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November 20, 2009
Black, Hispanic Parents Say They Don’t Feel Welcome In Schools – Hartford, Connecticut
NYC model who married Latino doorman sues upscale co-op
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
November 19, 2009
When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”
A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
November 18, 2009
Yanked off the air in July after co-host Don Pryor repeatedly uttered an ethnic slur, “The Todd and Don Show” will return to KLBJ-AM on Dec. 7, according to a statement released jointly by the station’s management and local Hispanic leaders who met earlier today. – Austin
Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
November 16, 2009
Protesters picket at Taos hotel where owner told employees to Anglicize Hispanic names
November 13, 2009
Reaction to internal affairs investigation touches on Hispanic/police relations – Dallas
State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking voters – Texas
November 11, 2009
N.Y. elections reflect city’s shifting racial landscape – For first time, whites will be in the minority on the City Council
Republicans still hard-pressed for minority support – Despite his efforts to reach out to black, Hispanic, Asian and other minority groups in his campaign for governor, Robert F. McDonnell’s decisive victory Tuesday in Virginia was largely the result of his overwhelming support among white voters.
November 10, 2009
Ex-NY Post editor sues paper for racism, sexism – Sandra Guzman, a black and Puerto Rican associate editor, was terminated on Sept. 29 in retaliation for complaints about allegedly pervasive racism and sexism at the newspaper.
A city-commissioned report shows Hispanics have received the most subprime loans of any local ethnic group and criticizes Santa Clarita officials for a lack of fair housing outreach. – California
Honoring Ourselves, As We Honor Our Veterans – Fighting racism is one of the many battles our Veterans have fought and died for
November 9, 2009
Poll: 41 percent say Obama has not improved race relations
Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work – Business owners attempt to cool tension with Latino workers – Chicago
November 7, 2009
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
November 5, 2009
AZ GOP Committeman: Ask “Brown People” About Crime in Tucson
November 2, 2009
Witches, Vampires, and … Immigrants? – César Baldelomar
October 30, 2009
A costume dubbed “Mexican Man” has offended Latino shoppers and community groups after being discovered at a Halloween chain store.
Workers fired by Taos hotelier Larry Whitten may sue; Whitten to CNN “I’m ready to correct what I can”
October 28, 2009
Attention, Mexicans and Salvadorans: It’s time to make up
ESPN suspends broadcaster Bob Griese over ‘taco’ joke
ESPN broadcaster suspended for making “taco” remark. Can you pass the “taco” challenge?
October 26, 2009
Some fans take issue with UFC’s Cain Velasquez’s ‘Brown Pride’ tattoo
Hotelier asks Hispanic workers to Anglicize names, causes uproar in Taos, N.M.
New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize)
In Dallas, Drivers Ticketed for Inability to Habla Ingles – over the past three years, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English
October 17, 2009
Afro-Latino Heritage Must be Highlighted
Hispanic leaders in Ohio are reviewing letters sent by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to determine whether the state is engaging in ethnic profiling and improperly delving into federal immigration matters.
tex[t]-mex (aka memo) has a screenshot of an article about Target’s illegal alien costume from mercurynews.com where you can see the costume but the current page has NO image (why?)
Take a look at photo of Target’s offensive Illegal Alien costume – it has already been pulled from their site
Illinois becomes a new front in ethnic culture wars
October 12, 2009
Being Latino: A Vocal Montage – Kansas City Public Library talk about Being Latino in America, our past and our future.
Hispanic community activists in Washington protested Friday against the D.C. Council for voting this week to oust Ximena Hartsock as the city’s parks and recreation director, accusing members of racism and sexism.
What does D.C. tell us about Latino/black relations?
Hate Crimes Act Passed, Will It Stop Actual Hate Though?
October 9, 2009
Stanislaus County, CA must defend at trial its slow law enforcement response times in Latino neighborhoods, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, reversing an earlier decision.
It’s All About Fútbol – Soccer Helps Build Multicultural Integration
October 7, 2009
Latino Farmers claim they were wiped out of business after flooding ruined their crops in the 1990’s. They also claim, however, the USDA didn’t help them recover, while they did offer assistance to white farmers. – Salinas, CA
October 5, 2009
Law’s elite examine strides made by Hispanics in New Jersey
October 2, 2009
The government has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the owners of a Best Western hotel in Northern Virginia, charging that they would employ only Hispanic maids.
Literanista: Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage
October 1, 2009
A company, ABM Industries, that supplies janitors for several downtown commercial buildings in San Francisco singles out Latino custodians for discipline, harassment and firings, a federal civil rights agency said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
September 30, 2009
Dispelling bias against Latinos – Complicating and confounding efforts to reform the country’s immigration laws are widespread portrayals of Mexican immigrants as a threat to national culture and unity
Immigration Reform and Racial Tensions
September 29, 2009
The sooner we realize we’re all people, the better off we are
America’s World of Racisms, Reversals and Resurgence
Racism Swept Under The Rug, Latinos Still Living in That Time
September 28, 2009
Challenging the likes of Pat Buchanan, Latino immigration expert Leo Chavez will discuss at University of the Pacific how pundits and the media have contributed to prejudices and stereotypes used to malign Latino immigrants – particularly Mexicans – in the U.S.
Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.
September 24, 2009
Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Commission has slapped a $50,000 fine on a club that turned away a group of African-American and Latino campers during the summer.
Study: Minorities underrepresented in games – USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
September 22, 2009
Race Is a $50 Billion Reality for the U.S. Health System – Traveling Exhibit Asks Los Angeles to Explore Why at California Science Center
September 18, 2009
Hispanic Parents Protest Racial ID of Kids in Georgia
September 17, 2009
National Council of La Raza Joins Campaign Aimed at CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight Advertisers
NAHJ Urges News Media to Stop Using the Term “Illegals” When Covering Immigration
“Drop Dobbs”: CNN Pressured To Give Up Controversial Host (VIDEO)
Latinos to CNN: Dump Dobbs Now
BastaDobbs.com – For years, Lou Dobbs has used his platform on CNN to spread myths and misinformation about Latinos and immigrants, even as his network tries to woo Latino viewers. Dobbs is helping fuel the rising tide of hatred and extremism against Latinos in this country. It’s time we said enough (that’s “basta” in Spanish).
Despidan ya a Lou Dobbs
September 15, 2009
Is Joe Wilson a Racist?
September 10, 2009
Six boys were charged with severely beating a Guatemalan immigrant with bricks, bottles and rocks as he slept near railroad tracks, an attack that civil rights groups decried Tuesday as “hateful.”
Rinku Sen: “Illegal” Word is a Gateway to Racism and Exploitation
September 8, 2009
Forest Service carries on stereotype – the feds recently issued and then quickly retracted a warning urging America to beware of campers in national forests drinking Tecate beer, eating tortillas and playing Spanish music.
Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)
September 2, 2009
Lou Dobbs To Headline Anti-immigrant Fandango on Mexican Independence Day… Que viva la raza…!!
Police: Anti-Hispanic Notes Left at Suffolk Church – Long Island, NY
Violent Anti-Immigrant Climate in Suffolk County, NY
September 1, 2009
Mexicans in U.S. face increasing discrimination: Foreign Ministry
Combat Anti-Immigrant Bigotry: A Seven-Day Strategy
Justice Dept. to Recharge Enforcement of Civil Rights – planning a major revival of high-impact civil rights enforcement against policies, in areas ranging from housing to hiring, where statistics show that minorities fare disproportionately poorly.
Another Latino targeted in Patchogue “hate crime” – Long Island, NY
August 27, 2009
Un inmigrante ecuatoriano está filmando una película que aborda un tema oportuno en la isla de Long Island: crimen por prejuicios.
August 23, 2009
Web 2.0 (Racist, Anti-Mexican) Social Networking
August 17, 2009
New study shows that white men get a lot more tips about job opportunities in upper management than Hispanics
A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.
Texan Educators Want Your Children to Learn all about ‘Brown’ People
August 13, 2009
Anti-Immigrant Minutemen Join White-Supremacist Militias on the Radical Right
August 12, 2009
There’s a rise in new and dangerous tensions between Latinos and blacks
White Nationalist Anger and Violence: A Preview of Even Greater Anti-immigrant Violence?
August 11, 2009
Black-Latino tensions blamed in Chino prison riot
August 10, 2009
What Race Are Hispanics?
August 5, 2009
The Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF, gratefully lauds the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for their Action on behalf of the actual and the potential victims of hate speech and hate crimes.
August 4, 2009
The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months.
Texas – A “Hispanics Keep Out” sign displayed on the front of an Azle home has stirred up unease for some residents in the Tarrant County neighborhood.
Pilsen mural vandalized says “Mexicans are racist.”
August 3, 2009
FDNY written exams excluded hundreds of black and Hispanic firefighters, federal judge rules
July 30, 2009
Obama Accused of Continuing Bush’s Racial Profiling of Immigrant – While Obama’s racial diplomacy with Skip Gates is making the headlines, rights groups say that he has expanded Bush’s racist immigration policies.
July 19, 2009
David Arquette Apologizes For Latina Women Remark
July 16, 2009
New Haven’s Civil Service Commission, a focus of the Supreme Court reverse discrimination ruling for firefighters, has approved a police promotion list that does not include any Hispanics.
The hosts of the popular KLBJ weekday show “The Todd and Don Show” have been yanked off the air for the next two weeks after a backlash to racial comments made about illegal immigrants during a show earlier this week. – Austin
July 11, 2009
Los grupos racistas han proliferado en Estados Unidos – Video
Hispanos de Illinois aseguran que son víctimas de perfil racial
July 1, 2009
Carlos Ponce To Play Hot Latin Yoga Teacher In New Vince Vaughn/Jon Favreau movie Couples Retreat – (but why the stereotype)
June 30, 2009
Striking a nerve on racism – The time has come to fight hate speech against Latinos as we have against blacks.
June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson asked us: Does it matter if you’re black or white?
Grassroots Groups Tell FCC: Stop Hate Radio! – San Francisco
June 24, 2009
Top 100 Most Common Last Names On Facebook -(7th Rodriguez 328,984) (8th Garcia 311,477) (9th Gonzalez 277,987) (10th Lopez 269,896) (11th Martinez 260,526) (13th Perez 239,264) = 1,688,134
