Archive for March 6th, 2006
Lazy “Latin” Machos
5:44 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Lifestyle| World| society · Comments Off
6 Mar 2006
A few weeks ago we were embroiled in an entertaining debate about the meaning of the word “Latino”. We never denied that people from Latin America are tied in origin to the people of “Latin” Europe — the mediterranean countries whose influence is most certainly evident in some Latin American customs and cultural idiosyncrasies.
So what does it mean when Spaniards and Italians are ranked as the laziest in the world (okay, in Europe) with regard to housework?
Italian men spend the least number of hours on housework (only 1.35 hours). But not for this reason are Italian households more messy; their female partnersare the Europeans that spend the most hours on housework, up to 5.20 hours.
Latinos Left Out of Katrina Response
6 Mar 2006
A report released February 28 by the National Council of la Raza states that the disaster didn’t stop for the Latino community after Hurricana Katrina pased through, that it continues into today. The report, titled In the Eye of the Storm: How the Government and Private Response to Hurricane Katrina Failed Latinos states that a big reason why Latinos were left behind in the rescue and post Katrina aid effort was because of a lack of understanding about exactly how many Latinos were in the Gulf Region. Evacuation warnings in English went unheeded by the estimated 230,000 Latinos in the region. Notices may have been done in Spanish because initially the numbers of Latinos was put at about 100,000.
Latino or mainstream, or are Latinos the mainstream?
1:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Marketing| Media| Music · 4 Comments
6 Mar 2006
The topic of “the mainstreaming of Latino” seems to be a popular one this week in media. An article in Billboard entitled “Latino music moves into the U.S. mainstream” is not about what the headline alludes to at all. It’s about the fact that the Latino population itself is mainstream, so much so that Latino performers can now “get away with” not doing Latino music and can “exploit” their Latino-ness for the good of their careers:
Marcos Hernandez barely speaks Spanish. He grew up listening to Barry Manilow, the Temptations, Michael Jackson and U2. And on his debut album, “About Me,” he sings soulful R&B — in English.
Latinos At the Oscars
9:55 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Fashion| Los Angeles| Movies| Music · 2 Comments
6 Mar 2006
Latinos all over the world got teary eyed watching Gustavo Santaolalla (seen celebrating here with la bella Mexicana, Salma Hayek) get an Oscar for Best Original Score. Not only is he one of ours representing proud in an industry where often only a few token talents are allowed, he proudly proclaimed who he was on stage in his acceptance speech and made all Latinos feel like his Oscar was our Oscar. Felicidades Gustavo! I don’t think I’ve ever been more in love with an Argentino.
Hola!
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