Victims in Thousands of Potential Hate Crimes Never Notify Police
Victims in Thousands of Potential Hate Crimes Never Notify Police
By Joe Sexton, ProPublica (3 minute read) More than half of the people who said they were the victim of a hate crime in recent years did not report […]
Latino Church in Georgia Vandalized for Third Time
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) It happened in the city of Dalton, in Northwest Georgia. The congregants of the Mundo de Amistad church found late last week […]
Orlando Nightclub Shooting Was a Hate Crime
*This was home-grown, homophobic, terrorism. It was hate. VL By Sabrina Vourvoulais, Philadelphia Magazine (4 minute read) “We find community and sanctuary on the dance floor. As Latino gay men, we […]
Men accused of killing Latino man in Jupiter, FL, targeted him because of race, police say
*They’re calling it a hate crime becasue it wasn’t random. Police say the accused specifically targeted Guatemalans to rob and harass. VL By Kate Jacobson, Sun-Sentinel Onesimo Marcelino Lopez-Ramos, his […]
Commentary: A Collective Silence Is A License To Hate
By Jim Estrada It is becoming clear that too many in our society have reached a level of comfort with overt expressions of bias and racial discrimination towards non-whites, especially […]
How A Florida Law Makes Trayvon Martin’s Death “Reasonable”
By Paul Adams On the 26 of February, a rainy night in Sanford, Florida, Trayvon Martin was walking through his neighborhood to get home to his father after buying Skittles candy […]
A Letter To Geraldo Rivera From A Hoodie-Wearing Black Latina
By Jackeline Stewart Dear Geraldo, A three-piece suit and a tie would not have saved Trayvon Martin’s life. Urging black and Latino parents to “not let their children go out wearing hoodies” and […]
Tips For Responding To Racists, With Derailing For Dummies
Hey you! Marginalized and often misunderstood, perhaps slightly maladjusted as a result, member of society! How many times have you been at a party or some other kind of gathering, […]
“You Need To Leave,” Written In Latino Center In Indiana
A few changes took place at Indiana University’s Latino Cultural Center, La Casa, during the most recent orientation. For one, a note that said “criminals deport” and for another, the words “You […]
Man Convicted Of Racially Charged Murder Of Latino Neighbor
Gary Thomas Kelley, 51, of Phoenix, Arizona was sentenced to 20 years in prison after shooting his neighbor Juan Varela in the neck after telling him to “go back to […]
