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Fri25Jul2008

Latino Immigrants to Europe Use Plastic Surgery to Fit In

File under self-hatred a lo Europeo. Plastic surgeons in Spain are reporting a barrage of requests from Central American and South American immigrants wanting to undergo plastic surgery to make themselves look "more European". According to doctors around 2500 immigrants... Read more »

Friday, July 25 2008 | 07:51 H

Wed23Jul2008

Hurricane Dolly : Those Left Behind

Yesterday la Macha brought up some unresolved issues in terms of Hurricane Dolly, currently hitting the Mexico/Texas border. One of the questions that many people asked in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was why did people not evacuate. For many,... Read more »

Wednesday, July 23 2008 | 11:33 H

Fri18Jul2008

Does Obama's Hermana Look Like an Hermana?

Someone thinks that Barack Obama's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, looks like an hermana, one of us and that looking Latina could help with the Latino vote. Cuahtemoc Figueroa, the director of Mr. Obama’s Latino vote effort is quoted in the NYT... Read more »

Friday, July 18 2008 | 13:19 H

Ay the Hipster Irony (and Racism).

We're told to "get a sense of humor" and ironically to "lighten up" when it comes to our reaction as people of color to racist imagery and histories being put up on magazine covers and more recently, on a tee... Read more »

Friday, July 18 2008 | 09:08 H

Wed16Jul2008

A More Apt Comparison

In a follow up to the New Yorker's "ironic" cartoon, the Washington Post published the following: via Anxious Black Woman As I asked in comments here, the interesting thing to consider is what could the New Yorker artist have done... Read more »

Wednesday, July 16 2008 | 12:25 H

Thu10Jul2008

Wal-Mart removes racist Mexican comics

Popular Mexican comic book, "Memin Pinguin" was recently pulled from the shelves of Wal-Mart due to complaints of racism: "We understand that Memin is a popular figure in Mexico," the company said in a statement. "However, given the sensitivity to... Read more »

Thursday, July 10 2008 | 13:32 H

Tue01Jul2008

Making Babies is The Cause of Latino Population Growth, Not Immigration (and no one else is concerned with this framing?)

We'll say it once and I'll say it again, all those new brown faces in your hood are not coming from across the border. They are being born here. A study done out of the University of New Hampshire's Carsey... Read more »

Tuesday, July 01 2008 | 09:51 H

Thu19Jun2008

Put Your Money Where Your Racism Is

This 5 dollar bill made it's appearance in a Staten Island, NYC woman's wallet. Via / Gothamist... Read more »

Thursday, June 19 2008 | 12:35 H

Wed18Jun2008

Oh Stop Saying Republicans Are Racist

I mean why can't people take a joke, right? Like the obviously hilarious button, pictured right, that was on sale at the Texas Republican state convention this past weekend. Of course state GOP officials say they had no idea and... Read more »

Wednesday, June 18 2008 | 10:58 H

Fri13Jun2008

Latina Teacher Fired for Teaching Students "How to Protest" and being "too Afro-centric"

I had to go outside my school system to learn about Puerto Rican history, activism and coalition building when I was about 17 years old. Now a Los Angeles English teacher is being told that her contract will not be... Read more »

Friday, June 13 2008 | 09:57 H

Fri23May2008

Do These Pictures Make You Think, or Do They Just Offend

These images were made, allegedly, to make you think. They were not made by right wingers but rather by people in the "progressive" media as representations of what the right wing thinks about Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle... Read more »

Friday, May 23 2008 | 12:42 H

Thu22May2008

New Report on How Cable Media Skews Immigration Issue

Turn on CNN, Fox News, and any other number of cable news networks and you're likely to see and hear a skewed vision of the state of immigration in the U.S. and it's impact. No surprise here. Media Matters Action... Read more »

Thursday, May 22 2008 | 12:00 H

Race and the Criminal Justice System : An Inside Reminder

My 28 year old "baby" sister just completed jury duty in the same courthouse where the officer's that killed Sean Bell were acquitted in Queens, NY. It was an eye opening experience for her because she witnessed first hand how... Read more »

Thursday, May 22 2008 | 11:00 H

Thu15May2008

More Info on NYPD Shot Dogs than People

With Sean Bell fresh in the minds and hearts of people, and immigrants in Iowa being held in cattle yards, people of color have already gotten the message that we are viewed as animals or even as less than animals.... Read more »

Thursday, May 15 2008 | 19:17 H

Obama in '08 Tee : Curious or Straight Up Racist?

A tavern owner in Georgia has been peddling the shirt with a picture of a happy Curious George eating a banana above the words “Obama in ’08.” The tavern owner, who some have described as an “ultra-conservative,” has denied to... Read more »

Thursday, May 15 2008 | 15:17 H

Incite! Women of Color Against Violence Launches New Website

For Immediate Release, Please Forward Widely! Contact: incite_national@yahoo.com, 484-932-2166 May 14, 2008 INCITE! LAUNCHES BEAUTIFUL NEW WEBSITE! INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence announces the exciting launch of our newly re-created website. Check it out: http://incite-national.org/ Beautifully designed and... Read more »

Thursday, May 15 2008 | 11:17 H

Wed14May2008

Racism? What Racism? Where? Obama's Volunteers Will Tell You.

Pshaw, racism, smacism. Victoria Switzer, a retired social studies teacher, was on phone-bank duty one night during the Pennsylvania primary campaign. One night was all she could take: "It wasn't pretty." She made 60 calls to prospective voters in Susquehanna... Read more »

Wednesday, May 14 2008 | 15:52 H

Tue13May2008

Hillary Clinton on SNL : My Supporters Are Racist

She (well the actress playing her) said it, not me. Via / Mamalicious ... Read more »

Tuesday, May 13 2008 | 11:35 H

Mon12May2008

Hillary Clinton Embraces Her Gringa Status

While some call for Hillary Clinton to stop running for president after Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, others are calling for the calls to stop, saying that many of the calls for Clinton to drop out are based... Read more »

Monday, May 12 2008 | 11:19 H

Fri09May2008

Disturbing Statistic : San Francsico Has More Blacks in Jail than in the City

The prison industrial complex is alive and well in San Francisco and it's using blacks as the raw material. In recent years the black population in the city of San Francisco has been decreasing, with one exception, prisons.More than 60... Read more »

Friday, May 09 2008 | 07:35 H

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