Xicano
What does the word Xicano mean to me?
It’s about thinking for myself,
setting my mind free.
Challenging everything I was taught,
analyzing my beliefs and every thought.
Knowledge and wisdom,
that for which I yearn,
taking advantage of any opportunity
where there is a lesson to learn.
Strengthening my mind day by day,
my underlying values and principles
I will not betray
Realizing what really matters [...]
Reposted from El Tecolote
Mano dura con inmigrantes: la historia se vuelve a repetir
Edmundo Rocha
A los partidarios de “sólo aplicación de la ley” (Enforcement Only) les encantaría tener un futuro en el que los 12 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en los EEUU sean expulsados, ya sea utilizando medios coercitivos o voluntarios.
En un clima de miedo [...]
Posted in Concentration Camp, Deportation, ICE, Immigration, Nativism, Prejudices, Round-ups, Xenophobia | 
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The news around the blogosphere has to do with the bile that is filling the Arizona airwaves from radio talk show host, Jon Justice (104.1 The Truth) that is aimed at former Pima County Legal Defender, Isabel Garcia.
Here is the background from blogamigo, Manny:
Isabel is one of the major driving forces behind the Coalición de [...]
Posted in Immigration, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | Tags: | 8 Comments »
In a recent nationwide telephone survey by the Pew Hispanic Center of Latino voters, there is good news for Sen. Barack Obama and not so good news for news for Sen. John McCain.
Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of [...]
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Elections 2008, Raza | Tags: | 7 Comments »
Hurricane Dolly wreaks havoc in South Texas. From the Rio Grande Guardian:
It’s like a war zone. I do not know how else to describe the Bahia Mar Resort and Conference Center following the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Dolly.
The first floor has disintegrated and it is covered in glass. The executive offices are gone. One wall [...]
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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.
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