Category: Culture
The Point of No Return for Immigration Reform: The Proof is in the Pizza
LatinaLista — There is a bigger verdad (truth) in this whole immigration debate and the proof is in the pizza. By now, we’ve all heard of the special promotion that a Dallas, Texas-based pizza chain called Pizza Patron, was doing. For a limited time, they are allowing their customers, who are primarily Latinos, to pay [...]
Expert Says Institutional Change is Needed to Combat Girl Violence
LatinaLista — Maribel Santiago and Alma Rivera got “into it” after school on Monday of this past week at Woonsocket Middle School in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Punches were thrown and Maribel ended up punching the school’s vice-principal in the face. By the time it was all over, Maribel and Alma had some explaining to do. [...]
A Special Christmas Program Empowers Inner-City Children to See a New Future for Themselves
LatinaLista — It is now 15 minutes into my new friend Jay’s vigil at the T. Don Hutto Residential facility in honor of all the families detained behind the barbed wire. One would think, being Christmas and all, that whatever celebration they should be allowing the families to have (and in my best Miracle on [...]
Latino Survey Shows Native Born Latino Adults in the Minority
LatinaLista — There is a new survey out about Latinos. Yet before anyone gets too excited, the survey, to the casual reader, reads more like a profile of Latinos who are recent immigrants than native born. Titled the Latino National Survey, it is the result of a comprehensive, 4-year effort spearheaded by an impressive group [...]
A Chance to Help Mainstream Media Get the Story Right about Hispanic Issues
LatinaLista — Many times, readers ask what can they do help change situations, or make a positive difference in today’s world. There is only one answer: speak out! Unless more of us do, things won’t change and the complaints of today will never improve. A recent request was made of Latina Lista that I share [...]
Latino Cultural Traditions Endure Beyond Holiday Season
LatinaLista — For a lot of families, Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two times a year when “family traditions” are observed. Whether it be the same menu that is repeated every Thanksgiving Day and Christmas or how and when Christmas gifts are opened or even the yearly ritual of eating Thanskgiving dessert clustered around the [...]
The Other Latino Revolution
LatinaLista — There’s a new television show specifically targeting Latinos, and it’s not on Univision, Telemundo, Telefutura or Galavision (some of the more widely known Spanish-language cable channels.) It’s a community service program titled “Worcester Latino” and it airs on Charter Communications cable television channel WCTR — in ingles. Worcester Latino, though locally produced, joins [...]
Are Hispanic Family Values a Myth?
LatinaLista Nearly half of the children born to Hispanic mothers in the U.S. are born out of wedlock, a proportion that has been increasing rapidly with no signs of slowing down. Given what psychologists and sociologists now know about the much higher likelihood of social pathology among those who grow up in single-mother households, the [...]
Why the Battle for Civil Rights and the Fight for the Undocumented are Similar
LatinaLista — It’s rather ironic that on a day when ground is being broken for the construction of the first memorial on the National Mall to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., that yet another town is passing ordinances to drive out people they deem undesirable. Tonight, in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, city [...]
Latinos Have a Major PR Problem
LatinaLista — Just because the Democrats won, it still isn’t time for the Latino community to celebrate. There are still too many open wounds that are festering and becoming even more infected with misinformation, prejudice and unsubstantiated fear. But what’s worse is that though the debate has always been about undocumented immigrants, Latino citizens are [...]
