Latinas + Quotes Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 13, 2007

“Not once is any Latino mentioned by name,” said Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmonst College who has written a book on the subject. “Not Latino, not Hispanic, not Mexican, not Mexican-American or any other term referring to Hispanics.” regarding Texas TEKS that Texas students study in fourth and 11th grades

October 9, 2007

QUOTE: “They built 160 sterilization clinics,” Rosie Perez said. “The women would work a full day and then get sterilized and be back at work the next day. They told the women they were doing their patriotic duty; they didn’t tell them the procedure could not be reversed.” – (this did happen in Puerto Rico, I recently learned)

September 25, 2007

QUOTE: “I don’t think any young Latinos know about the humiliations we had to endure,” says Rita Moreno, the co-star of CBS’ “Cane,” who now lives in Berkeley. “People who were my employers looked right through me. Not a ‘Good Morning’ or a ‘Hello.’ It was really quite astonishing that they acted like I was invisible. And in a way I wasn’t there, because Latinos weren’t there.” – on her treatment in Hollywood

September 18, 2007

QUOTE: “It is difficult for me to call myself a Latino actress. When I tried to do that the Latin community made it very clear that I didn’t speak Spanish and I never did a Spanish speaking movie so I wasn’t really part of it because I was half, which made me feel terrible. I only grew up with the Latin side of my family. That’s the only culture I could really identify with, but they are right, I don’t speak Spanish. So there is nothing I can say in defense.”