By Veronica I. Arreola Viva la Feminista Brenda Hernandez is a law school diversity professional. She is also a feminist activist and blogger at boricuafeminist.com. I am Latina. I am a feminist. I am a first generation college graduate….
Local News, National, zNew Headline
Latino journalists losing ground in U.S. daily newspapers
Aug 6, 2013, 10:30 AM 0
By Percy Lujan Hispanic Link News Service As job losses have devastated U.S. daily newspapers, the disparity between the percentage of Hispanics in the newsroom and in the general population has widened. That can affect coverage of issues important…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
How one Latina found her way into children’s book publishing
Jul 18, 2013, 4:12 PM 0
By Shelley Diaz CBC Diversity I decided I wanted to work in children’s publishing in sixth grade. I had devoured all of the Anne of Green Gables books by this time, and I was convinced that I could be…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: It’s time for a national song to unite Latinos
Jun 20, 2013, 10:35 AM 0
By Juana Bordas LatinaLista Way back in 1919 the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) adopted the song “Lift every voice and sing” as the Black national anthem. Since that time, the song has inspired hope…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Mermaids in America. Or, how does this Ecuadorian girl end up writing fantasy?
Jun 14, 2013, 11:10 AM 0
By Zoraida Córdova LatinaLista I’m Zoraida Córdova, and this post is a can of worms. I wish they were tequila worms, but I don’t think those are allowed in YA (young adult). (just kidding.) I’ve been starting and stopping…
Palabra Final, zNew Headline
Kennedy Center Honors decides to broaden selection process. Time for mainstream media to sing same tune
May 16, 2013, 5:52 PM 0
LatinaLista — Today, the Kennedy Center Honors made an announcement that was music to the ears of the Latino community. They announced — after undergoing a very public takedown several months ago — that perhaps their selection process doesn’t…
Videos
Video: Northwestern students challenge administrators and classmates to re-evaluate diversity and racism on campus
May 6, 2013, 9:42 AM 0
LatinaLista — The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t released their ruling yet on the college affirmative action case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin but it hasn’t stopped pundits from talking about the issue. And that’s a good…
General, Videos
Video: Speaking out for greater diversity in teen theater productions
Apr 22, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — For too long, Hollywood and the greater film/theater industry have been besieged with complaints over their reluctance to feature diversity that is representative of today’s national reality. While some progress has been made, it’s still not enough….
CBC Diversity March 7th – March 14th, 2013 ON OUR RADAR HarperCollins and Lee & Low create winning proposals for First Book’s Stories for All Project The Diversity in YA Tumblr, managed by YA authors Cindy Pon and Malinda…
East, Local News
Latinos Lag as Tenured Faculty at Connecticut’s State Community Colleges and Universities
Feb 21, 2013, 1:27 PM 1
By Robert Cyr CTLatinoNews.com A review by CTLatinoNews.com into the number of tenured professors in the state’s four public universities, 12 community colleges, and the University of Connecticut has found that Latino professors don’t seem to be breaking through…
BlogBeat, General
Diversifying the “Best of” Lists in Books from Young Adult to Picture Books to Graphic Novels
Jan 3, 2013, 4:07 PM 1
By Antonio Gonzalez CBC Diversity Every year, various publications and organizations will post their “Best of” lists and editor’s choice round-ups. Here are a few diversity titles that we spotted among the crème de la crème. Young Adult ARISTOTLE…
Diversity, Palabra Final
UT law prof blames Latino and black students’ poor academics on being raised with poor single mothers
Dec 11, 2012, 8:07 PM 3
LatinaLista — By now, it’s been accepted in most circles that the United States still suffers from overt and systemic racism. A brief review of President Obama’s first term clearly underscores how some people still feel a person’s skin…
Local News, Northeast
Venezuelan-born Rafael Reif and the Road to MIT’s Presidency
Sep 25, 2012, 9:29 AM 0
By Angela Millan Epstein CTLatinoNews.com Rafael Reif speaks slowly with the clarity of an engineer’s mind and the matter of fact attitude of a person whose life and experiences have led him to hold one of the most important…
By Elizabeth Bluemle CBC Diversity For sixteen years, I’ve been a bookseller in small-town, semi-rural Vermont, in a region that is progressive but fairly homogenous. I spend a lot of time introducing people to new books I think they…
Palabra Final, Politics
Diversity of RNC speakers forces party to face uncomfortable truths
Aug 31, 2012, 6:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — No matter the critiques, the gaffes, the egos on display or the walks down numerous memory lanes, the Republican National Convention (RNC) was an event that proved to be, in part, a puzzlement to both those who…
Diversity, General, Palabra Final
Shunning Latino, black and Asian journalist moderators for presidential debates underscores nation’s systemic attitudes towards race
Aug 18, 2012, 9:30 AM 3
LatinaLista — With all the talk and coverage there has been in the mainstream media about the Latino vote, it’s a crazy irony that Latinos, and other voters of color, are having to fight to remain a relevant part…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is a presentation Prof. Acuña gave at California State University East Bay on May 16, 2012 at its Third Annual Diversity Day.) It is only the second time I have…
BlogBeat
A first step in diversifying the children’s book publishing industry
May 17, 2012, 11:33 AM 0
By Cheryl Klein CBC Diversity One of the goals of the CBC Diversity Committee is to recruit a wider, more diverse range of people to work in the children’s publishing industry. In service of this goal, committee members visit…
Books, Culture
Mainstream children’s book publishers do a sad, sad job meeting the needs of Latino readers
May 9, 2012, 4:30 PM 8
LatinaLista — The perception that there are a lot of Latino children running and skipping on playgrounds across the country is no mirage. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, the number of Latino students in the nation’s public schools…
Life Issues
New study highlights reason why blacks, Latinos, Asians may look “all alike” to non-minorities
May 3, 2012, 2:26 PM 5
LatinaLista — Since 2001, Texas’ Dallas County has exonerated 32 men who were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to jail for crimes they didn’t commit. The latest two to receive an apology from the court were Raymond Jackson and James…
