In discussing immigration, you might be a racist if …
In discussing immigration, you might be a racist if …
*Why you should read this: Because I’m not a big Navarrete fan, but his “you might be a racist” riff is good. VL By Ruben Navcarrete, Washington Post Writer’s Group […]
Anti-Immigrant Hate Doesn’t Care If You’re Undocumented Or Not
*Why you should read this: Because incidents like this have been on the rise since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. Because eaqch and every incident like this needs […]
Free Speech is NOT Free!
*Henry Flores says the rise in hate speech is now Trump’s responsibility and he must (but probably won’t) do something to stop it. VL By Henry Flores, NewsTaco (4 minute […]
Woman could face criminal charges for racist rant caught on viral video at Kentucky mall
*An update. After the owners of the mall banned the bigoted woman for life the Jefferson County Attorney says he’s considering criminal charges. VL By Travis Gettys, Raw Story (2 […]
Bigoted woman is banned from a mall after racist rant against Latina shoppers
*I don’t want to call this racism, yet. Because doing that lumps this woman in a heap with other racists that find comfort in their ignorance. This woman needs to […]
A YouTube Star Says He Was Kicked Off a Delta Flight for Speaking Arabic
*This is getting a lot of attention in Latino digital and social media networks. It seems this doesn’t sit well with raza and we’re backing the call for a Delta […]
On The White Nationalist Hate List, Immigrants Now Trump Blacks
*This is scary because “immigrants” is white supremacist code for Latino. VL By Rosemary Eng, Northstar News Today/New America Media (5 minute read) The Southern Poverty Law Center says post-election […]
Tougher Times For Latino Students? History Says They’ve Never Had It Easy
*There’s deep irony in this piece. Latino kids will survive taunts and discrimination in their schools, that’s the good thing. But they’ll survive because it’s not a new thing, they’ve […]
Election’s Intolerant Tone Stokes Fears for Latino Students
*Two-thousand teachers were polled about how the presidential campaign had affected schools. More than 66 percent of them said that students—mainly immigrants, children of immigrants, and Muslims— were concerned or […]
Truthful Reflections: Repainting an American Story
*Why did a chicano artist from San Antonio take on the KKK? We’re glad he did. VL By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center (4 minute read) It is astonishing the lengths […]
