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By Amanda Landa
AUSTIN, Tx. —As a Mexican-American, I genuinely believe I never got to grow up appreciating the Mexican side of my heritage. There were delicious breakfast tacos from my grandma, the Tejano music bass booming in my Dad’s pickup, and my home of Eagle Pass, Tx., a typical border town.
Yet, I didn’t feel Mexican.
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I was porcelain white (still am) and also lacked fluency in Spanish (still do). TV and movies were an essential part of my adolescence. It was the likes of “Hannah Montana,” Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and other pop star princesses who grabbed my attention.
That automatically changed when I saw the film “Selena.”
I was mesmerized the moment Selena, portrayed by the iconic Jennifer Lopez, gracefully arrived in a horse-drawn carriage through the jam-packed Houston Astrodome.
The film brought me a sense of comfort as the story showcased a part of my culture I’ve never seen on the big screen before. Each scene, capturing a celebrity in the making, demonstra
