Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
01
Hoping nobody would notice, the immigration issue is back on the table even as the Presidential campaign progresses. Senate Republicans plan to introduce a package of as many as 11 bills that establishes a hard line on illegal immigration. Though it was introduced last year by Rep Heath Shuler (D-NC), the current bill, Secure America [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
28
On Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of the imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while upholding his conviction and rejected his call for a new trial. A three-judge panel ruled that Abu-Jamal, who has been on death row for twenty-six years, deserves a new sentencing hearing [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, News/Noticias, Prejudices, Racism, US Supreme Court | Tags: | functional 5 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
15
Thank you Dr Laura Schlessinger, I guess us men, especially Latinos, are not dogs after all, unless we are either “narcissistic” and/or “sociopathic.” According to Dr Laura, women are partly to blame when their husbands cheat. Appearing on NBC’s Today Show to discuss Eliot Spitzer’s sex scandal, she said that is was basically Silda Spitzer’s, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
14
One year ago, I wrote this post entitled The Words We Use: The Rhetoric of Race. The post had to do with articulation and race. In light of the recent fire storm over former New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro’s, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984, statement about Barack Obama. It really isn’t surprising to [...]
Posted in Classism, Fear, Prejudices, Racism, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 1 Comment »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
09
Happy International Women’s Day!!!
I want to take this moment to reflect and recognize this very important day for women worldwide. Today (Yesterday), women around the world celebrated the achievements they have made in their struggle for power and recognition that has been waged for hundreds of years. In South America, we witnessed a change [...]
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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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