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Telemundo sells out to Comcast?

We, social critics, have long noted the Hispano-trash that is transmitted by mega corporations over cable, broadcast and radio. The main topics at Univision seems to be breasts and celebrities, and its served up by people looking whiter than the journalists at CNN.
They have become much slicker at masking their racism. [...]

Message to the so-called Latino Youth

Message To so-called Latino Youth: An Audio Recording
Can be downloaded here or heard @ my online speech page
Download here or listen to the file by clicking below.
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Giumarra Sued By EEOC

Late last year, I posted about The United Farmworker’s Union (UFW) and their campaign against Giumarra, the largest table grape company in the world.  Being that the UFW was home to Cesar Chavez, whom certain conservatives are literally trying to write out of the history books, I thought this update would be important.  Please [...]

Mazatzin on The Cosmos and Identity

Special thanks to Mazatzin, Assessor of the Ancient Culture of Anauak (an overly humble title in my opinion), for this guest post.
He asked me to include his contact information:
(323)830-7479
zemazatzin @ hotmail.com
www.aztekayolokalli.com
 
Happy New Year to all, in this European colonial calendar count. It is a new year because we are measuring it from exactly 365.25 days [...]

Animal In Man: Tio Taco Mozo Scum Watch Out

Animal In Man: Tio Taco Mozo Scum Watch Out. We’re watching you. The feeling of community betrayal is an emotion with which you have not yet been forced to reckon.
The Chinese Revolution —— they wanted land. They threw the British out, along with the Uncle Tom Chinese. Yeah, they did. They [...]

Black Leaders Line Up Against Arpaio

You gotta read this post by XicanoPwr about Arpaio. Here’s a peak.
An advertisement appears in today’s edition of The Arizona Republic newspaper comparing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the infamous 1960s Birmingham public safety commissioner Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor. The strongly worded statement was sponsored by the Center for New Community and signed [...]

Jesus Rifles Used In Afghanistan: “Our God Vs. Your God”

Haiti and False Charity

I am always suspicious of what appears to be charity at the hands of the United States. It always reminds me of Paolo Freire’s concept of false charity. Real charity does not consist of the donors continuing to control the mechanisms and the availability of the donation. Real charity consists of supporting the recipient to [...]

HISD poised to approve tying test scores to performance: Mary Almendarez comments

Below are some comments from Mary Almendarez of LULAC.  She applaudes the district imminent decision to fire some teachers for under-performing.  What a novel concept, right?  The teachers, under the new plan, would be held accountable for the test scores of their students.  To many it sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not that simple
Traditionally, [...]