http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hispanics/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:05:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410145/posts [L]aw enforcement officials [are] worried that Mexican traffickers — facing beefed-up security on the border that now includes miles of new fencing, floodlights, drones, motion sensors and cameras — have stepped up their efforts to corrupt the border police. They research potential targets, anticorruption investigators said, exploiting the cross-border clans and relationships that define the region, offering money, sex, whatever it takes. But, with the border police in the midst of a hiring boom, law enforcement officers believe that traffickers are pulling out the stops, even soliciting some of their own operatives to apply for jobs. “In some ways,” said... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410145/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:05:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396619/posts AUSTIN, Texas - Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way. Hispanics are the nation's fastest-growing minority group. The government projects they will account for 30 percent of the population by 2050, doubling in size from today and boosting their political power. If Democrats build on Obama's gains, Texas and other traditionally Republican states with huge numbers of Hispanics could be within reach in the future. That would mean deep trouble for a GOP... msnbc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396619/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382849/posts We will see.Growing up of Mexican descent in the Southwest, I noticed that politicking often involves the cause of alleviating the suffering of the poor. The Democratic Party has successfully convinced the minority masses in the Hispanic community of their deep desire to lift them out of poverty. Liberal policies of forced equality and equal outcome, hurting the rich and sympathizing with the plight of the poor, have given Democrats the political influence that has turned the Hispanic community into an accessory that they often wear around their political neck during election time -- sparkling for everyone to see their... The American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382849/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373707/posts A forthcoming study on Hispanic children’s cognitive skills underlines the challenges the country faces in aspiring to close the achievement gap between these children and their white and Asian counterparts. Hispanic “children fall behind their peers in mental development by the time they reach grade school, and the gap tends to widen as they get older,” reports the New York Times. “The drop-off in the cognitive scores of Hispanic toddlers, especially those from Mexican backgrounds, was steeper than for other [low-income] groups and could not be explained by economic status alone. . . . From 24 to 36 months, the... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373707/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372419/posts The children of Hispanic immigrants tend to be born healthy and start life on an intellectual par with other American children, but by the age of 2 they begin to lag in linguistic and cognitive skills, a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, shows. The study highlights a paradox that has bedeviled educators and Hispanic families for some time. By and large, mothers from Latin American countries take care of their health during their pregnancies and give birth to robust children, but those children fall behind their peers in mental development by the time they reach... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372419/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:21:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360479/posts Angered by President Obama's lack of success in legalizing illegal immigrants, some Hispanic activists are urging all Hispanics to boycott the 2010 census as a sign of displeasure. Other groups have asked the federal government to suspend immigration raids while census takers are in the field, hoping that will make illegal immigrants more likely to respond to questions. It's just the latest trouble in what's turning into a rocky run-up to the census next year. During a congressional hearing last week, a Democratic senator told Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves that the American Community Survey - a yearly survey... WashTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360479/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2359229/posts One question: WHY is it that in America you are now seeing Mexican this, and Mexican that, every where you turn? Hey, I enjoy a good Mexican meal and Margarita just like the next person, however,there seems to be all this IN-YOUR-FACE PANDERING to Mexicans 24/7. Now the NFL is honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, WHAT? What about HONORING ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE WORLD who call America home also? Anyone else FED UP with this BS? Hmmmmmmmm? NFL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2359229/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357165/posts The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to block Ximena Hartsock from becoming the next director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, aggravating the tension between the council and the mayor and casting fresh doubt on the future of the troubled agency. After a long debate, the council voted 7 to 5 to reject Hartsock and remove her as the head of an agency that has had seven permanent or interim directors in the past decade. It was the first time since Fenty took office in 2007 that the council had rejected one of his nominees ...The vote followed a contentious... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357165/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354855/posts September 15th -October 15th is Hispanic History Month. Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354855/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347104/posts A school district in Arizona has come under fire after a newspaper columnist highlighted the district's newly adopted racial policy and called it a "two-tiered form of student discipline: one for black and Hispanic students; one for everyone else." "TUSD principals and disciplinarians (assuming such creatures still exist) are being asked to set two standards of behavior for their students," MacEachern commented. "Some behavior will be met with strict penalties; some will not. It all depends on the color of the student's skin." WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347104/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:13:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338079/posts It has all the hallmarks of the beloved telenovela: Heart-wrenching dialogue. Doors slamming amid tears. Over-the-top theatrics. But the titillating story lines are laced with medical advice. An expecting but bickering couple is encouraged to seek prenatal care. The uncle of a boy injured in a car wreck caused by a drunk teenager learns about state-funded health insurance. A character who doesn't like her figure gets some advice from a health care adviser: Stop eating so many tamales. --snip-- "It's a soap opera. So it's got the teenager who has some substance abuse issues. We have a family who is... CBS News / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338079/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334120/posts Here is video of a man being booed when he asked a question in Spanish at a town hall meeting. (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334120/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328147/posts California's financial unraveling has prompted a long-overdue debate about taxes, regulation, and government spending, but the state's media and government continue to ignore what could be an even greater problem: the irreparable damage to California's human capital that nearly 30 years of unrestrained illegal immigration has achieved. This is not an immigration problem, or even an illegal-immigration problem, per se. A strong case could be made that, in terms of educational achievement, industriousness, and entrepreneurial acumen, Asian immigrants to California have proven superior to white natives of the state. Therefore, if California were to experience a wave of mass immigration... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328147/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:14:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327040/posts A federal warning to beware of campers in national forests who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music because they could be armed marijuana growers is racial profiling, an advocate for Hispanic rights said Friday. The warnings were issued Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service, which is investigating how much marijuana is being illegally cultivated in Colorado's national forests following the recent discovery of more than 14,000 plants in Pike National Forest. "That's discriminatory, and it puts Hispanic campers in danger," said Polly Baca, co-chairwoman of the Colorado Latino Forum. A spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service had... NBC11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327040/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325842/posts The cause for the difference is probably not genetic, health officials said. More likely, it's because blacks and Hispanics suffer disproportionately from asthma, diabetes and other health problems that make people more vulnerable to the flu. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325842/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2326251/posts ATLANTA - Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2326251/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324359/posts Primary schoolchildren are set to learn about Mexico up to the 1500s A row has erupted in Mexico after the government distributed a history textbook to primary schools which makes no mention of the Spanish conquest. The chronology of the text neatly avoids the issue by ending before the Spanish arrived in the early 1500s. Some opposition figures have seized on what they see as a calculated omission. The arrival of the conquistadors resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people and the colonisation of Mexico. On Monday, as 25 million children started the new school term,... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324359/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321946/posts California's financial unraveling has prompted a long-overdue debate about taxes, regulation, and government spending, but the state's media and government continue to ignore what could be an even greater problem: the irreparable damage to California's human capital that nearly 30 years of unrestrained illegal immigration has achieved. This is not an immigration problem, or even an illegal-immigration problem, per se. A strong case could be made that, in terms of educational achievement, industriousness, and entrepreneurial acumen, Asian immigrants to California have proven superior to white natives of the state. Therefore, if California were to experience a wave of mass immigration... National Review (print) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321946/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305919/posts NEW YORK (CNN) -- Many Latinos say they know how Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates felt during a recent arrest because they believe police often racially profile Hispanics, too. Gates, a noted African-American scholar, has said he was arrested at his home in large part because of his race. Police say he became disorderly when asked for identification after a report of a possible break-in. "Professor Gates' case resonates with us because he is a prominent academic at a very prominent institution, but it is a reality that occurs on these streets every day," said Vicente Alba-Panama of the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305919/posts#comment Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301102/posts Via ICN, this isn’t the first time he’s spectacularly demagogued Fox. Your official progressive “national conversation on race” tweet of the day: "do u know how much money i’d make if i’d sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news, r u kidding, one problem, looking in mirror" Mind you, this is a guy who evidently has no problem looking in the mirror right now despite (a) having a hit-and-run DUI on his record and (b) sharing a network with Lou Dobbs, whom many amnesty shills would say is the most passionately anti-illegal-immigration — and therefore, per lefty racial... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301102/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:08:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301067/posts UPDATE AT END OF POST: FNC's Julie Banderas responds. Did you know that if you're Hispanic and work for the Fox News Channel, you're a sellout? Well, that's what CNN's Rick Sanchez amazingly believes. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301067/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301054/posts Via ICN, this isn’t the first time he’s spectacularly demagogued Fox. Your official progressive “national conversation on race” tweet of the day: do u know how much money i’d make if i’d sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news, r u kidding, one problem, looking in mirror http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/25/rick-sanchez-hispanics-who-work-for-fox-news-have-sold-out/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301054/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301000/posts "if i didn't believe in doing right thing, i'd be rich anchoring at fox news." -- tweeted from the web 13 hours ago. "do u know how much money i’d make if i’d sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news, r u kidding, one problem, looking in mirror." www.mofopolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301000/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296828/posts It's not posted on their website yet but it's been announced on the air that the suspended "Todd and Don Show" has now officially been cancelled by KLBJ-AM (Austin, TX). The short-lived one-hour morning show meant to bridge between their morning show and the Rush Limbaugh show featured African-American newsman Todd Jefferies and former talker Don Pryor (son of local icon Cactus Pryor). It featured a rapid-fire whimsical look at the day's news. Sometimes it was funny, sometimes it wasn't but it was local and it quickly developed its own following. I sometimes listened to it while waiting for Rush... KLBJ-AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296828/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:00:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292482/posts The New York Times Company has announced that it has sold Classical 96.3 WQXR New York for $45 Million as part of a three way deal with Univision and WNYC. The way the deal is structured, Univision will pay $33.5 Million for the 96.3 frequency while WNYC pays $11.5 Million for the 105.9 frequency from Univision and the WQXR intellectual property. Spanish Tropical “La Kalle” WCAA will shift to the stronger 96.3 allocation. 96.3 WQXR is a Class B broadcasting with 6kw at 1362′, while 105.9 is a Class B1 with 610 watts at 1365 feet. The Non-Commercial WNYC operates... radio insight http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2292482/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:48:31 GMT