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1 year ago
in Too Many Youths In Accidents on Speak Out For Trinidad & Tobago
I was a close friend of Jason Cardenas and I will miss him dearly, just a senseless tragedy. I want to leave my email message for Mrs. Cardenas as I have no other way to contact her but here, I have momentos that I would love to give her and to send my condolences...
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1 year ago
in More Fear of A Brown Nation: USA Today on Jack and Jill Politics
Deborah,
FWIW, despite our occasional tiffs on issues such as wages and job availability, Blacks and Latinos benefit tremendously from each other's growing political power overall.
We both share an interest in preserving affirmative action and confronting the assaults of the White "privilege class."
By helping to support e.g. amnesty for "illegal" immigrants (who have in fact been invited in and worked very hard by the US corporate class), we are also supporting the legalization and rewarding of a class that was long denied fair compensation for their labor, just as Blacks once were.
Also, both Blacks and Hispanics tend to support liberal political figures who look out for our interests.
We won't see eye-to-eye on everything. And yes, Latinos can sometimes be cliquish, but I don't mind that-- if Latinos want to use Spanish in their communities, they have a legal right. The USA took the Southwest in the Mexican War remember, and that region, like Florida and Puerto Rico, has laws that explicitly give rights to Spanish as an official language in wide public application. Besides, Spanish isn't hard to learn. Yo lo hablo sin mucho dificultidad, y he aprendido el espanol para solo cinco meses!
The point is, Latinos and Blacks are natural allies, we're both very dark-skinned peoples who've been brutalized and victimized by the British and their Anglo cousins in the USA for centuries. Whites hate us both. And only by sticking together can we stand up for ourselves and protect our rights here.
FWIW, despite our occasional tiffs on issues such as wages and job availability, Blacks and Latinos benefit tremendously from each other's growing political power overall.
We both share an interest in preserving affirmative action and confronting the assaults of the White "privilege class."
By helping to support e.g. amnesty for "illegal" immigrants (who have in fact been invited in and worked very hard by the US corporate class), we are also supporting the legalization and rewarding of a class that was long denied fair compensation for their labor, just as Blacks once were.
Also, both Blacks and Hispanics tend to support liberal political figures who look out for our interests.
We won't see eye-to-eye on everything. And yes, Latinos can sometimes be cliquish, but I don't mind that-- if Latinos want to use Spanish in their communities, they have a legal right. The USA took the Southwest in the Mexican War remember, and that region, like Florida and Puerto Rico, has laws that explicitly give rights to Spanish as an official language in wide public application. Besides, Spanish isn't hard to learn. Yo lo hablo sin mucho dificultidad, y he aprendido el espanol para solo cinco meses!
The point is, Latinos and Blacks are natural allies, we're both very dark-skinned peoples who've been brutalized and victimized by the British and their Anglo cousins in the USA for centuries. Whites hate us both. And only by sticking together can we stand up for ourselves and protect our rights here.
2 years ago
in Dancing with Katrina Bows and Waves Goodbye on odd time signatures
The title of the song is Heaven's Cry
2 years ago
in 2006 April on Lummaland
Ein süßes kleines Würmchen habt Ihr da! :-)) Und einen ganz tollen Namen, der mir super gefallen hätte. (Nur dem Männe nicht)
2 years ago
in Henri Carl Mattis on Lumma.de
Ein süßes kleines Würmchen habt Ihr da! :-)) Und einen ganz tollen Namen, der mir super gefallen hätte. (Nur dem Männe nicht)
2 years ago
in Henri Carl Mattis on Lumma
Ein süßes kleines Würmchen habt Ihr da! :-)) Und einen ganz tollen Namen, der mir super gefallen hätte. (Nur dem Männe nicht)
3 years ago
in Tokio Hotel on Lumma
Annika Kaulitz, dass ich nicht lache! Bist du auch mit dem Kopf vor die Wand?
3 years ago
in 2005 October on Lummaland
Annika Kaulitz, dass ich nicht lache! Bist du auch mit dem Kopf vor die Wand?
3 years ago
in Tokio Hotel on Lumma.de
Annika Kaulitz, dass ich nicht lache! Bist du auch mit dem Kopf vor die Wand?
3 years ago
in The library isn’t quite anymore on Thom Allen Weblog
Hmmm... interesting thoughts. It seems that society has started to value the rights of each individual above the rights of society in general. It's more important for the individuals in the library to be able to speak loudly than it is for everyone in the library to be able to concentrate.