Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
10
As immigration continues to be a big issue in American politics, controversy has erupted over a recent ad campaign for Swedish-based Absolut Vodka. The ad in question reignited the La Reconquista fear among wingnuttia.
The ad shows a historical map of the Mexico before Texas’ Independence and the Mexico-US War of 1846-48 had occurred. The [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Fear, Immigration, La Reconquista fable, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
09
America’s Immigration Legacy via We Can Stop the Hate
National Council of La Raza - America’s Immigrant Legacy
Posted in History/Historia, Immigration, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Democrats, Elections 2008, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Nativism, Prejudices, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 1 Comment »
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
Jan
14
Since the launch of the “global war on terror,” a large majority of Americans have conveniently been led to cower under the pseudo-protective umbrella of a permanent Nation Security State. Last year I wrote several posts about the current prison-industrial complex and the increasing number of privatized prisons being used to house thousands of [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Concentration Camp, Elections 2008, Human Rights, ICE, Immigration, Nativism, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 6 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.
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