According to the last census, Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States. But in an age where Congress has approved the construction of a massive fence along the Mexican border, it might seem oxymoronic that they are also considering the creation of a national Latino-American museum.
22 Dec 2006 12:00
Howard Emanuel
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According to the last census, Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States. But in an age where Congress has approved the construction of a massive fence along the Mexican border, it might seem oxymoronic that they are also considering the creation of a national Latino-American museum.
But just what is the role of Latino-American art on the national scale and would the institutionalization of it be a positive or negative for American society as a whole?
As an actor, Howard Emanuel has appeared across the USA in regional theatres ranging from The Paper Mill Playhouse and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Houston's Theatre Under The Stars. As a playwright, he has recently completed his first full-length work, Last Supper. As a novelist, his urban fiction manuscript, Naked Angels, is currently being shopped to various publishing houses. He is currently hard at work on his second and third plays. He holds a B.F.A. in Acting from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
