LatinaLista — Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off this week and people will celebrate how far Latinos have come, the strides that have been made, the progress, etc. But when it comes to the issue of equality, it is an…
LatinaLista — Utah filmmaker Nathan Jones is an Anglo through and through, but he has a corazon of a Latino due to a background that has included a stint as a high school teacher in South Central Los Angeles…
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census released a report today stating the obvious: Nearly one in every 10 of the nation’s 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority.
LatinaLista — Last week’s Supreme Court decision, that essentially sent this nation’s strides in diversity among public schools back a quarter of a century, had a lot of people searching for the wisdom in such a decision. Supreme Court…
LatinaLista — What do the firing of Don Imus and PBS’ decision to make Ken Burns rework his World War II epic have in common? Fired shock-jock Don Imus (Source: newsok.com) Well aside from the fact that both instances…
LatinaLista — News being released across the blogosphere from the Defend the Honor Campaign reports that PBS has decided to include the Latino and Native American experience in documentarian Ken Burns’ World War II documentary due to be released…
LatinaLista — It’s a rather ironic situation: When it comes to family and friends, the majority of Latino teens don’t think twice about lending a hand. Yet, according to a new federal study by the Corporation for National &…
LatinaLista — As the plot thickens in Washington over the firings of the eight Democratic federal prosecutors: Who will testify? Who will be the scapegoat? Who will be proven to be the real mastermind? The White House There comes…
LatinaLista — Can’t say the reaction of PBS to demands that they edit the Ken Burns’ film on WWII to include Latino contributions was totally unexpected (Account of meeting is below). Chances are they probably said no for one…
LatinaLista — Today, a question was posed to three Latino advice columnists. The question: I’ve always heard of the glass ceiling for nonwhite, nonmale workers, but is there such a thing as a “token ceiling”? I’m a Latina professional…
LatinaLista — For every five steps we think we’re taking to cleanse this country of racism, discrimination and prejudice, we always end up sliding back and starting all over again. The latest example of how we’re dancing around the…
LatinaLista — An interesting study released by the University of Chicago last week titled the Black Youth Project surveyed attitudes of young people ages 15 to 25. Though the study focused on young Blacks, Whites and Latinos also comprised…
LatinaLista — A new study released by Vanderbilt University’s law and economics professor, Dr. Joni Hersch, just verifies what so many of us in the so-called “minority” communities have known all along – the color of a person’s skin…
LatinaLista — In yesterday’s posting, I mentioned how it seemed odd that while the number of white people arrested for crimes was higher than either blacks or Hispanics, their actual numbers behind bars were far less than what the…
LatinaLista — Today, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior would have been 78 years old. Had he lived, what would he have thought about what’s going on today? Though he would have been somewhat pleased about the strides people of…
LatinaLista — This is a tale of two babies. Each was the first baby born in 2007 in their new hometowns, and of course profiled in their local newspapers. One was born in the county of Dallas, Texas. His…
LatinaLista — Not all women are alike. Such a simple statement but one that many in the medical research field still have trouble accepting. Just because women share such life experiences as periods, cramps, childbirth and menopause, among others,…
LatinaLista — There’s a new $250.00 scholarship at Boston University. To apply, you have to fill out the application, submit two essays, have a 3.2 GPA — and be 25 percent Caucasian. It’s called the Caucasian Achievement and Recognition…
LatinaLista — As more and more towns join in the hysteria of proclaiming undocumented immigrants Public Enemy #1, it’s more and more obvious these politicians and citizens don’t want to know the people behind the label. Who knows what…
LatinaLista — From the time the polls opened this morning, “talk” has been how the Latino vote just wasn’t going to materialize like everyone knew it wasn’t going to do. With every voter registration drive trying to capitalize on…
LatinaLista — Latino candidates are competing in 38 states for top federal and state offices in tomorrow’s elections. To see all the races with Latino candidates, check out the 2006 Election Profile compiled by the National Association of Latino…
LatinaLista — The common complaint that has always existed within the Latino community is how people afuera (outside) the community think we are all the same. Just as advertisers and the media are finally getting the message that Latinos…
