Sonya Sotomayor’s Senate hearings have begun and old, white Republicans are getting a chance to air their feelings about the thought of a Latina woman sitting on the nation’s highest court.
13 July 2009
Sonia Sotomayor Hearings: A Forum For Scared, Old, White Dudes To Air Their Feelings
By Jack Tomas at 2:30 PM.
17 June 2009
The Today Show Teaches Us That You Just Can’t Know Who’s Hispanic And Who Isn’t These Days
By Alex Alvarez at 1:00 PM.
The Today Show featured a segment all about how Latinos have impacted pop culture, specifically in the realms of media and entertainment (because Latinos in the realm of science, literature, and politics won’t likely be discovered ’til next year). And, aw, it was kind of sweet.
14 June 2009
Levi Johnston’s Mexicanness Reported In GQ
By Cindy Casares at 6:00 AM.
Turns out Levi Johnston’s Mexicanness comes from his dad, Keith. It was in that shirtless GQ article. Who read that?
22 May 2009
No Estamos En Kansas, Anymore: Whites Become Minority In Kansas County
By Cindy Casares at 4:23 PM.
It’s all very normal for Los Angeles or San Antonio to have a Latino majority, but today, the U.S. Census Bureau announces that whites in Finney County, Kansas–the heartland of white bread, Americana–became a majority-minority between 2007 and 2008. Where else are we taking over?
