Whoa! Look at this: there ARE Latinos supporting Obama, such as the musicians of Mariachi Aguilas de Mexico. This is some pretty good music, too. English translation of the lyrics: To the candidate who is Barack ObamaI sing this corrido with all my soulHe was born...
Two weeks ago, in response to my January 19th post, one reader commented: Tell me more about ‘English Only bull#$%.’ What does that refer to? Does Mexico publish its voter materials in other languages for the benefit of non-Mexican-speakers? English Only is a movement...
I'm disturbed by the assumption that Hillary Clinton has the Latino vote in her back pocket. I'm disturbed by the media assertion that there's tension between black and Latino voters. I'm disturbed by Sergio Bendixen's statement that "The Hispanic voter -- and I want...
Today is the day of the Nevada caucuses, the first time in our history that a state with a large Hispanic population will get an early say in who our presidential nominees are. I'm looking forward to strong support for Obama coming out of Nevada, but as has been...
The other day at work, I was standing near the manager's office. She was on the phone, but turned to me, "Regina, do you speak Spanish?" As I always do at that question, I felt fearful, hesitated and tried to think of how to get out of another opportunity to show what...
"Did our ancestors suffer, sacrifice and struggle just so we could come here and read books, Regina?" - Rayfield A. Waller, Cornell University, 1991. A July 22 Reuters article, on a survey done by The Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation, said that...