Archive for category latino
…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.”
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.
Racism in the Presidential Race
Posted by taino8632 in activism, african-american, analysis, asian-american, demography, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism on May 14th, 2008
Racism in the Presidential Race
~U.S. News & World Report
The monster lurking behind the curtain in the Democratic presidential contest is racism. Up to now, Obama’s supporters in the extreme left wing of the…
Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
~Washington Post
… Mr. Obama expressed puzzlement at that perception, saying that in the black community in Chicago he had been accused of being ‘too close to the Jews...
The Media’s Perpetuation of Racism
~The Huffington Post
Reverend Otis Moss III, who succeeded Rev. Wright at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, offered an intimate and perspicacious meditation on the media’s obsession with Rev. Wright…
Study: Immigrants in U.S. adapt quicker than in the past
~Chicago Tribune
Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations…
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
~Washington Post
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country…
Nothing to “cheer” in TV sitcom on “Aliens in America”
~The American Muslim
It tells you how bad the situation is when Arabs and Muslims in America cheer a program that promotes the stereotype that they are “Aliens…
As cities revive, America’s poor are forced to the periphery
~Financial Times
The pattern of urban wealth and poverty has changed markedly since the US race riots of the late 1960s, but areas of deep divide and deprivation still exist throughout America - just hidden behind white picket fences…
Juan Crow in Georgia
Posted by taino8632 in -isms, immigration, latino, politics on May 9th, 2008
~The Nation
Immigrant Latinos live under a matrix of oppressive laws, customs and institutions.
