You better think long and hard before giving your baby a Spanish name because they might just grow up to hate you for it.
6 October 2009
24 August 2009
José Hernandez: From Migrant Worker To NASA Astronaut
By Alex Alvarez at 4:33 PM.
José Hernandez is one of seven astronauts making their way to the space station tomorrow. We’re particularly interested in him because the media is very interested in his background: Hernandez, you see, started off as a migrant worker.
4 August 2009
Deputy Jonathan Bleiweiss Arrested For Sexually Battering Undocumented Young Men In Florida
By Cindy Casares at 5:58 PM.
Jonathan Bleiweiss, 28, an openly gay deputy for the Broward County Sheriff’s Department in Oakland Park, Florida has been arrested for sexual battery against eight young, undocumented immigrant men and boys.
17 July 2009
Blind Item: What NBA Wife Exploits Immigrant Labor?
By Cindy Casares at 1:45 PM.
Some NBA wife brags about how little she pays her immigrant household staff. And it ain’t Vanessa Bryant!
13 July 2009
Eridania Rodriguez’s Story Leads To Concern Over Safety Of Cleaning Personnel
By Alex Alvarez at 1:45 PM.
The recent murder of 46-year-old cleaning woman Eridania Rodriguez has left us wondering about the safety of cleaning personnel - especially those who happen to be women and immigrants. Why was no one protecting this woman after she professed to being afraid on the job?
4 May 2009
Tecate Is Kicking Ass, Swinging Its Balls By Marketing Specifically To Mexican-Americans
By Alex Alvarez at 9:14 AM.
Who knew you could make money by making machista commercials solely targeted at Mexican immigrants? Tecate knew! So don’t bring any pansy shit - like playing ping-pong - to this bar, güey.
18 April 2009
Covering The Coverage: NY Times Unearths Poor, Uneducated Hispanic Person
By Cindy Casares at 5:05 PM.
Under the guise of “cultural sensitivity” the press continues to focus on poor, uneducated Latino immigrants while ignoring those who have college educations and have been in this country for generations.
13 April 2009
Lupe Ontiveros Talks To NPR About Playing The Maid
By Cindy Casares at 12:12 PM.
Lupe Ontiveros, who you might remember as the maid in The Goonies or a few hundred other films, sat down with NPR to talk about the legacy of immigrants, which is, namely, to play the maid. But isn’t referring to Lupe as the daughter of immigrants another tired stereotype Latinos in this country get saddled [...]
10 March 2009
Sin Nombre Adds Its Voice To The Latino Immigrant Celluloid Collection
By Cindy Casares at 6:00 PM.
Sin Nombre, the latest Latin American immigrant film to wow critics, produced by Alex’s boyfriends Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, premieres March 20 in select theaters.
3 February 2009
Anderson Cooper’s Alleged Boyfriend J.D. Ordonez Says Immigrants Should “Learn English”
By Cindy Casares at 5:45 PM.
We just enjoyed reading a special aggro interview with J.D. Ordonez, the gay dolphin trainer and Real World Brooklyn castmember who allegedly used to hide the salami with Anderson Cooper.
