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  • Statehood Issue Stirs Passions About Puerto Rican Identity

    Statehood Issue Stirs Passions About Puerto Rican Identity Puerto Rico: Unsettled Territory Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Arizona State University 2012-10-29 Kailey Latham Cronkite Borderlands Initiative SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — What does it mean to be Puerto Rican? For over 500 years, the people of this island have struggled with the…

  • Decline In U.S. Whites, Rise Of Latinos Blurring Traditional Racial Lines

    Decline In U.S. Whites, Rise Of Latinos Blurring Traditional Racial Lines The Huffington Post 2013-03-17 Hope Yen The Associated Press Associated Press writers Elaine Ganley in Montfermeil, France, Jenny Barchfield in Rio de Janeiro and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — Welcome to the new off-white America. A historic decline…

  • The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South

    The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South University of North Carolina Press September 2011 320 pages 7.625 x 8.375, 20 color illus., bibl., index Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3494-7 Sandra A. Gutierrez In this splendid cookbook, bicultural cook Sandra Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and…

  • What does Martin Luther King mean to Latinos today?

    What does Martin Luther King mean to Latinos today? Bentley IMPACT – The Power of Ideas Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts 2013-01-17 Donna Maria Blancero, Associate Professor of Management “I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their…

  • I’m Not Black, I’m Hispanic!

    I’m Not Black, I’m Hispanic! Born Bicultural USA 2009-12-29 Alberto Padron The first time I heard that statement coming out of a family member’s mouth, I was confused. In my mind, a violation of logic had occurred. After all, the person making this statement was blacker than the black hair on their head. I mean,…

  • Census Race Change For Hispanics Sparks Criticism

    Census Race Change For Hispanics Sparks Criticism The Huffington Post 2013-01-09 Tony Castro Some Latino civil rights groups are questioning the U.S. Census consideration of designating Hispanics a race of their own, fearing the loss of national original designations. The change, making “Hispanic” a racial instead of an ethnic category, would eliminate the check-off boxes…

  • The Democrats’ Demographic Dreams

    The Democrats’ Demographic Dreams The American Prospect 2012-06-14 Jamelle Bouie, Staff Writer Liberals are counting on population trends to doom 
Republicans to a long-term minority. They shouldn’t. If Democrats agree on anything, it’s that they will eventually be on the winning side. The white Americans who tend to vote Republican are shrinking as a percentage…

  • Catching Up With Black in America’s Soledad O’Brien

    Catching Up With Black in America’s Soledad O’Brien Clutch Magazine 2012-12-14 Zettler Clay A while ago, I took my little cousins to Toys “R” Us. Three of them. 8 years old, 6 years old, 4 years old. It was going smoothly enough until we came across a row of dolls. There were two on the…

  • No longer your father’s electorate

    No longer your father’s electorate The Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the first black president, the one that returned him to office sent an unmistakable signal that the hegemony of the straight white male in America is over. The long drive…

  • Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor’s race

    Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor’s race The Los Angeles Times 2013-01-02 Michael Finnegan Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear flaps as he…