December 2011
180 posts
Nationwide transit crisis disproportionally hurts...
univisionnews:
Wilbur Alexander commutes to work using Los Angeles public transportation, although it takes longer and is unreliable. (Photo: Albert Sabaté)
By ALBERT SABATÉ
Channels: Economics, Immigration
It is still dark as Wilbur Alexander pulls the drawstrings of his hoodie tightly around his face and stuffs his hands into its pockets to avoid the morning cold. Alexander leaves his...
Pariah Personals
latinosexuality:
Salon.com partnered with New America Media to run a series of coming out stories by LGBT youth of Color and LGBT immigrant youth titled “Pariah Personals,” the series is inspired by Pariah the Movie.
Read the Pariah Personals .
Vixen Chat: Tatyana Ali Talks Panamanian Roots +... →
Stripping Dominicans of Haitian descent of their... →
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Racial identity is changing among Latinos
[to the surprise of those not following The LatiNegr@s Project]
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A recent study conducted by Amon Emeka and Jody Agius Vallejo, assistant professors of sociology in USC Dornsife, explores why many people with Latin American ancestry do not choose a Latino ethnic identification on U.S. Census surveys. The paper was published in the November 2011 issue of Social Science Research. Photos...
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Dulce De Leche Cheerios: Latest Bid To Tap... →
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Panamanian Govt Sets Minimum Wage
Panama, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The Panamanian government will approve the new minimum wage adjustment on Tuesday, during their last Cabinet Council in 2011, without an agreement between a special committee and negotiators from various sectors. President Ricardo Martinelli said in a very ambiguous way that “the wage increase will be in harmony with the reality of the country, without...
Propaganda negra...
alexinhocaicedo:
La propaganda negra, es una expresión que se utiliza en el “ámbito político” para denunciar que a un candidato o a un partido le están haciendo falsas acusaciones o la mismísima “guerra sucia.” En el caso de los afrocolombianos, ¿podría decirse que la propaganda negra es una campaña masiva de desprestigio, que llevan a cabo los medios de comunicación, las entidades...
Fuck Yeah FTMs of Color: National Queer AAPI... →
fuckyeahftmsofcolor:
SAVE THE DATE and Request for Proposals!
Join us JULY 17-22 in Washington, DC!!
Presence Power Progress A National Conference of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and TransgenderAsian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders to network, organize, agitate, educate, and build…
sometimes i think i should never date anyone who...
guerrillamamamedicine:
The Year of Frantz Fanon
Indeed to Fanon we owe the idea that in every human being there is something indomitable which no domination – no matter in what form – can eliminate, contain nor suppress, or at least completely. Fanon tried to grasp how this “something” could be reanimated and brought back to life under conditions of subjugation. He argued that this...
daniellemertina:
I swear, black women are the only group of women it’s acceptable to diagnose with a widespread attitude problem and ugliness (a subjective sexist & racist diagnosis at best) and then give that as a reason for everything from the declining marriage rate for black women, black men not feeling like men, to black children not having daddy’s.
In fact, I’m sure if you stretched...
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child - Watch... →
Conspiracy Theories & HIV
latinosexuality:
from my media justice column
My last post was a reflection of the many questions and myths I hear from the youth (and sometimes adults) I provide HIV education and prevention in NYC. This post is one where I’d like to discuss a topic I hear almost every time I do a session, especially with youth of Color: HIV was created to eradicate people of Color. I hear this as well from...
Obama's head of customs and border protection...
univisionnews:
Obama’s southern border “czar” announced his resignation in a statement on Thursday. (Wikipedia)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
President Obama’s head of customs and border protection, Alan Bersin, on Thursday became the second member of the administration to resign this month.
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Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist!: Alexis... →
DEC 19TH 2011 BY ELIXHER
InspiHERed By: Alexis Pauline Gumbs
InspiHERed By spotlights phenomenal women in the Black queer community—everyone from artists to activists. Each week ELIXHER features someone whose personal journey and individual craft inspire us to dream bigger, laugh harder, and love deeper. This week ELIXHER had the honor of interviewing Alexis Pauline Gumbs from...
Anonymous asked: maybe not the first time they do this, and maybe you've already posted about it, but, just in case-- have you seen the new Latina magazine issue? there's a section of Afro-Latinos. it's the Dec-Jan issue
Cuba: “Juan of the Dead” keeps La Havana free of...
univisionnews:
Juan De Los Muertos (Juan of the Dead) a movie that is currently filling up movie theaters all across Cuba. (http://www.juanofthedeadmovie.com/)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs, Entertainment
Some parts of downtown La Havana seem as if they belong in a fictional world already. Part of that may be the reason Argentine-born director Alejandro Brugués used the...
All of my black conscious followers
so-treu:
blackamazon:
strugglingtobeheard:
super-eklectic1:
super-eklectic1:
we should have sessions on tinychat or skype where we can get away from all the racist fools, talk about issues or whatever else and we’ll call it “The Blackout”, “Noir session” or “Black Reign” (whichever you prefer)
other non black followers who are also conscious like austin (stfuconfederates) are always...
Javier Villa-Flores. “‘To Lose One’s Soul’:... →
“Europeans did not enslave Africans because they considered Africans inferior,...”
– Robert L Harris Jr, PHD. Professor of African American Studies at Cornell University. Quote from Soaring High: Teaching our Young Men the Winning Combination (via latinegro)
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if you were taking a "latin@ communities &...
what would you want/expect to read, see, witness, learn?
I’m building a syllabus for the spring and would love to hear some suggestions!
follow @BeingAfroLatino on twitter
it’s us The LatiNegr@s Project!
“Last year, the N.Y.P.D. recorded more than 600,000 stops; 84 percent of those...”
– Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. - NYTimes.com (via nickdouglas)
imagine what its like for LatiNegr@s
"No Black woman should apologize for being...
zorawitch:
Toni Morrison