Monthly Archives: November 2008

The “Border Beat” (November 24, 2008)

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

Guess what?  The “Border Beat” missed you too.  It’s just that we were so busy with work.  Plus, our friend came from out of town for a visit and then we were kind of overcome with all the blog activity … Continue reading →

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The Truth about the First Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

In honor of turkey day, I offer you this article by James W. Loewen, author of Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism and the classic Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.  This … Continue reading →

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They called it “beaner jumping”

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

From the Associated Press comes this update on the murder of Marco Lucero: Immigrant’s killing shows tensions on Long Island By FRANK ELTMAN PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — The flowers have wilted and the candles are burned out at a makeshift … Continue reading →

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They were going to name him ‘Baloo’

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

I know I don’t normally post stories like this, and I know this has absolutely nothing to do with Latinos, but… Ashlee Simpson has given birth to a baby boy.  She and her husband–Pete Wentz of the group Fall Out … Continue reading →

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The Legacy of Harvey Milk

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

November 27th is the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, San Francisco politician and activist. The first openly gay man to be elected to office, he analyzed the significance of his election as follows: Somewhere in Des Moines … Continue reading →

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••Al-Qaeda calls Obama a “House Negro”

Posted on November 19, 2008 by

Damn! Check out this video message from Al-Qaeda’s number 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri.  In it, he offers his analysis of the recent U.S. election as a public acknowledgment of the U.S. failure in Iraq.  Then, he uses Malcolm X to … Continue reading →

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•Why Prop. 8 Will be Defeated in the Courts

Posted on November 19, 2008 by

The fight over Proposition 8–California’s voter approved overturning of same-sex marriage rights–is now headed to the courts. The California Supreme Court will consider this week which of the myriad cases related to the measure it will consider. Today’s LA Times … Continue reading →

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••The Quiet Death of the Minutemen

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

In story posted on their website, Zvika Krieger of The New Republic profiles Jim Gilchrist,  founder of the paramilitary border vigilante group “The Minutemen.”  She writes: This year, there has been more evidence that, while immigration remains a legitimate issue, … Continue reading →

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••Racism and the Murder of Marcelo Lucero

Posted on November 17, 2008 by

A group of teenagers murdered Marcello Lucero on November 8th.  An Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for 16 years, the 37 year-old Lucero was lynched in the Long Island (New York) suburb of Patchogue.  The seven teenage … Continue reading →

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••The racial fallout of Prop. 8

Posted on November 8, 2008 by

This is what I wrote last July: My great fear is that, in California and elsewhere, the coalitions fighting against these restrictive ballot measures won’t reach out in any organized and systematic way to Latino voters. This may be a … Continue reading →

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