Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, History, Racism on Apr 4th, 2010
“A man of knowledge begins with fear. When he overcomes fear he develops clarity. This allows him to see the not so obvious and to peer into hidden agendas. The clarity can be blinding and frightening that many revert back into fear. The seeker of knowledge breaks through to power and this can become a [...]
Growing up in the Texas Hill Country we were glued every evening to find out the way it really was out in the world. Those days of yester year are over and so is the news legend that told us, Walter Cronkite. These days news is not the journalistic truth and reporting meter it once was. Is it any [...]
Yesterday Hispanic blogosphere was buzzing with the news of Lou Dobbs exiting CNN. Some claimed victory from their efforts to force CNN to muzzle Mr. Dobbs on his anti immigrant anti Hispanic vitriol. Personally, having worked in media for so many years I understood his strategy of content branding. With the explosion of cable leading to the fragmentation [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Immigration, Law & Justice, Mexico, Racism on Oct 22nd, 2009
The whole Latino story needs to be told facing honestly the not so pretty chapter of illegal immigration. It’s a story some Hispanics would like to sweep under the rug and only present the shiny varnished version. You saw portrayed the primal drive of survival that drives people to risk their very lives to come [...]
Posted in Culture, History, Immigration on Oct 21st, 2009
CNN took a chance with the two hour prime time documentary Latino in America. The first night brought us stories from both ends of the spectrum, the success stories as well as the realistic challenges Latinos face in this country. Latino organizations have been looking forward to his night some holding their breath hoping that [...]
A broad stereotype of Hispanics is that we are undocumented criminals who use and traffic drugs. This may have something to do with a “Brownout” in TV news programming. This is the name of a study of Latino coverage in TV news networks done by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Wrap your mind around [...]
Posted in Culture, History, Socioeconomic on Oct 6th, 2009
Veronica had at least two tribes of which she considered her and her family members: black, and poor. Her dad made the decision to abandon one (the black group) in favor of joining another poor group, this one predominantly white. I’m sure if he could have chosen to desert the poor group and join a [...]
Posted in Culture on Oct 2nd, 2009
The world will learn of the location of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in a few hours. Chicago, Illinois has officially been eliminated, along with Tokyo, as of right now. I’ve seen 3 pictures on the internet of individuals making pitches in Copenhagen, Denmark on behalf of Chicago: Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and President Barack [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Economics, Education, History, Law & Justice, Racism on Oct 1st, 2009
Posted in Culture on Sep 17th, 2009
El Paso Texas is a very old border city with Mexico that is like a separate country. It is located at the western tip of Texas, isolated from its nearest neighboring large city Odessa by a good four hours. The city has a unique culture comprised of elements from Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas.
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