Archive for the ‘Latinos’ Category
Studies show Latinos climb socio-economic ladder of success
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact As a front-page story in today’s Washington Post reminds us: “Not since the last great wave of immigration to the United States around 1900 has the country’s economic future been so closely entwined with the generational progress of an immigrant group.” The...
December 8th, 2009 | Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
Claim of Cuban racism rejected
Afro-Cubans responded to a letter from prominent African-Americans calling for an end to racism in Cuba. By JUAN O. TAMAYO, Miami Herald Pro-government Cuban writers and artists Friday rejected allegations by African-Americans of racism and repression on the island, calling the charges “delusional”...
December 7th, 2009 | African-Americans, Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
Fringe Groups Distort Debate Over Health Care
By Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050 contributor Journalists should use caution when reporting on immigrants and health care. Anti-immigrant groups with controversial histories are crying fire when it comes to health care and immigrants in an attempt to use mainstream media sources to stir up mass panic. Amid...
December 7th, 2009 | Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
Latino friends join Alzheimer’s study, tackle ‘cultural’ issue
By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY José Maria Burruel was born in his grandmother’s home, a tent that sat between a ditch and a drainage canal on the outskirts of Phoenix. He says the family was fortunate to find a black physician to help with the birth. At that time, he says, local white doctors...
December 7th, 2009 | Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
Activists protest ER death of beloved Latino
By Mari Saito, Philadelphia Daily News It could happen to anyone. That was one of the messages expressed yesterday morning by Puerto Rican civil-rights activists to about 20 people gathered outside the emergency-room entrance at Aria Health’s Frankford campus. Members of the National Congress for...
December 7th, 2009 | Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
Struggles of the second generation
By N.C. Aizenman Monday, December 7, 2009, Washington Post Staff Writer Carol Guzy-Carol Guzy/Washington Post Javier Saavedra slumped his burly frame into a worn, plaid couch in the cramped basement room he shares with his girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter, his expression darkening as he ticked...
December 7th, 2009 | Latinos, NewsWire | Read More
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Will someone help Sen. Graham with all those black folks?
December 23, 2009 06:12
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Ending racism starts with educating youth
December 22, 2009 13:12
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Nelson Mandela was a man of poetry
December 21, 2009 07:12
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Public Transportation Pt. 2
December 17, 2009 12:12
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I’m a white guy raised in a black neighborhood… Let’s start there.
December 17, 2009 10:12
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Mike Barber: Not to detract from the important points you make about the subtle nature of structural racism, but I have to take issue...
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astuesse: Ok, the title of this post just about gave me a heart attack this morning. Why "...'was' a man of poetry?" Is he no lo...
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TFitz: Hi Gyasi! Look, no matter what sort of initial response you get you should just keep writing and posting. For one thing...
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Mikhail Lyubansky: I agree with the analysis but don't see how this particular administration (in this particular racial Zeitgeist) can put...
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Mark Trahant: I regret this post didn't track for D. Truth. And I am delighted to those concerns and learn from them. It's important ...
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Black to brown: The changing face of New Orleans: Originally posted on The Grio The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast and the ongoing economic recession have much in common. Then as now, communities al...
Ending racism starts with educating youth: Engaging with issues regarding race and racism are critical in the fight for social justice. Due to the inherent complexities of such discussions, they easily become minefields for those who would cas...
“Keep your #blackthoughts to yourself”: The Privilege of Twitter: One of the many privileges of whiteness is the ability to make choices about which racial groups are worth listening to, when, and under what circumstances, and this choice is often so taken for grant...
Where Pollution Goes Health Problems Follow: By Leticia Miranda, RaceWire This recent story in the Contra Costa Times, aptly titled “In East Bay, Where Pollution Goes, Health Problems Follow,” couldn’t be any more relevant. As the Copenhage...
Classroom as Hostile Territory: Stopping School “Push Out”: By Michelle Chen, RaceWire Voices from the Dignity in Schools Campaign - Damekia Morgan from NESRI on Vimeo. Schools are supposed to offer children in struggling communities a pathway to better ...
