So with all the, frankly, embarrassing stunts being pulled by various Latin American and Spanish Olympic teams lately — plus our interest in this post — we found ourselves reading a news story that linked to some pretty cool...

One of the things we love the most about being Latina is being able to claim ties with a vast and varied group of people. Of course, that’s only cool once we kind of gloss over some of the...

File this under better late than never: The United States House of Representatives issued a formal apology yesterday to African-Americans for the “‘fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity’ of slavery and the legal segregation of African-Americans.” The apology also...

Twins Ryan and Leo Gerth were born on July 11, 2008 to their black, Ghanian mom Florence and white, German dad Stephan in Lichtenberg, Germany. The press is having a field day because one is white and one is...

Wondering how to have a conversation with someone who has just informed you that you have “good hair” or that you’re so “pretty and white” or that “you’re a Latina, aren’t you?” while looking at your rear end for...

With all the questions surrounding whether or not The New Yorker’s “The Obamas as Terrorist Fist-Jabbers” cover is good satire or detrimental to his campaign and public image, we didn’t give much thought to how the cover could actually...

A “Miss Hispanic Week” competition in Massachusetts has got us taking out our trusty soap box (it’s really a Café Bustelo can covered in old Lisa Frank stickers) and preaching that, no, Hispanic isn’t a race and, yes, we’re...

Sure, “Stuff White People Like” was an amusing diversion while waiting for an Xtube video to load but, as with anything even remotely clever or enjoyable, it was soon run into the ground by people who don’t realize that...

We had originally intended to write a story that SF Weekly covered about a construction management company that’s been accused of fostering racism among Black and Latino carpenters, until we came across one, particular sentence tucked away within the...

Carmen Juri, a Cuban-American writer, has a bone to pick with the whole concept of affirmative action and vents her frustrations through a review of Joey Gonzalez, Great American. The book, by Puerto Rican-American author Tony Robles, talks of...

Black, non-female presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, recently tried to distance himself from Jeremiah Wright, the charismatic and hopefully audacious “Liberation Theologian” and Senior Pastor of Obama’s Trinity Church by saying: I can no more disown [Jeremiah Wright] than I...

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are really sinking their teeth into their respective election campaigns, especially when it comes to the Latino Democratic vote and especially when those teeth are being sunk into delicious, beefy tacos: Senator Hillary Rodham...

A poll conducted by Manhattanville College says Latinos and Blacks face more discrimination while shopping than White shoppers: Most Latinos who say they’ve experienced discrimination say it happens while shopping (53 percent). Sixty percent of blacks say the same...

You may or may not have followed femilady blog Jezebel’s coverage of Ashley Baker, the former Glamour magazine staffer who pronounced afros and dreadlocks “corporate fashion dont’s.” Her comments sparked a debate over the racial implications, and possibly racist...