Archive for December 12th, 2005
Xenophobe Tancredo is at it Again
4:12 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| Politics · 6 Comments
12 Dec 2005
Racist congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado wants to change the U.S. Birthright Citizenship policy so that the children born of immigrants will not attain U.S. citizenship.
A group of 92 lawmakers in the House will attempt next week to force a vote on legislation that would revoke the principle of “birthright citizenship,” part of a broader effort to discourage illegal immigration.
Because of the length of time involved, some immigration experts say that birthright citizenship is not a major incentive for the vast majority of illegal entrants.
Not sure why Tancredo is such a xenophobe, especially when he is the son of Italian immigrants. I always wonder how crazy hypocrites like Tancredo get elected to public office.
“There is no support for the concept in the Senate,” said Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.). “There are certain things that we have done as a nation for a long time that I don’t think we’re going to change. Rolling back the clock is not going to solve the problem of immigration.”
Via / Los Angeles Times
With the media and community at large discussing the fact that Federal Marshall shooting victim Rigoberto Alpizar may have been suffering from Bipolar Disorder , a recent study looking at how Depression is treated in Latinos is especially timely. The study released this month by the American Psychiatric Association reveals that Latinos were less likely than whites to receive care for depression and when they received care, the care was below the minimum guidelines. According to the study this could not be explained by differences in age , educational levels or employment status or even if those that participated in the study were being seen in clinics that served mostly Latinos or not. The recent study points that patient and/or provider factors could be behind the differences in treatment.
Latinos need to get over the stigma that mental illness has and be honest about their mental health so that they can receive appropriate treatment and providers need to make sure that they are providing culturally competent and equal care to their Latino patients.
Racism at University of Colorado
11:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Education| society · Comments Off
12 Dec 2005
A University of Colorado football player has been suspended for sending a racist email to a Latino member of the cross country team at the same school.
This incident comes a month after the University of Colorado Student Union (UCSU) Tri-Executive Mebraht Gebre-Michael received a racially motivated e-mail on Nov. 15 threatening her life.
“The athletic department is under the same microscope that the University of Colorado education system is, so there’s no reason why these issues shouldn’t be brought to the public.”
I think it’s time for the University of Colorado to take responsibility for the actions of one of their programs. The university recently fired their football coach who presided over a major scandal where football recruits were taken to “sex parties.” There were also numerous rape charges against the football program. One would think that this latest incident would suffice for the school to take appropriate action and show the country that this type of behavior is unacceptable.
Via / Colorado Daily
Poeta Tells Stories from and of the Cold
8:30 am By Maegan La Mala · Books| Events| New York City · Comments Off
12 Dec 2005
Ricardo León Peña-Villa is known to many simply as Poeta, and even though his latest book, Loisaida: Historias del Frío, is filled with short stories and not poems, his verse carries a rhythm that more than earns him the title. On Friday, December 9, at the Lectorum bookstore in Manhattan, the book containing 24 stories was officially presented in the U.S. The stories take readers from la Habana, to Umbrella House, occupied by squatters in the Lower East Side (a movement which the Poeta was a part of and the place the story collection is named for), to the country of his birth Colombia.
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