Posts Tagged ‘latinos’
VivirLatino at the DNC 08 : Riding the Back of the Ghetto Bus in Denver
11:22 am By Maegan La Mala · Colorado|denver|DNC|DNC08|Politics · 10 Comments
27 Aug 2008
One blogger has criticized this website, with a personal attack on me and the use language and identity. Normally, I would unleash a stream of Spanish curses at my screen and move on, pero the reality of the Democratic National Convention against the reality of Denver ties it all together.
It’s all in the representation. Carlos attempted to do an incomplete post about the Latino (he puts the word in quotes) bloggers covering the convention. I say incomplete because he misses many Latino bloggers and other POC bloggers here covering not the speeches, that can be followed from a hotel room as well as from the “privileged” space of the credentialed blogger area, a room with a tv, but rather the extreme space between those spaces and the real, physical reality of Denver residents, especially residents of color.
Obama is Winning Among Latinos
12:59 pm By Maegan La Mala · Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
25 Jul 2008
A new poll shows a landslide win among Latinos for Obama over McCain. A national survey by Pew is showing some exciting trends in Latino voting tendencies, including what appears to be a heightened interest in the election:
About 65 percent of registered Latino voters said they now lean toward or identify with the Democratic Party, compared to 26 percent with the GOP.Dissatisfied with the GOP, 70 percent of Latino voters said the country is headed in the wrong direction.
About 78 percent of Latino voters say they somewhat or very closely follow the presidential election this year, up from 72 percent in 2004.
It looks like Latinos who were pro-Hillary are doing what some female Hillary supporters refuse to do: support the Democratic candidate. Remember this shameful display?
There is power in numbers. And if the numbers take to the streets, we might be shouting “yes we can” on November 2nd.
Via / The Desert Sun
Latino recognition in Hollywood
4:05 pm By Maegan La Mala · Entertainment|Movies · 2 Comments
23 Jan 2007
So the topic on everyone’s mind in Hollywood today is just how many Latinos (yes, I’m including Penelope) are nominated for an Academy Award this year. While this may be refreshing for some Oscar followers, I have to say that it is about time that we level off the playing field a bit.
It all started with Rita Moreno in 1961, winning for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in West Side Story. Nobody knew that it would be years, make that decades, before another Latino graced the red carpet nominated for an Oscar, let alone win one.
It got to a point where no Latinos were ever recognized for their acting. Even Cher and Oprah Winfrey were being honored, but nope, no Latinos. Finally, in 1990, we saw Andy Garcia nominated for his role in Godfather III only to be followed up a few years later by Rosie Perez in 1993 for her portrayal in the film Fearless. They didn’t win, but that didn’t matter so much. Honest.
Black and Brown
7:48 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education · 2 Comments
28 Aug 2006
Historically Black colleges are recruiting Latinos. According to an AP report earlier this month covered by both CNN.com and USAtoday.com
A great move for historically Black colleges since:
a. the country is moving towards becoming a greater mixture of colors, to embrace that fact is to embrace a more realistic sample of the population,
b. the creation of a more united minority front is just what the colored population of this country needs (especially in terms of voting and economic power) and,
c. learning how to understand Black culture (all Black people are not drug dealers), and Latino culture (all Latinas aren’t sluts who liked to be called “Mami”), will only lead to a greater understanding and respect of each.
And who knows, maybe both Latinos and Blacks will realize the fate of one minority group in the United States is the fate of them all? Maybe they’ll do something about it?
But is it a great move for Latinos?
Magazines say little about Latinos
1:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Magazines|Media · Comments Off
14 Jun 2006
Last weekend I noticed that there were no less than 12 Latino-related stories in the New York Times‘ Sunday edition — from the Style section, to the Week in Review to just about every part of the paper. Not so the case with weekly news magazines, according to a study by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists:
A study commissioned by a Hispanic journalists’ association has found that the three main newsweekly magazines ran very few stories about Hispanics last year despite the growing importance of the Latino population.The five-month study, due to be released Wednesday, found that only 18, or 1.2 percent, of the 1,547 stories that appeared last year in Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report were predominantly about Latinos.
Latinos vs. Blacks for jobs, revisited
6:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Labor|Media|race · Comments Off
24 May 2006
A while back we wrote about how it seemed that the media was making a whole lot more of the contention between Latinos and African-Americans with regard to a struggle for jobs than what reality really tells us. Before that, we’d already written a few times about the Latino vs. black rhetoric that’s out there. Today there’s yet another piece on this issue (or non-issue, however you choose to view it):
Hispanics and blacks tend to gravitate to the same inner-city areas and low-skill labor markets – and the result is a clash over jobs that require less skill and less education, experts say.“In this era of mass immigration, no group has benefited less or been harmed more than the African-American population,” says Vernon Briggs, a Cornell University professor who researches immigration policy and the American labor force.
What do you think? Is this issue driving a wedge between Latinos and African-Americans or is it just media hype?
Latinos and African Americans working side by side is nothing new. Just check out the image — circa 1930 (you can see it large by visiting the third link below).
Related: Immigrants Stealing Jobs from Black America
Via / Christian Science Monitor
Image via the University of Texas
Filipino Americans united with Latinos in CA
2:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California|Culture|Immigration · 2 Comments
3 May 2006
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t just Latinos who were coming together in Monday’s pro-immigration rallies; members of other communities united their voices in solidarity with the cause of immigrants of any race or origin.
Asian Journal reports on the outpouring of support on the part of the Filipino American community in various parts of California.
In Los Angeles:
Members of the Filipino-American community were also present during the rally. Some of them represented a particular organization, others came on their own.Even if they were not easily identified as a community compared to the Latinos, there were still there to show support.
“Ang tao, ang bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban,” chanted one group of Filipino-Americans carrying placards and bearing the Philippine flag. Roughly translated, the chant means, “The people, the nation, now are fighting.”
The Asian Journal was able to interview some of the Fil-Am rallyists between MacArthur Park and Western Avenue.
“Clearly, the Asian community is a large immigrant community, particularly the Filipino community. In fact, the Filipino community is one of the largest immigrant Asian communities in Los Angeles so it’s important that we stand united with our other immigrant communities that are here with us and support in unity with this particular issue,” Jury Candelario told the Asian Journal.
We Are a Part of the Latino Nation
9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|Immigration|race · 3 Comments
12 Apr 2006
White Americans, and black Americans too, are going to have to get used to sharing this country — sharing it fully — with brown Americans. Things are going to be different. Deal with it.
At least Washington Post op-ed columnist Eugene Robinson wasn’t afraid to tell it like it is yesterday. Now while all Latinos/Hispanics (pick a box and move on) are not brown, we sure as hell ain’t white, at least not according to the United States race system which makes as much sense as the Homeland Security color coded warning system. The current immigration debate isn’t being so hotly debated because people are worried about those Canadians coming over the border. While people want to say its just about U.S. citizens losing jobs or wages being driven down, or safety, or U.S. services being overextended, its also about race. Why else the calls for protesters to carry U.S. flags and wear white? We, as Latinos, are expected to make ourselves more palatable to the mainstream, make ourselves less scary so we’ll be embraced.
Chris Matthews: And they thought he was a Liberal
7:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media|Politics|TV · 4 Comments
27 Jan 2006
Conservatives call him liberal, and liberals are calling him a republican — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is igniting conversation all over the internet with comments he made in an interview with L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. It seems Chris has gotten inside the minds of Latino immigrants, and was schooling Villaraigosa — a Mexican American — on Mexicans. Neat.
Media Matters’ Summary:
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asserted that Spanish-speaking immigrants “sound like … natural Republicans to me.” Matthews also claimed that “everybody knows” that Puerto Rican, Cuban and Mexican immigrants “don’t want a big social democracy” and that “[t]hey want free enterprise and entrepreneurialism,” citing examples of opening a flower shop or “a bodega.”
Canada: Spanish Spoken Here
26 Dec 2005
Latinos are representing in Canada, about 700,000 strong making them the third largest minority in that country according to the Toronto Star.
Via / The Latin Americanist
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