Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jan
20
Today is the beginning of a new era and a day history is made. Today, Barack Hussein Obama will take the oath of office as this country’s first African-American president, elected by a generation that included these kids’ parents. Who could have foretold that in 2009 Obama’s inauguration would be a convergence, coming back-to-back [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Elections 2008, New Beginnings, Política Estados Unidos, Racism | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Nov
20
Last week, seven teenagers went out on a modern-day lynching because they had an urge “to beat up some Mexicans.” Ecuadorian immigrant, Marcello Lucero, was killed in what Suffolk Police are calling a hate crime. He was murdered at the hands of of seven high school students in Patchogue, New York, who were targeting for [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Eliminationism, Fear, Nativism, Prejudices, Racism, Xenophobia, hate crimes | Tags: | functional 14 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
22
Recently, the nation’s largest community organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has come under fire with John McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee and the right wing media over bogus allegations of voter fraud.
In jeopardy of losing its eight year grasp on the US Presidency, the Republican Party have launched a [...]
Posted in Elections, Elections 2008, Prejudices, Racism, Republican | Tags: | functional 3 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jun
28
The following email was obtained by our local ABC affiliate, ABC 13, from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department as a result of a lawsuit from an undercover investigation.
The email reads: “With a little planning they easily could have transplanted it to the Rio Grande River. Now that should have cut down on the illegal migration [...]
Posted in Prejudices, Racism, Republican, Texas, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 6 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
10
In this country, policies concerning immigration continually confront politicians to make difficult decisions. In a democracy, every public policy requires some accommodations from what experts might conceive as a technocratic ideal to adapt to political pressures. There is no reason to expect that policy toward who is allowed to work in a country would be [...]
Posted in Deportation, Immigration, Nativism, Política Estados Unidos, Prejudices, Racism, Round-ups, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 2 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.
