One of the biggest civil rights cases to affect Hispanics began in 1950 when Peter Hernandez was accused of murdering Joe Espinoza. This incident occurred in Edna, Texas, the county seat of Jackson County. There was no doubt in any Hispanic’s mind that Hernandez would be found guilty, after all no Hispanic had been allowed [...]
I was reading some comments on one of the conservative blogs the other day. They were complaining about Sotomayor saying that her becoming a Supreme Court justice was just pandering to Hispanics. If you want to see it with the most negative spin I guess you can say that. I prefer to be more optimistic [...]
I’ve been watching a commercial for Oreo cookies by Nabisco. It shows a father and son eating oreo cookies together. As the camera pulls back you see that they are doing so long distance via two laptop computers. I really like this commercial. I don’t know what ethnicity they are but they are not Anglo. [...]
I am a proud Texan but that doesn’t mean I’m always proud of what happens in Texas. We are still in a fight for our lives against the Republicans here who seem to have a manifest destiny mentality that requires absolute assimilation by minorities. My anger is currently directed at our Texas Board of Education. [...]
Not that it was a surprise but it is gratifying to have Sonia Sotomayor pass her confirmation hearing. Still everyone needs to bear in mind that only nine Republicans voted for her. Four of those Republicans will not be running for re-election. In other words when they didn’t have to worry about losing their nomination [...]
Personally I thought I had seen the lowest level the Republican party could sink to but the current disruptions of town hall meetings is about as un-American as it comes. I love this coming from the party that insists they are the real Americans and that the rest of us are socialists, communists or whatever [...]
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