Latino High School Achievement Affected By Discrimination

Latino High School Achievement Affected By Discrimination

Mary Mata February 7, 2013

By Cynthia Thaler, LIN@R While Latino students represent an increasing share of the public school population in the United States, they continue to struggle academically compared with their peers. According to […]

ICE Raids Wrong Home: Leaves Oklahoma Family Shaken & Angry

Mary Mata January 17, 2013

By Latino Rebels The following story from Oklahoma is the latest example of an immigration system that is broken. According to the following video reports, a family from Moore, Oklahoma was mistakenly raided […]

Dallas Area ISD Gamed Census to Keep Latinos Off Board

Mary Mata January 10, 2013

By Brantley Hargrove,  Dallas Observer Click on picture to read story. [Photo screenshot from Irving ISD Board Meeting Video]

Mexican Restaurant Defends Racist Shirts As ‘Witty And Comical’

Mary Mata January 9, 2013

By Scott Keyes, Think Progress Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy Think Progress]

Kennedy Center to Review Latino Honors Exclusion

Mary Mata January 8, 2013

By Brett Zonger, Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy kennedy-center.org]

SC Restaurant Under Fire For Racist T-Shirt

NewsTaco January 7, 2013

By Scott Keyes, Think Progress Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy Think Progress]

The Art of the Mexican Stereotype: MEXICALI SCHMOES

Mary Mata January 3, 2013

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Friz Freleng’s MEXICALI SCHMOES (1959) Classic, just classic. Watch for yourself and then read all about the cool backstory of Speedy Gonzales in Tex[t]-Mex! […]

Feds Won’t Investigate Latino Housing Discrimination

NewsTaco December 21, 2012

By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica The four-bedroom house advertised on Craigslist sounded like just what Claire Rembis and her husband had been looking for. It sat on two verdant acres with plenty […]

Negotiating Identity, Diversity and Recognition

Mary Mata December 12, 2012

By Eduardo Diaz, Huffington Post Latino Voices Many may have read about the recent flare-up between Michael Kaiser and Felix Sánchez. Kaiser is President of the Kennedy Center for the Performing […]

Analysis: Debunking the Lazy Latino Myth

Mary Mata

By Cristina Constantini, ABC/Univision Click on the picture to read the story. [Photo by  Gage Skidmore]