{"id":53960,"date":"2017-05-18T01:11:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T01:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=53960"},"modified":"2017-05-18T01:11:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T01:11:51","slug":"commentary-puerto-rican-if-youre-a-shade-darker-you-face-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=53960","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: Puerto Rican: If you&#8217;re a shade darker, you face discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/os-ed-colored-puerto-rican-has-endured-racial-slurs-myword-20170504-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Commentary: Puerto Rican: If you&#8217;re a shade darker, you face discrimination<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a><br \/>\n2017-05-04<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pura Delgado<\/strong><br \/>\nOrlando, Florida<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"552\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/os-ed-colored-puerto-rican-has-endured-racial-slurs-myword-20170504-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-590b62ae\/turbine\/os-1493918378-70v70iyw2n-snap-image\/2048\/2048x1152\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small>In <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami<\/a>, the Rev. Alphonso Jackson, left, from the Second Baptist Church and the Rev. Jeremy Upton from Refuge Church explain to children why state<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Artiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Sen. Frank Artiles<\/a> resigned from the Florida Senate. <em>(Joe Raedle \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Artiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Sen. Frank Artiles<\/a>, a Miami Republican, apologized recently for racist comments toward African-American lawmakers. It was offensive and disheartening that we now have lawmakers freely speaking to colleagues using such disgusting words. Artiles had the nerve to dismiss his racist and sexist conduct to partisan motives: He was not happy because his bills weren\u2019t moving, and he thought that because his community is diverse that gives him the right to insult and degrade.<\/p>\n<p>Artiles apologized on the Senate floor and later resigned. We can only hope that his apology was sincere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/os-ed-colored-puerto-rican-has-endured-racial-slurs-myword-20170504-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary: Puerto Rican: If you&#8217;re a shade darker, you face discrimination Orlando Sentinel 2017-05-04 Pura Delgado Orlando, Florida In Miami, the Rev. Alphonso Jackson, left, from the Second Baptist Church and the Rev. Jeremy Upton from Refuge Church explain to children why state Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the Florida Senate. 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