Archive for January, 2006
Latino segregation in Denver?
12:47 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Education|race · Comments Off
20 Jan 2006
It appears that in 2006, school segregation is back in style in Denver. Or that desegregation of schools effectively ended when the government stopped forcing the busing issue:
The study says white students re-segregated rapidly after the desegregation order was lifted, reports the Denver Post.
The study done for Denver’s Piton Foundation says individual schools no longer represent the city’s demographics. Denver’s student population is 57 percent Latino, 20 percent white and 19 percent black, reports the Denver Post.
“You have white students who are concentrated in schools with other white students,” said the study’s researcher Chungmei Lee. “Latino students are especially isolated.”
I guess we have to be forced to live among each other, robbing our children the gift of being surrounded by people of different backgrounds, enriching their learning process. Incredible that we still can’t do it on our own.
Via / UPI
Camry Goes Bilingual at the Super Bowl
8:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Bilingualism|Marketing · Comments Off
20 Jan 2006
In what may be the first fully bilingual ad to appear during the hot commercial time slot, during the Super Bowl, Toyota is airing a bilingual ad for its Camry, the nation’s top selling car 8 out of the past 9 years. The commercial uses the example of how Latinos in the U.S. move between English and Spanish to promote hybrid cars which switch between gas and electric power. The ad features a Latino father and son, in an attempt to appeal to different age demographics.
Via / Kron 4
Aquí no se hace pipi
7:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment|TV · Comments Off
19 Jan 2006
I had to laugh at loud at the comprehensive analysis that Univision.com has conducted on the historical absence of bathrooms, bathroom speak, and any reference to using the bathroom in telenovelas — and the baño’s sudden reappearance on the scene. In a very complete (three pages!) article, they analyze the history of the bathroom on Spanish language soaps, and it’s present-day comeback. A tidbit:
Alborada nos muestra cuán importantes eran los vasos de noche en la era colonial. Primero vimos que la monja Catalina saluda a Hipólita, su sirvienta-hermana, con un “¡vacíame el orinal!”. Capítulos más tarde, Don Diego, Conde de Guevara, envenenado con un filtro amoroso utiliza la bacinica para devolver el contenido de su enfermo estómago. Finalmente, y en medio de una conversación con su madre, ¡Don Diego se baja los calzones y usa el retrete portátil!
Via / Univision.com
Clear Channel is so Preciosa
19 Jan 2006
Media giant, Clear Channel, has launched La Preciosa Network, a Spanish-language network with more than one dozen stations. The programming can be heard in parts of California, Texas, Iowa, New York State, Oklahoma, and Nevada. Preciosa is the latest addition in Spanish language programming by the network and features hits from the 70s, 80s and early 90s.
Via / San Jose Business Journal
Brits not warming up to Latino artists
11:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · language|Music|World · 2 Comments
19 Jan 2006
The UK’s Telegraph has a fascinating piece on how Spanish-language musical artists have triumphed with tunes in español in virtually every country — except England. The perfect example is Colombian superstar Juanes, all but unknown in the UK:
People magazine called him a cross between Bruce Springsteen and Bono. Time magazine nominated him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world today. So why haven’t we heard of him in this country?
In the Senate Three (Latinos) is not a Crowd
19 Jan 2006
Yesterday New Jersey Cuban Congressman Robert Menendez was sworn in as a member of the United States Senate. Menendez is now one of three (count ‘em, three) Latinos serving in the Senate. Menendez will be joining Democrat Ken Salazar of Colorado and Republican Mel Martinez of Florida. This makes Menendez the sixth Hispanic ever to serve in the Senate. Menendez is finishing out the term of John Corzine, who became the Garden State’s 54th governor.
Via/ 1010 WINS
Who’s sorry now?
9:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|race|society · Comments Off
18 Jan 2006
Ray Nagin, that’s who. Or at least that’s what he says:
“If I offended anyone, I sincerely apologize,” the mayor, who is black, said Tuesday. “I need to be more sensitive and more aware of what I’m saying.
“I want everybody to be welcome in New Orleans — black, white, Hispanic, Asian — because that’s the kind of city that we deserve going forward,” he said. “
You’re forgiven, Ray. And expect a check from Nesquik and ChocoMilk in a couple days.
Via / ABCNews.com
Defending the Great Mexican Wall
3:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|mexico · Comments Off
18 Jan 2006
Peter T. King, the Republican Congressman who wrote the legislation responsible for the proposed wall on the U.S/Mexican border, defended his project in New York City yesterday. In a brief interview with the NYC Spanish language daily paper El Diaro/LA PRENSA, King said the wall provided needed security to citizens of the United States. At a breakfast sponsored by Americans for a Better New York (ABNY) King stated that one of the other goals of the wall is to save lives. It wasn’t clear if he meant the lives of the many that die trying to come into the United States or the lives of United States Citizens who are threatened by stereotypically dangerous brown people.
Via / El Diaro/LA PRENSA
Full House
12:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Family|Georgia|Immigration|society · Comments Off
18 Jan 2006
It seems that officials in the cradle of the “New Latino South”, Georgia, are looking to make sure too many people don’t occupy a single dwelling. Too many immigrants, that is. In reponse to complaints about overcrowded homes in the state, Georgia officials are inspecting dwellings housing numerous Latino immigrants:
In Cobb County, housing code officers say they need more stringent regulations to handle a growing number of complaints about overcrowded homes. Last week, county zoning officials proposed an ordinance to reduce the number of unrelated people who can live together under one roof from six to four.
Maria Conchita Alonso Visiting Wisteria Lane
10:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|TV · 2 Comments
18 Jan 2006
Yesterday Cotorreando, Telemundo’s bochinche show, reported that Maria Conchita Alonso will be appearing in an upcoming episode of the ABC television hit Desperate Housewives . Maria Conchita will be playing the mother of Gabriela Solis, played by Eva Longoria.
Via / Cotorreando
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