Archive for category immigration
Many Immigrant Indians Can’t Let Feudal Attitudes Go
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, asian-american, demography, immigration on July 1st, 2008
~New America Media
India might be roaring toward becoming an economic giant, but there are some archaic practices, like feudalism, still very much a part of the culture…
Immigration issues aren’t simply about Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in activism, asian-american, civil rights, happenings, immigration, politics on June 15th, 2008
Indians on Hunger Strike to Avoid Deportation
~New America Media
“…hundreds of workers from India who were trafficked to the post-Katrina Gulf Coast… demanded that the Attorney General grant them “continued presence” in the United States under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.”
Sen. Robert Menendez decries ICE ‘witch hunt’ of Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in civil rights, happenings, immigration, latino, racism on June 13th, 2008
~Los Angeles Times
“…Our legitimate desire to get control over our borders has too often turned into a witch hunt against Hispanic Americans and other people of color…”
Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia
Posted by taino8632 in immigration, latino, news, racism on June 10th, 2008
~Atlanta Latino
“Less than a week after Rich Pellegrino called a group of human rights organizations together to protest the sale of a racist T-shirt, he received a shocking death threat at the door of his home.”
Immigrant Africans Push for Recognition, Services
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, demography, immigration, latino, news, racism on June 10th, 2008
From the outside, parking garage attendant Kobina Azhir looks like an American-born Black man…
~The Chicago Defender
There are approximately 582,000 Mexican immigrants living in metropolitan Chicago, compared to just 23,000 African immigrants. Africans come to America to flee political instability, pursue education, or establish a better life.
…rise in hate crimes against hispanics
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, civil rights, hate crimes, immigration, latino, news, politics, pundits, racism on May 27th, 2008
Obama: Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs responsible for rise in hate crimes against hispanics
~Huffington Post
“A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There’s a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,” Obama said. “If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it’s not surprising that would happen.”
Does crackdown cross line?
~Chicago Tribune
The newest tactic in America’s quickening effort to gain control of its porous southern border starts with a cracked windshield, a broken taillight or even a failure to signal a right or left turn.
Respecting - And Recognizing - American D.N.A.
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, analysis, demography, immigration, news, racism, stupid people tricks on May 21st, 2008
An amazingly dumb essay extolling that American superiority is encoded in our DNA except for those who are descended from slaves. The first link is the article; the second a rebuttal.
Respecting - And Recognizing - American D.N.A.
~Townhall.com
“…two respected professors of psychiatry have recently come out with challenging books that contend that those who chose to settle this country in every generation possessed crucial common traits that they passed on to their descendants.”
and the rebuttal:
Michael Medved says something dumb
~scienceblogs.com
“[Michael Medved] has declared American superiority to be genetic, encoded in our good old American DNA. Because our ancestors were immigrants, who were risk-takers, who were selected for their energy and aggressiveness. Oh, except for those who are descended from slaves.”
NY Immigrants’ Children Find Better Lives
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, asian-american, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism on May 19th, 2008
Immigrants’ Children Find Better Lives, Study Shows
~The New York Times
But the study also warned of problems that could block upward mobility for members of the “second generation,” including persistent poverty and poor school performance among Dominicans and racial discrimination against black immigrants from the …
66 years later, 449 Japanese-American students honored in ceremony
~University of Washington Daily
Japanese-American students receive honorary degrees 66 years after internment…
Immigration agency plans new family detention centers
~The Los Angeles Times
The federal ICE, which already runs two such facilities, is taking bids for as many as three more. Critics say detaining families is punitive and unnecessary.
‘Curious’ shirt choice
Posted by taino8632 in -isms, activism, african-american, analysis, antiracism, happenings, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism, stupid people tricks, the church on May 16th, 2008
~The Boston Herald
The Curious George cartoon character is getting dragged into the presidential race again in an ugly way…
Racism: An Unbiased Entity Alive and Well In America
~Digital Journal
As the political race narrows and the fight for the candidacy becomes more like a verbal MMA cage-fight, racism and discrimination are beginning to surface more often. But in America, it isn’t just a white thing. Racism itself is an unbiased entity.
The Deeper Racism in Iowa: Beneath the White Obama Craze
~The Black Agenda Report
“Much of his white support was premised on Obama being a ‘good,’ that is non-threatening, middle-class, academic-friendly, and ‘not-too fiery’ black.”
How to be anti-racist in a nut shell
~Fairfield Echo
An outline to help navigating Courageous Conversations about Race…
Lutherans Responding to People Affected by Iowa Immigration Raid
~ELCA News Service
Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa, are responding to the needs of people who have been affected by a May 12 federal immigration raid at a Postville meat processing plant.
Does illegal immigration lead to more crime?
~St Charles Journal
Some recent studies by pro-immigration groups have indicated that there is no link between crime and undocumented immigrants.
