December 2011
34 posts
Stop the Racially Targeted Deportation of Hadi... →
of-praxis:
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration terminated NSEERS, a post-9-11 program that targeted and placed non-citizen Muslim men from over 24 countries in deportation proceedings. But the termination provides no relief for thousands of immigrants who face deportation as a result of the…
Meet Mexico’s ‘Colombians’ –a.k.a. The Cholombians
univisionnews:
According to Vice magazine, Colombianos’ signature haircut “draws inspiration from American hip-hop, Puerto Rican reggaeton, and depictions of Aztec warriors.” (Stefan Ruiz/Vice magazine)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs
It’s another tale of a Latin subculture growing slowly and getting stronger. The photograph above belongs to a Vice magazine article featured...
YouTube video reveals racist attitudes in Mexican...
univisionnews:
By MANUEL RUEDA Channel: Latin American Affairs
A video of a racism experiment released on YouTube this weekend provides a shocking, but honest portrayal of how Mexican children perceive black people from a young age.
In the video, which is part of a government sponsored anti-racism campaign, children between the ages of six and ten, are placed in front of a white doll and...
Kenya's Samburu people violently evicted after US... →
weexist-weresist:
This is a Thing That Happens Often, not sure how many of you are aware of it.
Best and Worst of 2011: Immigration
univisionnews:
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
It was a big year for immigration despite the absence of federal reform. With states taking it into their own hands to address illegal immigration, the Obama administation making significant changes to the way immigration cases are handled, and a presidential election fast approaching, plenty of good and bad came out of 2011. Here’s our...
Top 5 Gifts for the Activist in Your Family →
juansaaa:
Do you know someone who is active within their community? Someone so passionate about an issue that they can’t contain themselves and are constantly recruiting people to a cause? Yep, we know the type. That is why we are offering this brief guide to give you some ideas on what to gift that special…
All things Mexico.: Mexico: Policemen arrested... →
univisionnews:
On Monday, clashes between Mexican police and students resulted in the deaths of two students in the city of Chilpancingo. (Screencapture: Univision Noticias)
By MANUEL RUEDA Channel: Latin American Affairs
Ten policemen were arrested on Wednesday for their…
: Do I Consider Myself American? →
theangy:
I am tired of being asked if I consider myself American… and when I say that I don’t… people try to force America down my throat. Honestly, when I hear “American” I think about raids, deportation, genocide, wars, guns, racism, segregation etc etc When I see the American flag I think about white…
The New York Times may bar its writers from using...
univisionnews:
The world’s most influential newspaper may be adding the term “illegals” to its list of words not to use. (Flickr: orangeblob)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration, Media
Motivated by reader responses to a column by former executive editor Bill Keller, it seems The New York Times may soon be updating its style book to caution writers against using the term “illegals” to...
The state of North Carolina ran a Eugenics Board... →
mohandasgandhi:
inothernews:
31 other states did this to their residents.
Jesus H. Christ.
See: Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927)
P.S. Buck v. Bell has never been overturned.
An unflattering portrait of a prevailing Latin...
this is effed up!
univisionnews:
Four Colombian women from a wealthy family from Cali posed for Spain’s ¡Hola! magazine. The picture has sparkled an outrage in their homeland. (Screen capture: ¡Hola!)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channels: Latin American Affairs
To some, the picture above tells nothing new. It’s the portrait of four generations of women from a wealthy Colombian...
Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape... →
oforganon:
(via) This post in particular is addressed to men, not because women don’t rape and women don’t make/laugh at rape jokes and not because men can’t be raped, but because, by nature of the existing gender disparity, men are in a unique position to be taken seriously when they raise objections to…
Finals Week...
