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Mass Deportation May Sound Unlikely, But It’s Happened Before
*Trump’s idea of rounding up and deporting 11 million immigrants isn’t new. It happened 80 years ago, during the Great Depression. Up to 2 million Mexican and Mexican-Americans were deported. […]
The Cross-Border Walleyball Game That Has Endured For Nearly 40 Years
*I know many of you have seen the photo on social media. Here’s the story behind the picture. The residents of Naco, Arizona and Naco, Sonora play a volleyball game […]
The Unwelcome Return of ‘Illegals’
*File this under “one step forward, two steps back.” Thanks to Taquista Anna Núñez for sending us this link. VL By Emily Bazelon, The New York Times Magazine Ten years […]
The Persistent Stereotypes About Latino Workers
*So much of the perceptions about Latinos in the U.S. begins with Hollywood’s portrayals. From the article: “Latinos comprise 25 percent of ticket sales at the box office, something that […]
Keeping up with the Gomezes: Why marketers should pay attention to the ‘Latino Spring’
*Very interesting piece. It takes the effort involved in changing the U.S. Latino narrative and puts it directly in the hands of national commercial brand managers. It puts the onus […]
In American politics, se habla español
*The use of Spanish in American politics is not new. Latinos, especially Mexican-Americans, have known this for generations. In fact, I’d say that part of the problem with low Latino […]
In Spanish, Jeb Bush recounts his children were taunted for their skin tone
*Jeb Bush went on Telemundo for a 30 minute interview in Spanish. His fluency is impressive (I know, when a Latino writes those words they sound condescending …). Do you […]
“Not Counting Mexicans or Indians”: The Many Tentacles of State Violence Against Black-Brown-Indigenous Communities
By Roberto Rodriguez, NewsTaco “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Popul Vuh Between my eyes, I bear a scar in the shape of […]
Heaven Knows I’m Mexican Now: Morrissey’s Latino connection goes live
*What is it about Morissey and Mexicans? It’s about drama and identifying with the underdog. Rhythms are similar, switch a synth line with a trumpet, add an occasional accordion … […]
Freedom Summit Signals to the Latino Electorate
*Good analysis of anti-immigrant leader, Steven King’s, Freedom Summit. It’s not so much who was there, but who wasn’t. VL By Thomas Schaller, Latino Decisions What is the meaning of […]