Archive for August, 2007
Strange Fruit
7:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · business|Immigration|Politics · 4 Comments
23 Aug 2007
Many who have left comments here at VL have cheered the recent immigrant redadas and the deportations that have followed but what would be really interesting would be to see how the loss of a large number of immigrants impacts individual communities and their economies and then hear people complain. Racewire takes a few stories from papers across the country that have covered the negative impact of the loss of immigrant labor. Immigrants, because of fears of being deported or actually being deported, aren’t around to pick fruits, veggies, and crabs, horses aren’t being walked, lawns aren’t being cut, and pizzas are taking a hell of alot longer to be delivered.
Study: Foreign-born Latinos making higher wages
6:36 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Labor · Comments Off
22 Aug 2007
The Pew Hispanic Center announced today the results of a new analysis of Census Bureau data which shows that foreign-born Latinos moved up from the lower end of the spectrum and closer to the middle with regard to wages in the period from 1995-2005:
Foreign-born Latino workers made notable progress between 1995 and 2005 when ranked by hourly wage. The proportion of foreign-born Latino workers in the lowest quintile of the wage distribution decreased to 36% from 42% while many workers moved into the middle quintiles, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.Newly arrived Hispanic workers also were much less likely to be low-wage earners in 2005 than in 1995, in part because they were older, better educated and more likely to be employed in construction than in agriculture. Yet despite the clear movement into the middle range of the wage distribution, many foreign-born Latinos remain low-wage earners. Even though the share of Latino workers at the low end decreased, in absolute numbers this population grew by 1.2 million between 1995 and 2005.
The Pew analysis also found that as Latinos moved out of the low end into the middles, many foreign-born Asians moved into the high end of the wage earning scale.
Via / Pew Hispanic Center
Hillary Courting Latinos to Offset Barack’s Black Appeal
3:41 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · 3 Comments
22 Aug 2007
Hillary Clinton‘s campaign crew is actively seeking Latino voters to offset what they think is the fact that Barack Obama will be getting the majority of the black vote.
Senator Clinton’s campaign is bracing for a possible swing of black voters toward her chief rival, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, by focusing more attention on Hispanic voters. With one eye on the nomination and the other on the general election, Clinton, 59, has seeded her staff with Spanish-speaking operatives, starting with Patti Solis Doyle, her campaign manager.“I’m taking this one personally,” Solis Doyle said. “In 2004, Republicans made some inroads with the Hispanic vote. It’s our intention to get that vote back.”Hispanics may play a key role in the 2008 Democratic nominating process as well. Obama, 46, whose father was Kenyan, will “probably draw about 60 percent of the African-American community,” said Representative Edolphus Towns, a black Democrat from New York who has endorsed Clinton. To win, “she’s going to have to beat him in the Hispanic community.”
Via / Bloomberg
Penelope and Javier Bardem to team up for “Nine”
1:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Movies · 4 Comments
22 Aug 2007
Spanish hotties Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have been cast for the film version of the Broadway musical “Nine”, based on the film 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini. Reports Variety:
Bardem just got the offer to play director Guido Contini, who experiences a creative and personal crisis as he tries to balance all the women in his life. That includes his wife, mistress, his film-star muse, agent and even his mother. Raul Julia originated the role onstage, and Antonio Banderas played it in the revival. The musical was inspired by the Fellini film “8 ½.”Cruz is in talks to play Carla, Contini’s mistress, while Cotillard is to play his wife, Louisa. Although they have not yet committed, Zeta-Jones is being courted to play the director’s muse, and Loren his mother, who appears as a ghost.
What a star-studded cast. Bardem and Cruz are also already working together on Woody Allen‘s new movie being filmed in Barcelona.
The stage version of Nine starred another Spaniard, Antonio Banderas, and according to Spain’s 20 Minutos Banderas is interested in playing the role in the film version — the one Bardem has already been offered.
Via / Variety and 20 Minutos
Rodrigo y Gabriela Get MTV Feature
1:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music|TV · Comments Off
22 Aug 2007If you haven’t seen or heard Rodrigo y Gabriela (like I have)then you seriously don’t know what you are missing. Thankfully the music mainstream is picking up on this Mexican via Dublin duo. This week they are featured as “MTV’s Artist of the Week.” After the jump you can see Rodrigo y Gabriela do Metallica like no one has ever done.
Poll: Conservatives don’t read books
3:23 pm By Maegan La Mala · Books|Culture|Politics · Comments Off
21 Aug 2007
While we know that conservatives do read — as evidenced by the hundreds of comments we get from them here on VL — a recent poll shows that they aren’t exactly devouring books.
The AP-Ipsos poll found 22 percent of liberals and moderates said they had not read a book within the past year, compared with 34 percent of conservatives.Among those who had read at least one book, liberals typically read nine books in the year, with half reading more than that and half less. Conservatives typically read eight, moderates five.
By slightly wider margins, Democrats tended to read more books than Republicans and independents. There were no differences by political party in the percentage of those who said they had not read at least one book.
Gloria Estefan to release new Spanish album
1:21 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Cuba|Music · Comments Off
21 Aug 2007
Spain’s 20 Minutos reports that Gloria Estefan is set to announce tomorrow a new album en español, with a focus on getting back to her Cuban music roots and reviving some Afro-Cuban rhythms:
The album 90 Millas ["90 Miles"] is “an amazing explosion of rhythm” because of the influence of the Afro-Cuban genre, which is typically recognized for its use of the backbeat.On the topic of the song “Cuando Cuba Sea Libre” ["When Cuba is Free"], Gloria clarified that it isn’t a political song but a celebration for “when Cuba is free”.
The first promotional single, No llores, is already in the first spots on the Billboard charts.
The album, which is set to hit stores on September 18th, will be formally presented tomorrow at an event in Miami, along with a documentary which follows the making of the album and includes images of Cuba. Gloria has recruited a star-studded lineup of collaborators for this project, among them Carlos Santana, Andy Garcia, Sheila E, Cachao and India.
Via / 20 Minutos
Who Knew Anahi Could Write?
10:01 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books|Music · Comments Off
21 Aug 2007
Anahi , the way too skinny RBD blonde wants to show that she is way more than a talented singer and actress. She’s following in the footsteps of fellow RBD’ers Christopher and Dulce Maria.
One thing we’re a little uncomfortable with, is the fact that both Christopher and Dulce Maria announced that they were coming out with books before Anahi did, yet she is making sure hers comes out before theirs. Obviously smart, but pretty cold if you ask us.
Oh just in time for back to school.
Via / Latin Gossip
Image Via / Es Mas
Elvira Arellano Has a Song
9:12 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs Media|Immigration|Music · 6 Comments
21 Aug 2007
I’m not into folk/folky kind of music (and can do w/o the Jesus reference) but I’m down with the message behind Elvira’s Song.
I also want to publicly state that I am disgusted by some of the comments left here concerning Elvira’s case, particularly those comments attacking her as a mother. As a madre and as a latina, we all do our best for our children and ourselves based on our circumstances. To label Elvira criminal without a larger analysis of the immigration/race issue is ignorant and reactionary. To attack her as a mother is to show little understanding of the history of Latina mami activism.
Via / American Taino
Obama Calls for End of Cuba Embargo
7:46 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Politics · Comments Off
21 Aug 2007Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has already taken heat for saying that he would meet with Cuban (among other) leaders. iNow Obama is taking a stand on the longstanding Cuban embargo.
Obama’s campaign said Monday that, if elected, the Illinois senator would lift restrictions imposed by the Bush administration and allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives more frequently, as well as ease limits on the amount of money they can send to their families.”Senator Obama feels that the Bush administration has made a humanitarian and a strategic blunder,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in an e-mail. “His concern is that this has had a profoundly negative impact on the Cuban people, making them more dependent on the Castro regime, thus isolating them from the transformative message carried by Cuban-Americans.”
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