LatinaLista — On a day that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide on whether the University of Texas’ race-conscious admission policies violate the rights of white applicants, there is some hopeful news that not all diversity initiatives are under attack. Today, Comcast cable company announced the launch of four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV [...]
Diversity is more than a concept — it’s what we are as a nation
LatinaLista — At no other time in our country’s history is our population more diverse but as two stories that have emerged over the last several days illustrate, no one still really grasps the importance of diversity. To those who don’t understand diversity, the word is nothing more than a federal mandate for employment hiring, [...]
Marco Rubio still struggling on being a Latino in Congress
LatinaLista — It seems politicians, from both sides of the aisle, have been making gaffes left and right when trying to talk about Latinos. The latest is Sen. Reid. In all actuality, Sen. Reid made a very innocent mistake that has been seized on by the GOP, run down the field and is in the [...]
Report on youth voter turnout underscores disillusionment among Latino youth
LatinaLista — The Black Youth Project has released a report analyzing youth voter turnout in the 2008 election. While the report, DEMOCRACY REMIXED: BLACK YOUTH and The Future of American Politics, was intended to be a focus on black youth, the report equally focused on Latino and white youth voter turnout for comparison’s sake. What [...]
Alabama legislators still aren’t feeling the love from passing anti-immigrant bill HB56
LatinaLista — On a day when most people are feeling warm and fuzzy towards one another, it’s worth noting that in those states that passed legislation targeting undocumented immigrants and labeling them as “burdens” on their state coffers, the feeling among most of these legislators should be turning from smug satisfaction to outright regret and [...]
Lack of Latino talent on Sunday morning talk begs the question: Do networks think Latinos are a passing political fad?
LatinaLista — Up until 2006, it was an ultra-rare occurrence for the Latina or Latino political perspective to be included on any of the Sunday morning talk shows. If it did occur, it was the same count-on-one-hand voices and faces that had been around the Beltway. It wasn’t until more of us started blogging about [...]
