"When Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy this weekend with another Latino finalist looking on from the crowd, the Cuban-American quarterback did more than just become the first Indiana Hoosier to win college football's top prize, and only the third Latino to do so. He also subtly offered a radical statement: Latinos don't just belong in this country, they're essential."
"Shea Serrano writing about anything is like a really great big burrito - you know it's going to be great and it exceeds your expectations when you finally bite into it, you swear you're not going to gorge the thing all at once but don't regret anything when you inevitably do. He could write about concrete and this would be true, but his latest New York Times bestseller (four in total, which probably makes him the only Mexican American author with that distinction) thankfully is instead about his favorite sport."
Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Indiana Hoosier and only the third Latino to win college football's top prize. The victory underscored Latino centrality in American sports and countered demeaning, tokenizing narratives about assimilation, voting choices and racial profiling. Two of the nation's top college quarterbacks being Latino reflected a broader normalization of Latino athletic excellence. Four recent books celebrate Latino athletes as pioneers and essential figures in their professions, communities and society. Expensive Basketball by Shea Serrano blends humor, rambles and vivid anecdotes to celebrate basketball and Latino identity.
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