Chino Y Chicano
The Chino Y Chicano podcast began on December 22, 2022 with co-hosts Matt Chan (The Chino) and Enrique Cerna (The Chicano).
Chan and Cerna spent their careers making television. Chan was the creator of the cable television series Hoarders. Cerna was a Seattle broadcast journalist who somehow was never fired during his 43 year career. Their podcast mission was to dish on the good, bad and ugly that people of color face in America. They took up the complexities of race, and sought out people far more interesting than they could ever be.
On March 30, 2024, Matt Chan passed away after battling kidney cancer. Enrique Cerna made a commitment to continue the podcast in his honor.
The Chino Y Chicano podcast partners with Converge Media to present UNFILTERED, a no holds barred conversation featuring Cerna, former Seattle City Council member Deborah Juarez and Converge Media founder Omari Salisbury. Take a listen to all the episodes presented. The content might piss you off, but you might also learn something.
Chino Y Chicano
Ep 163 Journalist Marcus Harrison Green on Minneapolis: From George Floyd to ICE Crackdown
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In this episode of Chino y Chicano, Enrique Cerna speaks with journalist and founder of the South Seattle Emerald, Marcus Harrison Green, about his recent reporting trip to Minneapolis—a city once again at the center of national attention.
What he found was a community shaped by its past and bracing for its future.
In early 2026, Minneapolis became a focal point of a nationwide immigration crackdown. That escalation turned deadly, with the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents—incidents now at the heart of legal battles and growing demands for accountability.
But this is not the first time Minneapolis has faced the weight of national scrutiny. The city’s response to the 2020 killing of George Floyd helped forge networks of activism, community defense, and political awareness that continue to shape how residents respond today.
Marcus Harrison Green joins us to explore how that history prepared Minneapolis for this moment—and what the rest of the country can learn from a city navigating grief, resistance, and resilience in real time.
Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us
Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/
Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go
Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017
Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/2...