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Jul.16.2009
Adding to the cynicism of Senator Jeff Sessions pointed questioning of Judge Sotomayor's alleged "racist" comments during her confirmation hearings is a bit of history about the Senator himself. It seems much of the Senator's ire could be based on the fact Mr. Sessions was rejected as a...
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Jul.15.2009
The second day of Senate hearings for Judge Sotomayor had a couple of moments so loaded with irony, they could have been satirical skits. Unfortunately, what they represented was hardly funny.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, berated Judge Sotomayor for her now infamous...
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Jul.13.2009
Your assignment: spotlight science fiction and fantasy titles where people of color are the leads, works by people of color in these genres or discuss your thoughts about race in these genres. Do you notice the absence of color? In what ways is race portrayed in fantasy and science fiction beyond...
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May.16.2009
Is it identity theft when an undocumented worker uses a fake Social Security number to get a job? On May 4, 2009 the United States Supreme Court unanimously said, “No.”
Identity theft, which carries a two-year mandatory prison term, is the crime of using stolen credit cards and other personal...
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May.05.2009
“You've set the blog on fire,” Orlando Sentinel reporter Victor Ramos told me following my April 27th editorial essay on the Sentinel’s Hispanosphere blog. “Your blog post is flaming... It's that A-Word getting people riled up.”
Proving once again that immigration reform is a lightning rod issue,...
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Mar.26.2009
Hi all,
I'm happy to announce I'm the new National Latino Books Examiner for Examiner.com.
If you're a Latino/a author and would like to promote your work, please get in touch.
I'll be reviewing books, doing profiles and interviews, and really just writing about anything related to Hispanic...
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Mar.04.2009
Imagine for a moment that a major retailer decided to create a marketing campaign for everyone in the U.S. whose last name began with a “J.” Household income, education, age, gender, race and other demographic factors would not matter. The only unifying element in this group would be the first...
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Feb.28.2009
Unless you are just now emerging from the safe room you built in anticipation of the Y2K disaster, you probably know Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. That widespread fact has caught the eye of marketers across the country and many have rushed in to exploit this...
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Feb.22.2009
Although the $787 economic stimulus plan has passed, President Obama made it clear much more remains to be done. For the good of the country, a guest worker program must now become one of the key items on the national agenda.
The U.S. economy is at a tipping point. Very soon, workers idled from...
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Feb.18.2009
Hi all,
I was recently interviewed by NY Times Bestselling author Marta Acosta on her popular blog, Vampire Wire.
Marta is the author of the humorous, sexy Casa Dracula series.
Anyway, it's nice to be the interviewee instead of the interviewer once in a while. :-)
I'll be giving away free copies...
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