Just wanting to give an update on what is happening on American Idol. The last post I did, I reported there were 3 Latinos and 1 Latina who made it to the top 24.
We are now on the Top 7, only one was voted off. The three remaining Latinos are David Archuleta, Jason Castro, and [...]
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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 [...]
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For anyone observing the recent Presidential debates and forums across the country, race and poverty are no longer taboo subjects for Democrats vying for the White House. As I mentioned yesterday, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator, is promoting his latest book The Ethnic Presidency, How Race Decides the Race [...]
Author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson is on a another virtual book tour and will be stopping by here again tomorrow. I was thrilled to be asked again to feature Earl’s latest book, The Ethnic Presidency, How Race Decides the Race to the White House.
It is amazing how America has [...]
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As the March 4 Texas primary are nearly arriving, both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barak Obama are looking for ways to woo the Latino vote here in Texas. However, they are finding out that the Latino community here in Texas is really complex. I do have to hand it to team Obama in their creativity. [...]
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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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