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New Black Guilt=Oppressed Hispanic

11:18 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off

11 Nov 2008

Leave it to the Daily show to be real about our new ‘post-racial’ world.

It’s amusing to me to think of how many of the white liberals in the audience probably have no idea what thehy’re laughing at.

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.

Aberto Gonzales as CNN’s Hispanic Heritage Poster Boy? Seriously?

8:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics| TV · Comments Off

4 Oct 2007

As part of their Hispanic Heritage Month (puke) coverage, Uncovering America, CNN has decided to hold up disgraced former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as an example. An example of what, I’m not so clear on.

Seems the line for all to say these days is that Hispanic values equal American values but Gonzales takes it a step farther saying:

Over the past 2 ½ years as attorney general, I have seen crimes involving dishonesty, corruption and depravity of types I never thought possible. I’ve seen things I didn’t know man was capable of.

Need Some Reasons to Hate Hispanic Heritage Month

8:38 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Latin America| Politics · 1 Comment

2 Oct 2007

I was searching for an image to include with this little post but the images ranged from the stereotypical (maracas anyone?) to the narrow (since when does Hispanic Heritage Month mean a flamenco dancer or a Mexican dancer). Fellow Boricua blogger Liza over at Culture Kitchen gives some good reasons to hate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hispanic assumes that all people in Latin America speak Spanish. Hispanic assumes all people in Latin America have a Spaniard and European ascendancy. Hispanic somehow has come to mean WHITE in this country.

I don’t use the term Hispanic for some of the same reasons as Liza. It’s just an ugly, dirty word that someone else stuck on.

Read all of Liza’s post and excellent explanation over at Culture Kitchen.

Latino or Hispanic ad nauseum

3:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| race · 8 Comments

3 Mar 2006

It’s the most commonly discussed question on Latino blogs: is the correct term “Latino” or “Hispanic”? And why do we still care?

For whatever reason, this topic continues to ignite debate throughout the Latino (can you tell which one I’m partial to?) community. And what exactly does “Hispanic” mean?

The Latin Americanist asks:

What is a Hispanic? Or a Latino? Which is a race, which is a cultural distinction? Where do Brazilians fit into all of this??? What if your parents are from Europe but you were born in Argentina and your only language is Spanish??? What if your parents are from Mexico but you were born in the US and your only language is English??? What if we were allowed to check up to five different boxes for race/ethnicity on the census?

VL : Word en la Calle

7:24 am By Maegan La Mala · Features| Word en la calle · Comments Off

28 Oct 2005

A Friday feature on VL, Word en la Calle lets everyday Latinos voice their thoughts and opinions on topics of interest to the community.

Name:
Jessica Meryl Ortiz

Age:
25

Location:
Rego Park, New York

Profession:
Pre-School Teacher

Premios Juventud coming your way

4:31 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Uncategorized · Comments Off

20 Sep 2005

With categories like “the Paparazzi’s favorite target” (Niurka Marcos, maybe? Lucero?) and “best moves” (uh…David Bisbal?) los Premios Juventud, which take place this Thursday in Miami, should be good times. Not to mention the huge names on the roster; to name just a few: Chayanne, Marc Anthony, Olga Ta

So Exotic, So Romantic!

1:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media · Comments Off

20 Sep 2005

Once again, my morning began with yet another ridiculous article on “the way Latinos are” found in Nashville-area newspaper. As the Latino population grows, this seems to be becoming a trend. Some classic quotes from the article, so eloquently titled “Hot, hot, hot!”:

…The formal manners and sultry climates of these locales add to their mystique and romance…

South Americans take exquisite care of their appearance, Scokin said, such as languidly spending the entire day [getting] ready for a dinner with their husband.

…Her must-have details for an evening of 1950s South American glamour include mojitos, Argentinean asado, flamenco girls, a tango performance, and the live Orkesta Mondo Pingus so guests can heat up the room with the sexy salsa, rumba, conga and cha cha cha.

That last one groups everything from Argentine cuisine to Cuban cocktails to traditional dance from southern Spain together. It’s all the same to these journalists. It must be fun for them to romanticize who Latinos are. It’s much cooler than actually learning something.

Who are these people and where do they get this stuff?

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