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Think Mexican points to a revealing 1972 interview with César Chávez, in which the famed labor leader and civil rights activist reproaches undocumented workers: “This is the case right now, one of the strikes we have with the Butte Gas & Oil Co., where we’ve closed them down. They’ve been unable to get strikebreakers, or have Read More
Republicans, what has the country been telling you for the past year concerning the way you talk about Latinos? Tone, tone, tone. Yet it seems the GOP can’t go a week without doing or saying something without incurring the wrath of the 17 percent. This time, it’s an Alaska congressman: “Rep. Don Young says he Read More
As we know, Arizona has been in the spotlight for taking actions against Latin Americans — specifically, for SB 1070, which allowed the state’s police to check the immigration status of people they detain, and for HB 2281, which prohibits classes that “promote resentment toward a race or class of people,” that “advocate ethnic solidarity Read More
God said, “Let there be light on this ‘first Latino pope’ issue,” and God divided the “Latino” from the “Latin American.” From the AP via HuffPo: “He is being hailed with pride and wonder as the ‘first Latino pope,’ a native Spanish speaker born and raised in the South American nation of Argentina. But for Read More
The public has a penchant for looming conflicts. Last year it was the fiscal cliff. Now the country’s apparently headed toward a racial cliff: “A historic decline in the number of U.S. whites and the fast growth of Latinos are blurring traditional black-white color lines, testing the limits of civil rights laws and reshaping political Read More
The Census tackles a question 500 years in the making: “Hispanics may become a race of their own in the U.S. Census — a major change that some Latino advocacy groups are opposing. Currently, the Census considers Hispanic not a race but an ethnic background. Hispanics can be of any race, and Hispanic origin is Read More
The Economist goes “Hispanic Hollywood“: “For many media companies the 2010 census was a wake-up call: it showed that around 51m Americans, or 16% of the population, are Hispanic. Between 2000 and 2012 their numbers rose by around 55%, more than four times the growth rate for the general population. Hispanics are also younger on Read More
Do you ever find yourself looking around and saying to yourself, “I’m the only Latino here”? Do you suddenly find yourself feeling anxious, as if your every action is a reflection of your entire ethnicity? It happens to me a lot. I frequently count in my head the number of Latinos in the room. If Read More
When we look at the Latino experience in the States, we see so much diversity that it can be hard not to get lost or confused. Who are we, really? Depending on one’s physical appearance, it may be easier to identify with other groups who may or may not share a similar history of marginalization Read More
What is the identity we have created for us as an American people? You could look at the advances and innovations in technology we have made, you could consider the fact that people from many different countries aspire to come to our country and join us on our journey, as well as the many other Read More