racism
Addressing Tension Between Between U.S., Island Puerto Ricans
[Editor’s Note: The following is a post from the National Institute for Latino Policy.] By Felipe Luciano Puerto Rico, let’s be perfectly frank with each other: we’re not getting along. Most […]
Reid, 21 Senate Democrats Revive DREAM Act Hopes
Nevada Senator Harry Reid and 21 Democratic senators are pleading with President Barack Obama to create bureaucratic pathway for students currently in trouble with immigration authorities, but who would be […]
The Growth Of Islam Among Latinos
By Jameelah Xochitl Medina Re-visiting the Past: Ancestral Memory of Islam Although many U.S. Americans of all ethnicities are embracing Islam, I often wonder if ancestral memory plays a role in […]
Stereotypes Exist Because We Let Them
I’m going to be very honest, when I was a kid, stereotypes weren’t as common place as they are in some families, but they weren’t exactly uncommon either. There was […]
Why I Always Have To Make Everything About Race
As a Latina who not only was raised to be aware of these issues, but who’s studied in them in school and written about them professionally for several years, I […]
NAACP Evolves To Include Latino Leadership
The NAACP — National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — which bills itself as the oldest civil rights organization in the country, is growing and changing to include Latino […]
Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body
by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]
Why I Hate Slurs
Can I be blunt for a minute? One of the biggest things about me that people just don’t get is my absolute disgust of slurs, racial or any other kind. I flat […]
Racist UCLA Student Rants Against Asians
In case you haven’t seen this yet, it’s worth a watch, if only because it reminds us all of the importance of being open-minded, and of the latent racism that […]
Texas Politico: Mexicans Having “Little Terrorist” Babies
This one’s a doozy! Do you remember the immigrant labor-loving Texas Republican State Rep. Debbie Riddle, who proposed a bill making it illegal to hire people without papers — unless […]