Melinda Nickless, who worked as the assistant director of the Secretary of State’s elections division in Texas, was fired after joking that elections workers should deal with Spanish-speaking voters by communicating with them “loudly and slowly.”
12 November 2009
Texas Election Official Fired After Making Fun Of Spanish-Speaking Voters
By Alex Alvarez at 4:08 PM.
12 October 2009
Latino Hosts Habla En Spanglish Because They’re So Loco For You, Amigo!
By Alex Alvarez at 10:36 AM.
Spanglish TV hosts: Appealing and familiar, or, like, un poco annoying?
28 September 2009
White House Aide Juan Sepulveda Advises Latino Students To Learn English Good
By Alex Alvarez at 5:04 PM.
Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, attended a meeting in Puerto Rico in order to learn how to apply their teaching methods to Latino students in the ‘States.
20 July 2009
Bilingual Kids: So Hot (Uh…) Right Now
By Alex Alvarez at 5:33 PM.
Move along, adopted-children-named-after-metal-bands-and-geographic-formations, there’s a new trendy celebrity child in town! Bilingual children are so in, especially if you wrap them in a Snuggie and pop them into a green tote bag.
23 June 2009
Pricks And Stones: Words You Can And Cannot Use
By Alex Alvarez at 5:48 PM.
GLAAD has asked Perez Hilton to apologize for calling Will.i.am a “faggot” during a recent altercation. Let’s explore other “off limit” wurdz, shall we?
8 June 2009
Oye, Gente, Que Son Your Thoughts On Spanglish?
By Alex Alvarez at 2:30 PM.
We want to know what you all think when you hear Spanglish in movies, blogs, commercials and whatnot. Especially when the use of Spanglish coincides with the idea that young Latinos in the United States are all fans of so-called “urban culture.” Child, we grew up drinking refreshing carbonated beverages in the suburbs.
30 January 2009
Rod Blagojevich Speaks Our Language (Spanglish)
By Alex Alvarez at 12:00 PM.
Ousted (Yup! He’s out.) Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich took a little time out from feeding his head merkin the pulverized hearts of stillborn babies to hold a brief press conference outside his home. He used this time to give a shout-out, in Spanish, to his Latino fan(s).
“Biminoo rabimbolo akalwabob!” he said, addressing the crowd. [...]
20 January 2009
Beyond The Barrio: Romanian Immigrant Raped Woman To “Learn English In Prison”
By Alex Alvarez at 9:48 AM.
The Daily Mail claims Ali Majlat, a Romanian immigrant living in Britain, raped a 21-year-old “girl” so that he could get English lessons in jail. We’re rather inclined to think he raped a 21-year-old woman because he’s a rapist.
See how that works?
The 35-year-old ex-con had moved to England a few months after being released from prison [...]
12 January 2009
Councilman Eric Crafton Attempts To Implement An “English First” Resolution For Nashville Lawmakers
By Alex Alvarez at 5:15 PM.
