Univision Race Gaffe Shows Culture Gap
Univision Race Gaffe Shows Culture Gap
*This is probably the most reasoned commentary I’ve read concerning Rodner Figueroa’s racial gaffe about First Lady Michelle Obama. I worked in Spanish media since the days before Univision and […]
How David Vitter is giving the GOP White House hopefuls a headache
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Vitter birthright amendment is starting to make some GOP presidential hopefuls and other Republicans nervous. This week Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) put forth and amendment […]
Will the FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules Hurt Minorities?
*The battle over net neutrality isn’t over. The Recent FCC ruling will come under Congressional review and I expect legal oppostion from internet carriers. But this battle has revealed a […]
Secretary of Labor Perez Rules Out Maryland Senate Run
*This is interesting, but I think predictable. I didn’t think Perez would leave a cabinet position to run for the Senate. But it speakes to the larger question of a […]
Turnout among Hispanics is low, but they are well worth wooing
*From the article: ” … today’s (political) parties have no need to change their policies since Latino voters will move in their direction anyway.” The premise is that political outreach to […]
Persistence of Racism
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I just finished writing a book (this is an unsolicited and unabashed plug) entitled Latinos and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for Racial Purpose. […]
Univision’s fired host pens apology letter to Michelle Obama: ‘I’m embarrassed’
*So here’s the latest, in case you were keeping score. The Univision host who was fired after he commented that First Lady Michelle Obama “looks like she’s from the cast of […]
DOJ Files Emergency Appeal In Immigration Executive Action Case
PRESS RELEASE By Wendy Feliz, American Immigration Council Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an emergency motion of stay pending appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
Univision Host Rodner Figueroa Fired Over Racist ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Comment Towards Michelle Obama
*The good thing is that Univision acted quickly. The thing is that there are many instances of racist remarks, anti-gay remarks and objectification of women that pass under the radar […]
Where’s The Democrats’ National Latino Bench?
*Nuño says Sen. Menendez’s troubles have uncovered a void in the Democratic Party: Latinos have fought for representative districts, and those districts have produced politicians that have been placed in […]
