Archive for category civil rights
Leaving the Campaign at Wounded Knee
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, civil rights, native american, news, politics, racism on June 30th, 2008
young Indian organizers take the chance to speak out about issues
~New America Media
“Young people need to know who they are. With Native people, at the core of that is culture and spirituality. That’s how our people have survived all the things the government has done to us.”
Immigration issues aren’t simply about Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in activism, asian-american, civil rights, happenings, immigration, politics on June 15th, 2008
Indians on Hunger Strike to Avoid Deportation
~New America Media
“…hundreds of workers from India who were trafficked to the post-Katrina Gulf Coast… demanded that the Attorney General grant them “continued presence” in the United States under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.”
Sen. Robert Menendez decries ICE ‘witch hunt’ of Latinos
Posted by taino8632 in civil rights, happenings, immigration, latino, racism on June 13th, 2008
~Los Angeles Times
“…Our legitimate desire to get control over our borders has too often turned into a witch hunt against Hispanic Americans and other people of color…”
…rise in hate crimes against hispanics
Posted by taino8632 in analysis, civil rights, hate crimes, immigration, latino, news, politics, pundits, racism on May 27th, 2008
Obama: Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs responsible for rise in hate crimes against hispanics
~Huffington Post
“A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There’s a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,” Obama said. “If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it’s not surprising that would happen.”
Malcolm X ( May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, civil rights, famous people, happenings, history, news on May 19th, 2008
Happy Birthday, Malcolm
~The Root
We met Malcolm through the prism of popular culture, and we embraced him as a commodity, to signal our own disbelief in the American dream.
On Malcolm X’s birthday, those of us who embraced him as a pop icon need to encounter him again. We need to revisit Malcolm…
