Tag Archives: hispanic

A New School Year

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Today I begin my 30th semester as a teacher in higher education.  With any luck, it will also be my last as an untenured, assistant professor. A new school year always brings with it a mix of emotions and stresses. … Continue reading →

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DWTD: Driving with Tortilla Dough

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Or as I like to call it: “Masa-gate.” From Asheville, North Carolina comes the story of a Latin American immigrant male who spent four days in jail because law enforcement officials mistook tortilla dough (known as “masa” in Spanish) for … Continue reading →

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What is Cinco de Mayo?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

If you didn’t know any better, you would agree with the idiot who recently appeared on a late night show and described Cinco de Mayo as a holiday invented in the US “to celebrate our neighbors to the South, by … Continue reading →

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21st CENTURY U.S. RACISM

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

The fundamental assumption of our criminal justice system is that (at least most of) the people who find themselves in it are criminals deserving of their punishment. Relying on our notions of free will (they chose to commit a crime) … Continue reading →

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Latinifornia

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

The US Census released the California population data from the 2010 Census today. Here are some of the more interesting figures: California’s total population is 37,253,957 About 37.6% of those people are Latino (14,013,719) Some 4.8 million Californians (13%) are … Continue reading →

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JFK’s Last Night Alive

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

JFK spent his last night alive with a room full of Mexican Americans! The above photo was taken at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, on the evening of November 21, 1963.  JFK and LBJ and their wives were the guests … Continue reading →

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From Ponce to Cooperstown

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Former second baseman Roberto Alomar has been elected to the Hall of Fame. Alomar received the third highest vote total in history, making it in on his first second time on the ballot. He is only the third Puerto Rican … Continue reading →

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DREAM Act: the silver lining

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

UPDATE: The DREAM Act did fail cloiture, 55 votes for and 41 against. The DREAM Act goes up for a cloture vote in about an hour from now. It will not meet the 60 vote threshold to move to the … Continue reading →

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DREAM Act: the silver lining

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

David Hidalgo (1954- ), Louie Pérez (1953- ), Cesar Rosas (1954- ), Conrad Lozano (1951- ), and Steve Berlin (1955- ), collectively known as Los Lobos (East Los Angeles, CA); and Taj Mahal (Massachusetts, 1942-) performing “Highway 51″ (c. 1988).

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In CA, the Latino Future is Now

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

There’s a great piece in today’s LA Times spotlighting the rift in the CA GOP over a proposed ballot initiative which would do for California what SB 1070 did for Arizona.  You can read it here. The Republicans who favor … Continue reading →

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