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"Lost in the controversy over his death and the violent repression of the National Chicano Moratorium rally (attended by 30,000 people) against the Vietnam War – was the historic nature of [Ruben Salazar's] journalism. Clearly, he was a journalist before his time and what he reported in the El Paso Herald Post and the Los Angeles Times, from 1955 through 1970, still seems relevant to this day. He covered an unpopular war; Vietnam. He also covered Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the upheaval in Mexico in the 1960s. He also wrote about the anti-war movement, black-brown relations, police repression, the border, the inhumane treatment of migrants, the trouble in the lettuce fields, and social and educational inequalities...
While not an activist, his journalism brought the emerging Chicano civil rights movement to the nation’s attention. He defined for the nation – in language that mainstream society understood – what it meant to be Chicano."
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"When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared "Blowout" at East Los Angele's Lincoln High School in March 1968, students from Lincoln and five other East L.A. high schools responded by hitting the streets in peaceful protest.
They were fighting for civil and human rights in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which treated Mexican-American children as barely an afterthought.""When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared... more
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"For the past 40 years, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan -- or, Movement of Chicano Students of Aztlan -- has been criticized as racist and radical. Members sparked riots. Key philosophies, such as "For the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing," even rejected non-Mexicans. But in 1999, the group declared Chicano a philosophy, not a nationality. All people are potential Chicanos or Chicanas, the national group decided at a conference in Phoenix, Ariz.""For the past 40 years, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan -- or,... more
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Knowing Gladys Alard has enriched my life.
Here are five reasons why you need to know her too:
1) She's 81 and she dances better than you can.
2) She went to school with Fidel Castro.
3) She's an amazing story teller.
4) She's charming.
5) She'll teach you what she's taught me about enjoying a full, abundant life.
Knowing Gladys Alard has enriched my life.
Here are five reasons why you need to... more
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Most children of Hispanic immigrants in the United States learn to speak English well by the time they are adults, even though three-quarters of their parents speak mainly Spanish and do not have a command of English, according to a report released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington.Most children of Hispanic immigrants in the United States learn to speak English well... more
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL reports on the real-world consequences of media policy through the lens of how it affects minority media ownership in America.
" A handful of mega-media corporations have gained unprecedented control over radio ... television ... publishing and the Internet. They determine what music you hear, what stories get covered, whose opinions get expressed".BILL MOYERS JOURNAL reports on the real-world consequences of media policy through the... more
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Before Hurricane Katrina, the melting pot of New Orleans was about two-thirds black and a third white. The Latino population was almost unnoticed. But a new spice is being stirred into the gumbo. With half of New Orleanians still not home a year after the flooding, tens of thousands of Latino migrant workers have arrived to rebuild, half of them undocumented. They were unprepared for what they found--everything from discrimination to health hazards to deportations. After the storm, the government let contractors hire people without a fair wage, safe conditions or legal status. With their bare hands, workers gut homes that soaked in a cocktail of cancerous chemicals. Some worked for weeks and never get paid. Meanwhile, the mayor has wondered how to keep New Orleans from being "overrun by Mexican workers." Many local black residents share his view of Latinos as a threat. When I migrated to this country from Peru as a child, I learned what tolerance was by feeling neither accepted nor tolerated. Tolerance is about getting along with people who may be different. It's also about how society tolerates the mistreatment of its people. Still, I believe that the acceptance of the Hispanic working class into a new New Orleans will be slow, but sure. The seed of tolerance is intolerance. I've never made a film before. I learned about this contest on August 29th and became compelled when I learned about the plight of migrant workers in the Gulf region.Before Hurricane Katrina, the melting pot of New Orleans was about two-thirds black... more
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