Posted in Immigration, Mexico on Mar 26th, 2009
According to some, the United Sates has been over run by immigrants that exploit the prosperity of Americans. This is evident when you dine out, travel, play golf, or attend conventions. They have infested low paying entry level jobs such as yard keepers, maids, wait staff, construction, agriculture, etc.
Posted in Business, Economics, Immigration, Labor, Law & Justice, Mexico, Racism, Struggles on Mar 11th, 2009
Luís Argueta, director of the award-winning film “The Silence of Neto,” (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival; Best Movie, New York Latino Film Festival), along with co-producer Vivian Rivas, are now in the post-production phase of their new full-length documentary “abUSed – The Postville Raid,” about the arrest of nearly 400 immigrant workers in a single [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Immigration, Labor, Mexico, Racism, Socioeconomic, Struggles, Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2009
One of the realities of racial prejudice is that it inflicts real pain on real people—often people who are hiding the pain: the woman who cares for your kids or cleans your house, or the man or woman who cooks the food you eat in a restaurant or who processes the food you eat in a processing plant nearby.
Posted in Mexico on Mar 5th, 2009
Music is said to be a universal language. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is known for putting on a show during twenty days assembling some of the best legendary entertainers to large sell out crowds. Every year Hispanics look forward to “Go Tejano Day” for the performance of the Charros, (Mexican cowboys) Mariachi groups, and Tejano music. The 2008 Rodeo Houston management though handed Hispanics one big bum steer. NO TEJANO MUSIC!
Add new tag Ask a Mexican Barak Obama civil disobediance Derrion Albert Dewdney discrimination Driving While Black eric holder Guatemala Gustavo Arellano Hispanic in America Hispanics History immigrants Immigration immigration reform India indian children Latinobama Latino in America Lou Dobbs Luís_Argueta Mahatma Mexico Michael Jackson Music Obama otherness out-of-the-pool Postville prejudice Purpose Race Racism raid reparations Slavery Soledad O'Brien Sonia Sotomayor undocumented_workers white guy white supremacy Wizard Academy YWCA