The Latinx Identity Includes Brazilians Featuring Jacqui Rêgo

The Latinx Identity Project

Hola, bienvenidos, and welcome to another episode of the Latinx Identity Project. I am your host, Elsa Iris Reyes.

Today’s guest is Jacqui Rêgo, a New York City based, Brazilian-American actor, playwright, essayist, and most recently the author the children’s book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes.

Jacqui has shared some of her experience and perspective as Brazilian American in the Latinx community. Brazilians are often underrepresented in the media and left out of the discussion around culture, race, and ethnic belonging within Latinidad. Join me as we unpack the complexities around identity and belonging.
Check more of her writing here:

• Follow Jacqui on Instagram @jacquirego
• Get 5% off her book, Brazilian Nursery Rhymes, using the code AllBabesDeserveToSamba when you checkout at www.calisbooks.com/products/brazil
• Read essays and poems by Jacqui in the Immigrant Report here
• Play Baby Hubris A Magical Realism Call to Arms www.babyhubris.com
• Check out Jacqui's acting reels here

Learn more about Brazilian Nursery Rhymes:

• History of Tico Tico no Fubá by Zequinha de Abreu - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zequinha-de-abreu-mn0000599013
• Davi Viera (David Byrne's, American Utopia national tour) who is the main musician in Brazilian Nursery Rhymes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-8-AvZ8RME&ab_channel=MeetJoeTV

In this episode Jacqui also teaches us about some differences between Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. For fun, check this out!
Portuguese vs Spanish by Joanna Hausmann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkjzApH-OU&ab_channel=JoannaHausmann

To a Spanish speaker, Brazilian Portuguese can sound like "Spanish played backwards"...but then add in lots of extra sounds!

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Artwork and intro music by Emmanuel Reyes @trueloathing