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On the one-year anniversary of his arrest, for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman is defended by his mother, Gladys Zimmerman, in a letter that was released to the public recently, via the Twitter page of her son, Robert Zimmerman Junior. “April 11, 2012 will be forever remembered by the Zimmerman family as Read More
AT&T’s Social Media Blogathon Promotion Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 1. OVERVIEW: AT&T’s Social Media Blogathon Promotion (the “Promotion”) is sponsored by Being Latino, Inc. (“Sponsor”). The Promotion begins April 9, 2013 at 9:00 am Central Time (“CT”) and Read More
I grew up in a city where Caucasians were the minority. Although race or ethnicity did not matter among the citizens, it always seemed important to clarify if one was Mexican or Puerto Rican so as not to be confused with the other. In my case and in the case of others I asked, this Read More
It was a sunny day, in 1987, when I visited with Mr. Elie Wiesel in his Boston University office. I went to invite the Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor to become the honorary “co-chair” of the No Human Being Is Illegal Campaign. He was delighted that the campaign I had designed used his quote to Read More
When you think of a teacher, who do you see? If you are like most people, you’re likely to imagine a middle-aged woman. If you think back on the teachers you’ve had in your K-12 education, most of your teachers fit that description, and furthermore, more likely than not, most of them were also white. Read More
I recently had the pleasure of attending an event honoring Latino youth who exemplify drive, leadership, intelligence and persistence. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation held its 2012 Youth Awards, honoring high school seniors from the New York area, at Viacom Headquarters in New York City. The event brought together high school seniors, their families and friends, Read More
The truth shall set you free, as the saying goes, but what happens when the truth sets you free, but places your family member in the doghouse? As Latinos, are we culturally predisposed to protect our familias at all cost? Could telling the truth be more important than protecting our loved ones? We all heard Read More
Through the lens of the video camera, two U.S. filmmakers immerse themselves and their family in Uruguay, capturing history as a small country tackles a big issue. I have a deep fascination and profound interest in Afro-Uruguayan culture. Perhaps, this desire to know more is because I know so little about the country many call Read More
That is a question that we as Latino Americans are used to asking of representatives of educational, community, political, service and other societal entities. But is this a question that we now have to ask our own children, our own youth, and our own counterparts? It is a common occurrence that children of “Americanized” Latino Read More
In August 2009, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. As an attorney and a Latina, the pride I felt on that day was immeasurable. Considering the current state of Latinos in the law, I recognized the improbability of a Latina reaching such Read More