By Angie Washington LatinaLista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — One arm balanced my chubby baby on my hip. The other flagged down a taxi. I crawled in and adjusted my cooing bundle on my lap. The taxi driver started in with the usual round of questions that most Bolivians have for this blue-eyed lady. My answers satisfied [...]
New site spreads message “Muslims are our fellow Americans”
LatinaLista — When it comes to being feared, insulted or ignored based on who you physically are as a person, a lot of Latinos know what that feels like. Another group who knows equally well how it feels is Muslim Americans. Take what happened last month: On May 6, five days after the killing of [...]
New manual shows suburban teachers that “race matters”
LatinaLista — Who would have thought that educators needed a manual on how to teach children? Well, it seems suburban educators, who are seeing their classrooms become more diversified over the last few years, could use a little guidance — and they got it. The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles wrote a manual specifically for [...]
Obama’s election forces a new national dialogue on “multiculturals”
LatinaLista — The election of Barack Obama forces the country to look at people of color and ethnicity in a new light and to begin a new conversation about dropping old labels and adopting new ones. Barack Obama’s White House win signals more than just a break from “old politics.” It is the start of [...]
Conservatives who blame minorities for economic meltdown should get their facts straight
LatinaLista — Now that the House of Representatives has signed off on the $700 billion rescue/bailout plan, people are breathing a sigh of relief that credit will finally start loosening up to get those car and college loans. They’re also doing what should have been done a long time ago — looking at what caused [...]
It’s time to end the honeymoon with gender and race and reclaim this election
LatinaLista — The word is that, after being distracted by the “Palin Effect,” the Obama campaign is back on track to focus on what this election is all about the issues. The candidates who really matter in November. (Source: ABC news) However, after reading comments on Latina Lista and several other blogs, the Obama campaign [...]