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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing Set as Questions About her Health and Representation Continue

11:52 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Blogs| Media| Politics| Women · Comments Off

10 Jun 2009

Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate Confirmation hearing has been set to start on July 13 pero mientras tanto, the racist, sexists attacks continue as questions arise as to what the real issues are behind her nomination.

One angle of attack that hasn’t been covered much in the liberal blogosphere or in the Latino blogmundo is how Sotomayor’s health is being used as an issue and how the intersections of race, gender, ability and class apply.

From Vegans of Color:

Mike Adams asks, Should Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes Preclude Her from the U.S. Supreme Court? …What do people think about this question? Do you think Mike Adams is being a health elitist with this question? And what does it mean that factors such as institutional and environmental racism have positioned certain populations to be in situations in which they don’t have access to the best foods and health facilities for optimal wellness, in comparison to white middle class demographic in the USA? And how is “healthy” or “optimal wellness” being defined?…is Adams falling into a dangerous eugenist’s mindset with this suggestion- especially if one contextualizes Adam’s concern within the history of suffering in the USA caused by the status quo (historically white straight ‘able bodied’ men) who medicalized certain physical bodies as “defective” which equaled “unhealthy” and “mentally unfit.”?

Below is an excerpt from the article, written by Mike Adams:

A similar question needs to be posed for all our top decision makers, including Sotomayor. Her bones are so fragile, we’ve just learned, that she fractured her ankle walking around the LaGuardia airport. Healthy bones shouldn’t fracture so easily.

Ethnic Media Indispensable and Reaching Record Numbers : No Wonder We’re Getting Awards

9:54 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Blogs| Media| media justice · 2 Comments

9 Jun 2009

3607976580_704ffe8bf1 The U.S. Census says it is depending on us. Nearly 60 million Americans (I think they mean people in the U.S.) rely on us for information. Who are we? We are ethnic media.

It’s hard to get one definition of what ethnic media is. One article states that it’s media, including TV, radio, newspapers, and Web sites that is often broadcasted or published in another language. Ethnic media can include huge corporate media sources like Univision and small independent sources like um lets say The Sanctuary.
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Interview With Peruvian Quechua Congresswoman Hilaria Supa

7:25 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Blogs| Peru| Politics · Comments Off

9 Jun 2009

Last month I wrote about how Peruvian Quechua Congresswoman Hilaria Supa was under attack in Peru, with her Indigenous identity being attacked as a deficiency in her work.

Carlos in DC, who generally dislikes me and VivirLatino for claiming Latino identity, had the opportunity to interview Supa when she was here in NYC speaking at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. In the three part interview Carlos asks Supa about Indigenous identity, the value of the Coca leaf, and the attacks on her from the mainstream Peruvian press.

You can see the entire three part interview here.

Fuerte Pushback Against Sotomayor Hate

7 Jun 2009

Don’t let the last post fool you. The pushback against the anti-Sotomayor messages and anti-Latino messages in general are coming strong from organizations in the form of websites, videos and kick ass images.

Take for example the art coming from Presente.org, seen here. Presente! also has a petition at their site urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to Confirm Judge Sotomayor.

Speaking of petitions, The National Council of la Raza, has set up a site along with a petition directed at Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele, House Minority Leader John Boehner, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, to stop the racist/sexist speech against Sotomayor and Latinos overall.

Visiting the Mami’Hood : Various Reflections on Mothering While Brown

11 May 2009

A belated Happy Mother’s Day to all who observed yesterday. The VL team has lots of mami power and yesterday as I spent the day cleaning, working, and yes visiting my own Mami and Titi, I was thinking about Latina mami’hood, the trabajo of raising our children and the lessons in love, struggle, and justice that we learn and impart on our young ones.

In Chile, for example, three Mexican mothers recently testified about the deaths of their daughters. These deaths represent just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of deaths and disappearances of mujeres in Ciudad Juarez.

Between 1993 and 2008 there were 447 registered cases of femicides in and around Juárez that are marked by signs of rape and extreme torture. Apart from the 447 registered cases, there are an estimated 70 young women still missing.

The State of México is accused for failing to confront the femicide phenomenon and in so doing, violating the right to life of its victims. Although only three mothers of the victims came to testify in Santiago, the court signaled that the three cases represent all of the femicides that have taken place in México to date.

The three mothers of the murdered women who testified were Irma Monreal, mother of Esmeralda Herrera, 14, Josefina González, mother of Claudia Ivette Conzález Banda, 20, and Benita Monárrez, mother of Laura Berenice Remos Monárrez, 17. On Tuesday, April 28, the mother’s gave their stories.

Their daughters were found dead in October 2001 along with the bodies of five other women and girls in a zone known as “Campo Algondonero” in Juarez.

The women had been tortured, raped and mutilated.
“I have faith and trust in the judges of this court,” said Monárrez. “I have faith that we will find justice.”

Instead of receiving flowers on Mother’s Day, these mothers are putting flowers on their daughter’s graves.

Speaking of flowers…….
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Keeping Track of the Swine Using the Swine Flu

10:46 pm By Maegan La Mala · Blogs| Internet| Media| media justice · 2 Comments

28 Apr 2009

Hoy, the Editors of The Sanctuary released a statement on how the spreading Swine Flu is being used by anti-immigrant forces to spread another type of illness, hate.

The moment that the news of the “Swine Flu” or “North American Influenza” hit the wires, it was easy to predict what the anti-immigrant faction would have to say about it. People like Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck, Pat Buchanan, and groups like CIS, FAIR, and NumbersUSA are so locked into their views that their voices are unnecessary in a dialogue that actually preferences truth—which by nature requires flexibility and bravery. The stances of those who most vocally oppose immigration today are so predictable that one could paint a face on a septic-tainted soccer ball and paste up word balloons and rest well, knowing that The Nativist Lobby point of view on any immigration-related topic will end in “deport them all” and “seal the borders” if not “round them up” and other tired ideas. …

You know you want to read more, especially the part of how none of this scapegoating is new. Read the whole cosita at The Sanctuary.

You can tweet it too!!!

ProMigrant.Org: Virus Brings Swine-Hearted Lobby Into Foreground http://tinyurl.com/dmwvcd #immigration @promigrant

Miss California Says She “will be praying for Perez Hilton”

3:55 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs| Controversia| GLBT · 8 Comments

22 Apr 2009

There seems to be no end to the continuing saga of Miss California vs. blogger Perez Hilton. In less than 48 hours, la Miss appears to have turned herself into a bible thumping representative of the religious right and Hilton appears to getting angrier rather than cooling off.

In the above clip, watch Miss California give her side of the story, and MSNBC manipulate the facts.

Perez Hilton on Miss California: “She lost because of that answer”

2:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs| California| Celebrities| Controversia| GLBT · 5 Comments

21 Apr 2009

Latino blogger Perez Hilton joined Larry King last night to break down the reason why he asked Miss USA contestant, Miss California, the “fatal question”. In this clip, Perez says he didn’t mean for the question to be a “bomb” and that he could tell by the look on Miss Cali’s face that she knew she was going to lose her shot at the title because of her answer.

Hilton also alleges that television had a hand at editing out the “loud boos” that Miss California received upon stating her opposition to gay marriage.

What do you think about Perez’s stance? Is his analysis fair? Does he defend his point well?

Via / YouTube

Perez Hilton vs. Miss California on Gay Marriage

1:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs| Events| GLBT · 21 Comments

20 Apr 2009

This idiot is representing my state in the world’s most irrelevant television event? At least fellow Latino blogger Perez Hilton tries to make this moronic and antiquated pageant somewhat relevant, but look at the response he was awarded for his good intentions. Note as well the applause she got. Not surprising when you consider who might be attending such a shitshow.

Oh, and she didn’t win.

Via / Perez Hilton

Sabado Morning Cafe Con Links

21 Mar 2009

The Bustelo machine is running and this is what Mala is reading:

Raven’s Eye is live: Women and trans folk of color ISSUES have been done to death, we want OUR LIVES.

Seriously, where is the Change? Another Workplace ICE Raid

From the City of Brotherly Love :Where is the love for free speech and for Mumia?

Tech and Human Rights Justice in Guatemala

Is Cuba Keeping It’s Citizens Prisoners?

Ay that wacky Hugo Chavez is at it again.

And El Salvador’s new President wants to help with U.S. immigration.

Now go outside! It’s a nice Spring day.

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