Ad man Donny Deutsch has been making the news rounds because of his use of the term “coconut” (brown on the outside, white on the inside) to refer to Cuban-American Senatorial Candidate Marco Rubio on an appearance on the The Joy Behar Show. When I heard about this yesterday, I thought to myself that this [...]
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Donny Deutsch, Marco Rubio, and the “Coconut Incident”
February 24th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Jewish - Latino relations · Media · racism
Yet Another Reason to Turn Off the TV: Sarah Palin
January 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments
I do believe that the television, at least major network and cable television, has become so terrible in quality that it isn’t worth turning on except to possibly watch a DVD or PBS. I know that some in this Great Recession have opted to cancel their cable and don’t seem to be missing out on [...]
Tags: Gov. Sarah Palin · Media
Use of Fear in Political Discourse: Do Latinos recognize it?
December 7th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Seneca has contributed the following about Latinos and the use of fear in the political climate:
Fear in public discourse is as ancient as political competition. While man was in the caves, he became fearful of fire, the shadows it created, lightening, thunder, the wind or snow storms, the swollen sea, the flooding streams, [...]
Tags: Abortion rights · African-Americans · Civil Rights · GOP · Immigration · LULAC · Latino History · Media · Republican Party · Same-sex marriage · Seneca · diversity · racism
Monday Post: What we have been reading
November 23rd, 2009 · 16 Comments
I will be adding some new blog posts this week, but there have been some interesting items in the news worth noting.
Lou Dobbs ponders a run for the Senate or the White House. I think that the opposition would have a field day with some of the outrageous things Lou has spewed forth.
Ruben [...]
Tags: Immigration · Media · Ruben Navarrette
Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN
November 11th, 2009 · 19 Comments
I’m so proud that this blog participated in the campaign to get Lou Dobbs off of CNN. Well, the holidays have come early to all who participated in this campaign, as it has just been reported that Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN and that tonight will be his last show on that network.
My favorite [...]
Tags: Media · community organizing and activism · diversity · racism