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A way that Latin@s are targeted

3:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · 2 Comments

11 Dec 2008

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The idea that Latin@s are being targeted for arrest (and deportation) under public-intoxication laws–it’s just almost too much to bear. Nothing like playing up the stereotype of the drunken Mexican to better get rid of us all.

Amid the swirling controversy over the San Jose Police Department’s practice of arresting large numbers of people — especially Latinos — under the state public-intoxication law, the department is damaging its reputation by choosing secrecy over transparency.

Before the city council hearing on Nov. 18, the American Civil Liberties Union submitted a formal request that these arrest reports be made public under the state open-records law. But days after the mayor and council said they wanted “broad-based community input” on the issue, the police department refused to publicly release the arrest records.

The council has directed the city manager to form a task force of community stakeholders to address this issue. But how will the task force members accurately identify the scope and nature of the problem if they are denied access to the most important records documenting it?

Indeed. Either way, however, I’m glad to see that the community is confronting this together and that they have the support of the media in doing so.

via the Mercury News

Which side are you on?

2:22 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music · Comments Off

9 Dec 2008

via flip flopping joy

A great remake, and a necessary song this morning in light of the recent horrible news.

Marcelo Lucero

3:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration · Comments Off

14 Nov 2008

Thanks to Frau Sally Benz, I found out about Marcelo Lucero, a Latin@ man in New York that was murdered by a group of teens that were “looking for some Mexicans.”

I’m all about speaking intelligently, making coherent arguments and putting things in context, but Marcelo Lucero was MURDERED simply b/c he was Latino, and the New York Times keeps ignoring the (in)humanity of it all.

Their article on the 10th at least starts with the statement the group of SEVEN made: “Let’s go find some Mexicans.” The details known at the time were mentioned, which is good, but then they end with:

It is not yet clear how closely connected Mr. Lucero’s murder is to this broad wave of xenophobia.

Um. It seems pretty freakin’ clear to me that there is a strong connection between the “fuck all the immigrants, kick them out of the country, all Latinos are immigrants and don’t deserve to be here” and a case of SEVEN teens who declare “Let’s go find some Mexicans,” and consequently beat and stab a man to death because he fits their profile (all Latinos are the same, after all).

There will be a vigil tonight–if you’re in New York, please stop by and show support:

JOIN THE PATCHOGUE COMMUNITY’S CALL TO
STOP THE HATE AGAINST LATINOS
WHAT: CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL
WHEN: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 2008
TIME : 7:PM
PLACE: RAILROAD AVE. AND SEPHTON
STREET, PATCHOGUE NY, 11772 / nearTRAIN STATION

Pelosi, ICE, Activists Prepare for Long Battle

10:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · Comments Off

12 Nov 2008

Because I’m just that kinda gal, I spend a lot of time surfing anti-immigrant sites so that you don’t have to. It’s not a lot of fun, but I often come up with some really startling/interesting news about the latest shenanigans of those God-Loving-Mexkin-haters.

For example, the latest news sweeping the hate-o-sphere is that Nancy Pelosi is not really sorta anti-immigrant, but really, she’s secretly advocating to destroy ICE (the lovely organization that conducts raids that destroy families). Where did the God-Loving-Mexkin-haters (GLMH’s) get this information? Well, apparently there was a press conference put together by pro-immigration groups to announce a protest for the day after Obama’s inauguration, and they let the news slip:

“We applaud Speaker Nancy Pelosi for expressing her support for ending worksite raids and for calling for just and humane immigration reform,” Hong said.

The raids, according to Hong, have been “one of the most destructive aspects of our failed immigration policy.” She said raids on companies that employ illegal aliens “separate families and destroy work places.”

Now, of course, when I googled Nancy Pelosi and “ending workshite raids” I got no results back–and when I googled the more ambiguous Nancy Pelosi and “ICE raids” I got the Vivir Latino post about how Nancy is ‘maybe’ considering ‘maybe’ not allowing a path to citizenship for undocumented ‘maybe’ workers…

But hell, don’t let the google Gods get in the way of Mexkin hating panic. Not when it’s so fun.

On a more serious note, this should be proof to you about how well the GLMH folks are organized. They are organizing around a press release, folks. Time for us to come out of our Obama loving haze, huh?

Let them pay taxes!

12:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Politics| race · Comments Off

10 Nov 2008

It’s interesting to see the Republicans struggle through the reasoning behind their losses. It seems to be the common wisdom among Republicans that they simply weren’t “Republican” enough–that they weren’t conservative enough–and thus we have the ass smacking the Democrats gave to them at the polls. I tend to disagree–there’s been nothing ‘liberal’ about the past eight years, after all.

But it’s even more interesting to me to see how hating on Latin@s becomes a strategy of recruitment of Latin@s:

via VLatin@ commenter, Lalo

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been paying taxes for decades and I still don’t vote for Republican. And honestly, of all the ‘hispanics’ I know, this little quip would be the one thing that would drive most of them away from the Republican party rather than to it–if there’s one thing those who identify as hispanics are proud of, it’s being law-abiding and paying their taxes.

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