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Arizona GOP lawmaker wants a holiday celebrating caucasian people

By Andrew Jones Saturday, February 4, 2012 15:43 EST A Republican lawmaker in... more

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Geraldo Rivera: ¡El padre de Romney es de Mexico! Who Knew?

Mitt Romney’s father, former Michigan governor George Romney was born in Mexico.... more

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Romney forgets attack ad that he approved

By David Edwards Thursday, January 26, 2012 22:43 EST Republican presidential... more

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Mayor's Taco Comment was too Spicy to Diaz!

Maybe, just maybe, Maturo wasn't the only one to blame for the viral gaffe! Take... more

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Romney advocates ‘self-deportation’ for undocumented immigrants

By David Edwards Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt... more

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'Negro: A Docu-Series about Latino Identity' by Dash Harris

A docu-series exploring Latino identity in the U.S. and abroad. Historical and present... more

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Ghent Film Festival, Americana Music Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Fest, Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Conference, are Event Highlights in October

Hollywood Reporter and Billboard join forces to deliver a two-day seminar on the role... more

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Lost, Abused and Neglected for a Profit

Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez is a 50 year old legal resident with a mental disability. In... more

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I Endorse John Avalos for Mayor of San Francisco!

Concerning politics when I was younger, I did what I had to. I voted but I usually... more

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Afro-Latino/Hispanic Actors You Should Know

More than 10 Million black African slaves were sent to several islands throughout... more

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Watch 'The Custom Mary' Trailer + Our Exclusive Interview with James Jolly

Newcomer James Jolly stars with Alicia Sixtos in a new indie thriller The Custom Mary,... more

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Deportation is Inhumane

The National Day Labor Organizing Network tries "TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF DAY... more

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John Avalos For Mayor

Yesterday I had a chance to meet with Supervisor John Avalos at a campaign meeting... more

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Summer Issue 2011 Swagga Digital Magazine

Latest Issue of Swagga Digital Magazine, featuring swimwear designs by G.Shrive a... more

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Negro: Rio de Janeiro

Candid interviews on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first in the... more

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INTERVIEW: Steve Trevino

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Texas Bill Would Turn Illegal Immigrants Into Indentured Servants

Tea Party favorite Debbie Riddle (I kid you not) (R-TX) introduced House Bill 2012 into the Texas State House, a bill that would jail folks who hire undocumented workers but would exempt anyone who hires “the help” for their homes, thereby effectively legalizing slavery for illegal immigrants. Yeah, you heard that right. All y’all indentured servants working for the rich but cheap white man? Y’all can stay. You might think this is crazy, but consider that this comes from “Terror Baby” lady. See? Now it all makes sense.

Yahoo reported today:

As Texas state Rep. Aaron Pena, also a Republican, told CNN, without the exemption, “a large segment of the Texas population” would wind up in prison if the bill became law.

“When it comes to household employees or yard workers it is extremely common for Texans to hire people who are likely undocumented workers,” Pena told the news giant. “It is so common it is overlooked.”

Jon English, Rep. Riddle’s chief of staff explained that the exemption was an attempt to avoid “stifling the economic engine” in Texas, which today is, somewhat ironically, celebrating its declaring independence from Mexico in 1836.

Mind you, this is the same Miss Debbie who wants to copy Arizona’s papers please law. So, it’s OK and not scary when brown people clean the house and do the yard, but it’s super scary when they….exist? This whole Tea Party thing is starting to make sense. It’s about what serves the white man best at any given moment! Brown person working for cheap for rich man? Good! Brown person driving around? Toss ‘em in jail! Gosh, sounds a lot like slavery, no?

Hey, y’all, so long as you are indentured servants, the white gal from Texas loves ya’! This here is freedom Tea Party style. Think of what this could mean for “terror babies”. If they are willing to clean the toilets of Miss Debbie’s house, they too can come here and be “free”. See, we’re not afraid of the brown, we’re afraid of the brown taking good jobs. But so long as those spunky Texans can make the brown work for free or little, thereby helping to push down the average pay for all Americans, well then, they can stay! Win win!

Now if only Miss Debbie can get the “help” to take over union jobs, the Tea Party overthrow of freedom will be complete!Tea Party favorite Debbie Riddle (I kid you not) (R-TX) introduced House Bill 2012... more

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States seek to copy Arizona immigration law that would allow law enforcement officers to stop people and demand proof of legal immigration status

Arizona's hot-button immigration law is on hold, pending court appeals, but its effects are rippling across the country as state legislatures reconfigured by the November elections begin their new sessions.
The disputed Arizona law would allow law enforcement officers to stop people and demand proof of legal immigration status. In July, a U.S. district judge granted the Obama administration's request for an injunction blocking parts of the trailblazing law, which raised many legal questions, including whether local officials can legally enforce federal immigration law and whether such local enforcement could lead to unconstitutional racial profiling.

That hasn't deterred elected officials elsewhere — legislation closely modeled on Arizona's law has been introduced in at least 15 other states since the beginning of the year. (See box below.) And legislators in other states say they're awaiting clarification from the courts before introducing their own measures.
The issue is simple, they say: Illegal immigrants are breaking the law, taking jobs and services from U.S. citizens and legal residents.
"It's a huge problem," said Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant of Mississippi, where the state Senate last month became the first state legislative chamber to pass a bill modeled on the Arizona measure.
Opponents contend that such measures would unconstitutionally institutionalize racial profiling, leaving anyone who looks or sounds "different" vulnerable to being targeted by police — "just like the way African-Americans were discriminated years before," said Sole Arrellano, an organizer for the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance.
Democratic state Sen. David Jordan, who is black, also said opposition to the bill crossed racial and ethnic lines.
"Those of us who have been in the struggle to see how things were done have to be skeptical of anything targeting African-Americans and Latinos," Jordan said.
TheGrio: Black and brown unite to fight Mississippi immigration bill
En Español: Immigration news and updates from Telemundo
Dividing line for Republicans
While the measures haven't gotten the national attention the Arizona law commanded, they are dividing legislators and immigration activists just as sharply.
Massachusetts police arrested a man last month and accused him of sending a threatening e-mail to Will Snyder, a Republican who introduced an Arizona-style law in the Florida House.
"You better just stop that ridiculous law if you value your and your family's lives, a------," the e-mail said, according to The Miami Herald.
They're also putting high-profile governors on the spot in states with large immigrant populations.

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Common Practice: Music Touching the Hearts of Everyone

“Common Practice” is an inspiring short film by Marcos Efron, which was... more

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I Am The Voice - Yo Soy La Voz --- VOTE

Rocking the Latino vote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOqRwOtu-30

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