Infants show apparent awareness of ethnic differences, UCLA psychologists report

Infants show apparent awareness of ethnic differences, UCLA psychologists report

NewsTaco December 14, 2016

*Here’s something to wrap your mind around on a Wednesday. I think babies detect differences, but the authors of the study and the article are the ones who imposed ethnicity […]

More Latinos than Whites Just Enrolled In UC Schools. That Could Be a Political Problem.

NewsTaco April 23, 2014

*A different look at the Latino enrollment at UC Schools story. Although this story doesn’t touch on it, this is also in contrast with the Supreme Court’s upholding of a […]

The undeclared political war between Latinos and Asians

Mary Mata April 4, 2014

*Latino proponents of affirmative action in higher educatin in California have encountered an unlikely adversary. The Asian community has rallied against affirmative action. At issue: the disproportionate percentage of Asians […]

Latina Mothers Play Key Role in Daughters’ Education

Mary Mata December 5, 2013

By Hispanically Speaking News Latino mothers play a decisive role in how their daughters fare at school, experts said during a panel discussion of a new report. Taking part in […]

Daily Caller Uses Mariachi Photo To Represent Undocumented Immigrants

Mary Mata September 5, 2013

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices The Daily Caller has got its own ideas about what undocumented immigrants look like. An article published by the conservative publication Monday used […]

Latinos are Largest Group of Freshman Applicants at Univ. of California

Mary Mata January 22, 2013

By Terence Chea, Associated Press/NBC Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo by SnippyHolloW]  

Latino Students React To Racism At UCLA

Mary Mata March 5, 2012

MEChA de UCLA recently held a demonstration on campus in a response to discrimination at the university.  Earlier in the week, racial and sexist slurs were scrawled on a door of […]

UCLA To Shut Down Spanish & Portuguese Department

Mary Mata February 25, 2011

UCLA is set to shut down the independent Spanish and Portuguese Department to merge all language departments into one single department, irregardless of how popular any given language may be […]