-broadway venue. i was born right here in flushing. yeah, well, sure, i sound mexican, man. i was raised by a mexican nanny. doesn't everybody have a maria consuelo? [laughter] - people like you opened doors, but we have to work that much harder. - three times as hard to get a half as far. - three times harder than, like, a white counterpart. you know, like, we're ready. - yeah, yeah. - we're ready. - absolutely. that's what i've been saying. the talent is there. - yeah. - do you have a little piece,

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- keeping the--but keeping-- but owning their latinness. - owning their latinness. i don't understand the people who get so angry about it because usually a lot of times, it's rooted in, like, toxic masculinity, and sexism, and transphobia, and homophobia. why does it bother you so much that somebody wants to be included in the term, and they don't feel like they can identify with the a and the o? - that's a great point. it's a great point. i mean, i do like latinx because it sounds new. a new generation, and more aggressive, more-- more woke, if that's still ok. latinos, latinas, latinx, whatever word you pick, we can all agree that our community is really making a mark. - so right now, we're having a moment. a cultural moment, right? but i think collectively, collectively, we have to support the efforts of others. i.e., for instance, "in the heights," right? let's celebrate that moment that-- - right, right. i was in that theater. i brought my whole family. - or "encanto." those movies are being seen.

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