I was living in Chicago watching the verdict on TV that acquitted the four Los Angeles police officers indicted in the beating of Rodney King. It was April 29, 1992. News crews immediately focused on the corner of Normandie and Florence in South Central L.A., where young African American males...
(36) Comments | Posted January 18, 2012 | 5:46 AM
When you make more laws, you end up making more lawless.
Raza Studies at the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) - providing literary and historical perspectives on the large Chicano population (they are 60 percent of the TUSD student population), classes that have proven to advance students' learning, and would...
(4) Comments | Posted January 4, 2012 | 5:59 AM
We've all heard the pronouncements--ancient Mayans predicted the end of world by December 21, 2012. Perhaps you've read the books, sat through the documentaries, saw the movie.
Now it's 2012 and I can categorically state: this is not the end of the world. According to my friend, the Irish American...
(118) Comments | Posted September 15, 2011 | 7:47 AM
I recently visited Orlando, Florida, home to more Puerto Ricans on the mainland other than New York City. I was there to spend time with my grandson Ricardo, who earlier this year graduated from high school with honors and is now into his first year of college. Ricardo is part...
(793) Comments | Posted August 30, 2011 | 11:12 PM
Recently, African American comedian Katt Williams went on a xenophobic anti-Mexican rant during a comedy show on August 27th in Phoenix, Arizona, apparently in response to a heckler. In comedy it's painfully hard dealing with audience barbs and catcalls (no pun intended), although everyone knows this is part...
Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 2:35 PM