CarlosQC's Comments (39)

“Please tell the "younger hispanic children in CA" that you work with, that not all of them are Hispanics, you will do them a big favor by educating them about their true heritages.”

“None of the "Hispanic" media acknowledges the fact that we are not Hispanic, but many racial and cultural groups that speak Spanish, they group us together as if we were ONE community, which is not true.

Based on this discriminatory concept, Blacks, Whites, Asians, Natives, etc. all peoples who speak English should be classified as Anglos, period.

The day when the media in Spanish in the US actually presents our Native American communities, our African descendant communities, Europeans (not only Hispanics), Asians, Arabs, etc. perhaps the level of quality in their productions may improve. I hope to see that!”

“Most Puerto Ricans are Black.”

“Hispanics are white mostly. Brown people are Native Americans mostly, even if we speak Spanish we are not from Hispania.”

“I am not bothered by this. My first language is Spanish and I am Native American I am not Hispanic, but I am aware that most media in Spanish in the US are really bad. From the press, TV, radio and internet outlets that I know in DC, NYC, LA, Miami, Houston, etc. tend to be really mediocre to the point that I would never recommend anyone to expose their children to such content.

What could "the legacy and role of Hispanic media" be? Hispanic refers to Spain and Portugal for instance.

If we talk about the media in Spanish in the US, they have more defects than strengths and most of them are White-owned anyways. Usually they present a limited or manipulated information, they are racist, intolerant, with a Eurocentric content, bad TV programming, mediocre press, trashy radio, really bad commercial music, sexist and macho mentality, violence, old bad US flicks badly translated, etc.

Seems to me that the role of "Hispanic" media in the US is to keep poor, working class people in a conformist and stupid state of mind. With very good few exceptions, most of that media needs to reconsider their role among our Native, Afro and European communities who speak Spanish.

Instead of wasting time and resources trying to honor bad media, Senator Harry Reid should focus to get the GOP support for Health Care and Immigration Reforms.”

“Roberto Lovato, I support your efforts against CNN and Lou Dobbs completely. But you are making a mistake by calling us Latinos.

Most of immigrants in the U.S. that came from "Latin American" countries, are actually Native peoples and Afro descendants. We are not southern Europeans, and is a time the U.S. learns that history is repeating itself when this government persecutes and tortures Indigenous peoples who are undocumented.

Especially in the case of Lou Dobbs, he targets Native immigrants who are undocumented because he is a racist. So we need to call his racist attacks like it is. You can't fight racism by promoting racial and cultural discrimination at the same time. We are not Latinos nor Hispanics, let's have a real talk here. Thanks.”

“Let me remind you or inform you in any case:

US foreign policies control most Latin American countries and have caused poverty, wars, coups and deadly displacement in those nations. The US influence in Western hemisphere have forced millions of poor people to migrate undocumented to this country, in order to survive. No one risks their lives and put leaves their families behind under such tragic conditions, just because they feel like it.

No money for immigration reform? What if the US stops building military bases in Colombia, closes some of its 1,000 military bases around the world, ends military conflicts it promotes in other countries like Congo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Colombia, Peru, Rwanda, and others.

Stop being hypocrites, stop xenophobic hate, let's promote a country with equality and social justice for all. How many hurricane Katrina do you need to remind you that you won't take your money when you die, but you can leave a legacy to the future generations. How will your grand kids understand your reasons to abuse 12 million second class citizens supporting your nation of billionaires?”

“Immigration Reform is an urgent priority for the United States and its future as a country, it's a matter of national security, social justice, public safety, democracy, labor and human rights.

Those arrogant, selfish, insensitive and ignorant people who think the opposite, need to wake up. The world does not end at the southern border, and undocumented workers are part of this nation because most of them contribute to its economy, culture, society, and they will be here - with immigration reform or not.

This is a very young nation with a history of important contributions to the world, but let's remember the US was created by undocumented immigrants, built by slaves, created in stolen and invaded lands, with a history of injustice, colonialism and military and corporate imperialism.

The US has had obsolete laws that once treated non-whites as sub humans, and women as inferiors. Laws are meant to be reformed, changed, updated, improved. The question is, does the US want to allow human exploitation of millions of workers? Is this a nation ready to change its embarrassing mistakes of the past?”

“Great article Favianna.

Racism in this country is still deep and alive, but it doesn't only from white people towards non white people, I must sadly add that even within the so called "Hispanic" community there is racism against Indigenous and Afro descendants -the majority of our communities.

For instance, I speak as an Indigenous man and I see that the "Hispanic" political establishment doesn't want to acknowledge our Indigenous communities in the United States.

In reality we are not Hispanics nor Latinos. Most Americans of Mexican, Central and South American origins are Native Americans, even the mestizos who are mixed blood Natives. But racism hides our presence and cultures in this country, where we are forced to assimilate to that "Latino" identity, which is like a salad of everything and doesn't reflect who we really are.

I support Judge Sonia Sotomayor not because she has a Spanish last name, or because she is a white woman of Puerto Rican heritage raised in NYC. I support her because she is a wise woman, with a background that proves she will be a great Supreme Justice, someone who can represent many in this country who are trying to overcome many obstacles to succeed, including racism.”

“Bullfights are part of Hispanic culture. I find it disgusting and brutal.”

“Totally agreed.”

“Why some people still believe there is such a thing as Hispanic community?

Firstly, Hispanic is a racist term that refers exclusevely to Spanish heritage and people. Most of people from Latin America in the U.S. are either Native Americans or Afro descendants. We are not Hispanics.

And we don't think alike, we don't support same politics, we are not one cohesive and united community. What do Native Chicanos, Black Dominicans or Afro Peruvians born or raised in the U.S. have in common with a Nuyorican Judge like Sonia Sotomayor? Nothing, mist of them don't even speak Spanish in the first place.

Stop this Hispanic non sense.

Oh, looking at these photos, it doesn't seem to me that Sonia Sotomayor was the poor kid growing in ghetto South Bronx. And she looks white...”

“Please stop calling us Hispanics or Latinos, we are not from Spain nor our heritage is from Southern Europe (Latin). We are from America, our roots are mostly Native American, Asian and African. Thanks!”

“Please stop calling us Hispanics, we are not from Spain, our roots are mostly Native American and African. Thanks!”

“Judge Sonia Sotomayor is not Hispanic nor Latina.

She is perhaps mixed of several races, but her roots are Puerto Rican. Most importantly she is an American, a Nuyorican!

The down side is that with this nomination, the U.S. government and media will use Justice Sonia Sotomayor as a tool to keep spreading a fake racial and cultural identity, as they have placed millions of Americans of different races in one false group called Hispanic or Latino.

This idea that we are only of European heritage makes our people deny our true ancestry in order to fit in. As if they had been brainwashed, most people who accept the terms of Latino and Hispanic they want to be white, they want to forget about our brown and black skin, they don't want to be called Indigenous or Natives, let alone Africans.

If Barack Obama was born in Mexico or Dominican Republic for instance, he would be forced to deny his African roots and they'd call him Hispanic/Latino too... is that fair? It is wrong, discriminatory and a big scam.”

“Nominate a qualified person, regardless or race or gender.”

“Based on the pictures show by HP, this news refers only to rich white people obviously.­.. for what I see in my neighborho­od... there is very few tryin to go on a cruise or to buy diamonds extracted by children slavers in Africa...”

“President Obama should pick the most qualified person for this job, especially someone with a true sense of what really justice means for American people. He should not base this decision on race, gender or nationality.

I am of Latin American heritage -I am an Indigenous man and I'm not Hispanic- and based on my experience in the U.S., I don't think a person with a Spanish surname will do a better job for me than another without it. What counts is the person's character and skills to perform a good job in benefit of all peoples.”

“Clinton put more black men in jail than any Republica president ever. That guy is a fake.”

“This is like one of those MTV, Grammy and alike award ceremonies where they play a 'oh Im so much into black people I can mock them like Im one of them' script... perhaps these white people don't mean harm, but lets say it: they look soo stupid - and make blacks look dumb and stereotyped.”

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The Guardian doesn't say that 4-year-old Edgar Hernandez is the swine flu's "Possible Source" but is one of the 400 earliest cases known.

Who could be so mean spirited to create such a horrible post title and blame a little boy of this disease?

Have you watched today's Amy Woodman's video? She call it THE NAFTA FLU.

A Texas border region, a Mexican border town, possible Chinese immigrants coming to the US through Mexico, somewhere there is your "source".. now do some research before copy and paste, and create absurd posts.
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“A Peruvian newspaper and American scholars are denouncing what it seems an attempt from the U.S. government to take control over the natural resources of South America. Through its military bases in Peru and Colombia, the United States intends to increase its political and economic power in the region.

There are close ties between the U.S. Peru Free Trade Agreement - FTA and the chance of the U.S. opening a military base in the Andean country.

Thus, a secret deal might have been agreed between the Alan Garcia government and the Bush administration in order to build more than one secret base like the one spotted in the Ayacucho region, in the central Andes region of Peru - WATCH VIDEO.

This deal could have been part of the reason why the Peru FTA was passed by the U.S. Congress with such extraordinary majority, days after Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates asked Congress members to do so.”

“Here is my hubby talking about Earth Day after he passed NAFTA and Plan Colombia, now THAT's funny!”

“VIVA HUGO CHAVEZ!”

“This photo is historical. Two great men, two respected Afro descendant leaders of the Americas have met, they represent the hope of millions, they represent the change that both the U.S. and Latin America need, regardless of their differences in politics and ways of governing, I believe both Obama and Chavez can build a positive relationship with common respect that will benefit the people of U.S. and Venezuela.”