April 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Keith Olbermann starts his own TV...
h/t: Lalo Alcaraz
March 2012
M.E.Ch.A. Endorses BDS →
yasalam:
March 30, 2012 — At the 19th annual national conference of M.E.Ch.A. (Movímíento Estudíantíl Chícan@ de Aztlán), the largest association of Latin@ youth in the US, chapter leaders voted by a landslide decision to endorse the global call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) on Israel, due to its military occupation and settlement of Palestine.
The announcement that M.E.Ch.A....
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“This is the kind of thing which is sometimes called ironic, but is closer to...”
– From John Lanchester’s Marx at 193 for LRB, April 5, 2012
His claim that Marxists for the most part have been reluctant to address that nature is finite is patently untrue. I don’t expect a journalist to understand everything, and in fact John mentions that he is not an expert/ scholar...
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“Verrilli’s performance was baffling. His job—officially—is to make legal...”
– I laughed. Henry Aaron was more sympathetic. [Brookings] Quote from VICE.
“Sociobiology is not just any statement that biology, genetics, and evolutionary...”
– Stephen Jay Gould, Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes (via hodos-ano-kato)
Bravo.
“The Latino community joins the African-American community and other communities...”
– Roberto Lovato, co-founder of the online Latino advocacy organization Presente.org, in comments made to a reporter for The Daily Caller.
Roberto also had this to say about the piece on Facebook,
Young reporter for the right wing Daily Caller was baiting me to fall into the...
“We know, we know the candidate Barack Obama what he was like, antiwar,...”
– Did Rick Santorum say n* word? What else could that n- have been?
““Where did all the liberals go?,” Klanklannon taunted after posting...”
– White Supremacists Hack Trayvon Martin’s Email Account, Leaks Messages Online [Gawker]
You exposed a normal kid with big ambitions, and in the odd chance that you found something juicy, he’s a kid. He’s a boy. He’s not a threat to your livelihood. Congratulations you...
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“After Tuesday’s highly anticipated vote on whether to vote for a boycott on...”
– If you want a first rate lesson in how to straw man your way across the finish line while also offering an analysis of a movement devoid of all context except how you personally feel and how the people that you surround yourself with view themselves relative to the movement, check out this piece of...
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Congratulations to all of the Baby Bears on your acceptance.
To those of you who were not accepted, chin up.
“People who live along the eastern edge of East Hollywood will sometimes fudge...”
– Name That Los Angeles Neighborhood! | The Awl (via felixsalmon)
I’ll be in Los Angeles tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week; I miss you LA but not really…
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“Francis Wilkinson writing for Bloomberg, argues that political journalism is...”
– log | tofias dot net: An Ecosystem of Accountability
The last sentence painfully resonates on my end.
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“I went from plowshares to the stars.”
– Jose Hernandez, Democratic congressional candidate. Apparently a Sacramento law firm has filed a lawsuit challenging Democratic congressional candidate Jose Hernandez’s use of the title “astronaut” on the ballot for his House race.
It continues, the son of Mexican immigrants,...
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“In all honesty, I’m not at all surprised by the sentiment, as I have a pretty...”
– Running Chicken: Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed
Prof. Ari has been on a roll lately but I worry that “what people cannot say in public becomes, eventually, what they cannot say even in private,” which is fine but what if then, still later, they vote for or support policies...
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Officer engaged in racial profiling, LAPD finds →
From the Los Angeles Times tumblr,
A white police officer targeted Latino drivers for traffic stops because of their race, a Los Angeles Police Department investigation concluded — marking the first time the agency has found one of its officers guilty of racial profiling.
The officer is a 15 year veteran of the LAPD which I find worrisome and I hope that the LAPD is as thorough in their...
“She told me, “Blacker, Jordan—c’mon, blacker. I thought you were black”…she read...”
– Jordan Shumate, of George C. Marshall High School, was reading the poem out loud as directed when his teacher, Marilyn Bart, stopped him and asked that he perform the piece in a “blacker” voice, and then demonstrated exactly what she was asking for…
via: litreactor, h/t: stuffsmartppllike
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“Why does anyone think she is the ultimate authority on what it means to be...”
– Steve Abraira, Latino Fire Department Chief, Singled Out For Inability To Speak Spanish [Huff Post]
I disagree, there must be a checklist.
You can’t be Latin@ if you can’t bust basic cumbia moves when you’re drunk.
Celia Cruz is La Reina.
Selena, ‘nuff said.
You begin...
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RE: Zimmerman's Ethnicity
thecallus:
I thought this was pretty well-known?
Racial tension happens everywhere. In the Northeast we’re used to hearing about tensions when blacks move into lower- and middle-class neighborhoods. But in the South, with a nascent Latin-American population, we see similar tensions between African-American and Latin-American groups thrown together by economic circumstance.
One of the things we...
“James, I am not a fool. The barn is the same place where you taped intimate...”
– It involves James O’Keefe and he’s every bit as fucked up as you thought.
The story is awful, horrible, disgusting but “…you believe by denigrating my personal character and using the same sexually suggestive tactics that are currently being used against Herman Cainthat my...
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“But also, it’s helpful to me to keep in mind that my name is going to be...”
– Running Chicken: The Problem of Online Anonymity
Sometimes the only words that suffice are “LOL” or “This is stupid.” In my experience the best way to respond to bigoted comments is simply “LOL” or “This is stupid.” This is not because I’m lazy (although this has...
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“Limbaugh used to work for the Royals. I didn’t really know him, but I bumped...”
– Bill James on norms in public behavior (via tofias)
“1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]
Build LatinoCities, a network of...”
– Knight News Challenge: LatinoCities
When you have Roberto Lovato and Lalo Alcaraz supporting your project, it’s probably something that’s worth the time and resources. Count me in as well.
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Pursuing a Dream - Dream Act as an Equalizer →
By anawanna. Just forwarding this along to interested parties.
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Jadaliyya Launches Maghreb Page →
sharquaouia:
Jadaliyya announces the launch of its new Maghreb Page, found here. Much like the setup of the Syria Page and Egypt Page, the Maghreb Page will feature articles about the Maghreb, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara—covering all subject matter. We will accept submissions in Arabic, English, and French. If you are interested in contributing...
