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Political Commentary, zNew Headline

Sprint’s CEO’s response to customer’s racist tirade against Latino serves as model for others

May 23, 2017, 3:26 PM 0

By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista The retail mantra “the customer is always right” is a golden rule that retail stores have bent over backwards to accommodate since the beginning of retail but with more aggressive customers verbally abusing staff and…

Education, zNew Headline

New school segregation study finds troubling trends exist for Latino student success

May 17, 2016, 5:32 PM 0

LatinaLista — While the country, as a whole, likes to believe that we’ve achieved the utopian vision of equality, the sad truth is that inequality persists in all sectors of society. The extent of that inequality is more than…

Guest Voz, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: Seeing the world through Black Eyes creates a separate reality

Dec 10, 2014, 1:44 PM 0

By Leonce Gaiter LatinaLista We know that when Darren Wilson and many of his defenders see a black man, they see someone who “looks like a demon,” and someone who has the extra/sub-human ability to “bulk up to run…

Education, zNew Headline

Another example of how education isn’t the great equalizer for many Latinos

Sep 25, 2014, 12:50 PM 0

LatinaLista — Yesterday, Latina Lista posted a story of the study that found community college graduates (of whom the majority are Latino) were less likely to be admitted to medical school. In talking to one of the authors of…

BlogBeat, zNew Headline

Podcast: Among Dark-Skinned Immigrants Some See Skin Bleaching as a Path to Success

Feb 27, 2014, 3:26 PM 0

By Christina Berthaud Feet in 2 Worlds In some Caribbean immigrant communities, particularly among Haitians, lighter-skinned people are often referred to as “stush” or “uptown,” and are believed to be wealthier and more successful because of the shade of…

Health, Life Issues, Women, zNew Headline

New apps help women of color close the gap in accessing life-saving cancer information

May 16, 2013, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — In 2010, the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge was launched to spur creativity among developers to come up with apps that would solve issues in the healthcare field. One such issue has been the unequal access to healthcare…

General, Palabra Final

For Latinos “being white” is more of a state of mind than skin tone

Jun 1, 2010, 3:57 PM 15

LatinaLista — An interesting study was published on how Latino immigrants see themselves. According to the researchers, many immigrants are pushing the envelope to be seen as “white” regardless of how dark their skin color. Authors of the study,…

Children, Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Youth

Nothing innovative about dumbing down curriculum to close racial achievement gap

Jan 4, 2010, 4:12 PM 2

LatinaLista — There has always been talk of redesigning the high school curriculum to help close the achievement gap that persists between Anglo students and Latino and black students. Yet Berkeley High School is doing something that, while it…

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