{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Permanent.org","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.permanent.org","author_name":"Amanda Meeks","author_url":"https:\/\/www.permanent.org\/blog\/author\/amandapermanent-org\/","title":"H\u00e9ctor Tobar with Alejandro Varela: The Meanings and Myths of \u201cLatino\u201d - Permanent.org","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F3CuV2DMfm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permanent.org\/events\/hector-tobar-with-alejandro-varela-the-meanings-and-myths-of-latino\/\">H\u00e9ctor Tobar with Alejandro Varela: The Meanings and Myths of \u201cLatino\u201d<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permanent.org\/events\/hector-tobar-with-alejandro-varela-the-meanings-and-myths-of-latino\/embed\/#?secret=F3CuV2DMfm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;H\u00e9ctor Tobar with Alejandro Varela: The Meanings and Myths of \u201cLatino\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Permanent.org\" data-secret=\"F3CuV2DMfm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.permanent.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning writer explores what it means to be Latino in the United States. Book cover of Our Migrant Souls by H\u00e9ctor Tobar In his new book, H\u00e9ctor Tobar writes that the feeling of being ni de aqui ni de alla\u2014from neither here nor there\u2014is the fundamental paradox of latinidad. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he uses the details of his own life and the broader past of Latinos in America to examine the impacts of colonialism, public policy, immigration, and pop culture as they relate to arguably the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Tobar discusses with author Alejandro Varela the long, complicated story of ... Read More","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.permanent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Responsive-Mockup-Social-675.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":675}