It’s Gotten A Lot Harder To Act Like Whiteness Doesn’t Shape Our Politics

It’s Gotten A Lot Harder To Act Like Whiteness Doesn’t Shape Our Politics

NewsTaco May 13, 2016

*Despite mainstream media’s prevalent version, Trumpism is about the politics of white identity. It can’t be middle-class discontent when 40 percent of the middle class are people of color and […]

The effect racist rhetoric has on young Latinos, and why all Americans should care

NewsTaco April 28, 2016

*The important thing, I think, is the “why all Americans should care” part. Latinos know the effects of racism on our youth, it’s non-Latinos who need the knowledge. Why? Apart […]

Latino man denied burial at “whites only” cemetery in Texas

NewsTaco March 4, 2016

*Of course, Texas. I thought the era of this kind of nonsense was gone. There are still a few cemeteries in Texas with fences across them to separate whites from […]

Community Rallies Around Mexican Grocery Store

NewsTaco December 14, 2015

*A good happy ending story. It started badly, with vandalism on the wall of a Mexican grocery store: Go back to Mexico now.  The community around Las Palmas store in […]

Anti-Trump protesters descend on NBC headquarters over SNL appearance

NewsTaco November 5, 2015

*There werent hundreds of protesters, it was more like dozens. But they delivered more than half a million signatures in a petition that demands that NBC and Saturday Night Live […]

The other baggage of Confederate symbols: anti-Mexican sentiment

NewsTaco August 17, 2015

*The vast majority of Latinos have no idea of the struggles of Latino generations past, specifically of Mexican-Americans who fought institutional racism, lynching, and deep seeded hate. This is why […]

Do Latino Neighborhoods Have More to Fear from Gentrification?

NewsTaco July 3, 2015

*A fascinating read! It turns out that traditional Latino neighborhoods are more prone to gentrification because new white residents are less likely to move into a neighborhood that has a […]

Who’s at Fault for the Charleston Massacre?

NewsTaco June 23, 2015

*Henry Flores says the Charleston shooting was everyone’s fault for letting institutional racism get out of hand.  He says “we need politicians con ganas who are willing to step up […]

What’s left to say about mass murder

NewsTaco June 22, 2015

*Sam writes what I’ve been thinking for days. [tweet_dis]The hate, the pain, the outrageous violence of the most recent mass murder is at once great and common.[/tweet_dis]  Like Sam, I […]

Here’s What People Are Saying About The Waco Shootout And Race

NewsTaco May 19, 2015

*What’s the story?: Pictures of the aftermath of the Waco, Texas shootout among rival biker gangs that left nine dead and 18 wounded. Why is it important?: Compared to the […]