Latinos..Ripped From the Headlines

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Last June, the Puerto Rican Day parade in New York was followed by sexual assaults upon women by various groups of young men made up of Blacks, Whites and Latinos. Some policemen were criticized for not paying attention to the women who reported assaults. A few of the police defended their apathy by saying Puerto Ricans would have complained if any arrests were made.

Unfortunately, because the media decided to run with the story given by those very few bad cops, the entire department was stereotyped as apathetic and intimidated by "political correctness" run amok. Puerto Ricans were stereotyped as feeling above the law and opposed to basic law enforcement and personal responsibility. People seemed to accept that Puerto Ricans, for some reason, did not want criminals punished for their crimes. The facts of that day are that many good police officers enforced the law over 3,000 times in a crowd of 2.5 million. This is typical for any large carnival atmosphere. There were also hundreds, if not thousands, of good Puerto Ricans celebrating their heritage with an emphasis on human rights in Vieques and the activist, lawyer and scholar, Pedro Albizu Campos.

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Helping El Salvador

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On January 13th, El Salvador suffered from an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale. There have been almost one thousand aftershocks since then. More than 650 are dead, 500 are missing, 2,400 have been injured and more than 40,000 are homeless. Add a comment

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Taina

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Taina, a new show by Nickelodeon, proves the network can once again deliver a dynamic show reflecting real life for kids. The protagonist's name,Taina, refers to the original indigenous tribe of Puerto Rico, the Tainos. Beyond just a show with Latinos, Nickelodeon has brought another quality cast and creative team to portray the kind of world in which our kids really live in - one of diversity and dreams.


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Linda Chavez's Race Card

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Several newspapers have been chastising the Hispanic civil rights groups and organizations that are criticizing Bush's choice for Labor Secretary - Linda Chavez. When Hispanic groups rush to support public Hispanic figures, it's often suspected they only have that support because they are Hispanic. Yet when a conservative Hispanic who opposes the views of the vast majority Hispanic leaders is nominated, we're bad for not supporting her.

Now who's playing the race card?

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