Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
31
I came across this piece on OpEdNews. It is a link to an article on the New York Times, Hispanic Groups Reconsider Their Support for Gonzales.
Two years ago, major Hispanic groups broke with other civil rights organizations and supported Alberto R. Gonzales’s nomination for attorney general, primarily because he would become the highest-ranking Latino [...]
Posted in Alberto Gonzales, Civil Rights, LULAC, Raza | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
28
In the post-civil rights period, racial, ethnic and gender diversity has critical to our nation’s global competitiveness, national security and to our personal and community development. However, after decades of political and cultural conflict over the meaning of race and the persistence of structural racism in the US, new racial formations have developed. Racism has [...]
Posted in Color-blind Society, Free Speech, Racism, Xenophobia, democracy | Tags: | functional 13 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
21
America is an idea, a set of beliefs about people and their relationships and the kind of society which holds the best hope of satisfying the needs each of us brings as an individual. The global mobility of human resources between countries is a key driving force of the currently ongoing economic and regional development [...]
Posted in Elections 2008, Immigration, Immigration Debate, NAFTA, Nativism, News/Noticias, Racism, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 14 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
18
Well, it looks like a deal has been made for unComprehensive Immigration Bill. And from today’s Democracy NOW! (h/t MCat), the bill includes hiring of 18,000 more Border agents, all undocumented immigrants will be forced to pay a $5,000 fine to continue to stay in the US, and tall immigrants will be required to get [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
17
“She can’t take me to the store and can’t take me to school. It makes me feel a little bad. My friends – they have their moms and their dads,”
“I want President Bush to end the deportations so my mom and other families can stay here in the United States.”
These are the words spoken by [...]
Posted in Deportation, Human Rights, Immigration, Nativism, Racism | Tags: | functional 15 Comments »
This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
