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Mia Love: She’s Black, She’s Mormon, & She’s a Rising GOP Star Running for Congress

Apr 25, 2012 10 Comments by

Recently, in a conversation about Mitt Romney with a friend, I joked that there was no way that a Black Republican of Mormon faith existed. In my mind the odds of this person existing was somewhere up there right along with the reality of pink unicorns, Santa Claus, and Mark Sanchez winning a Superbowl with [...]

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Right-Wing anti-Immigrant Attack: US Immigration Responsible for Global Warming

Apr 19, 2012 No Comments by

Remember those, “The More You Know” Public Service Announcement on NBC? Weren’t those always fun and informative? Yeah, I think one of those shorts prevented me from smoking a joint with friends one day back in the 10th grade. But now that I’m all grown up, it’s good to see that the people who own [...]

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Mitt Romney’s Mexican Relatives Aren’t Feeling Him

Mar 17, 2012 1 Comment by

So how out of touch is Mitt Romney? Well, according to a report by colorlines.com, Romney is so out of touch that not even his Mexican relatiuves are feeling him. OK, so they don’t exactlt agree with his stance on immigration and the DREAM Act. But still, it sayts a lot when your own relatives [...]

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Al Sharpton Speaks at Immigration Law & Voter ID Protest Rally in Montgomery, Alabama [VIDEO]

Mar 09, 2012 8 Comments by

My man Rev. Al Sharpton made my day today. I’ve said what I’ve had to say about the immigration debate, and these new Voter ID laws on this site; and please believe I have more to say. But for now, just listen to what the good reverend had to say on the steps of the [...]

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The Alamo Heights Basketball “U-S-A” Chant: So, Patriotism is the New Racism in San Antonio?

Mar 08, 2012 36 Comments by

One thing about racism, is the way that it doesn’t discriminate; yep, racism even hangs out at basketball games. It seems that my man racism got tired of all the “white men can’t jump,” jokes and decided to show up down in San Antonio, Texas last Saturday. From what I’m hearing, an all-white Alamo Heights [...]

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Deported Missing Black Girl Rerturns Home

Jan 06, 2012 2 Comments

I just got word via  WFAA.com that 15-year-old Jakadrien Turner is on her way home. In case you’re not familiar with her story, just know that I stand by my words: she should have never been deported; plain and simple. I’m just glad that they were able to quickly work out her return to Dallas. It [...]

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Oh Look: We’re Deporting Missing Little Black Girls Now

Jan 05, 2012 7 Comments

You know those Black kids that go missing that people like me bitch all the time about the little media coverage they get? Well, I have a sneaky suspicion that those kids have all been deported to Columbia. I wish I was half joking about that, but after reading the story of an African American [...]

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Release Navidad: It’s Not Just a Christmas Song

Dec 22, 2011 1 Comment

Most of you, probably get annoyed by Christmas music, on the radio, in the office, being played 24/7. Wouldn’t it suck if there was a Christmas music radio station that played nothing but Christmas music all year long? And wouldn’t it be really messed up if your boss was raised by elves and he kept [...]

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Myth-Buster: Immigration, Internalized Oppression, & Black Unemployment

Dec 20, 2011 8 Comments

¡Hola mi Gente! There is nothing I detest more than to see my own people allowing racist, white supremacist thinking take root in their minds. One point in fact is the misdirected and false perceptions of native-born people of color against immigrants. When I listen to African Americans or Puerto Ricans, for example, go off [...]

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The Danger of Embracing Negative Stereotypes – The “Othering” of a People

Dec 19, 2011 7 Comments

I often mention in my posts on this site that I am an immigrant to this great country. Recently, someone mentioned in a comment that by virtue of me being an immigrant, naturally, I’m biased when it comes to the issue of immigration reform as it’s debated. My position is that being from somewhere and [...]

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So “Illegal Immigrants” Are As Bad As “Legal” Immigrants?

Dec 14, 2011 44 Comments

Not Exactly True Says New Study! So I’m watching the GOP debate several weeks ago on MSNBC and while on break they ran an ad that completely blew my mind. It was an anti-immigration ad sponsored by capsweb.org, a group based in California. This wasn’t your typical anti-immigration ad, and what struck me, was the [...]

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