Racism

Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco
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Sonia Sotomayor Criticizes Prosecutor's Racially Charged Question

By Samantha Leal | 02/26/2013 - 12:17 | 0 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't hold back when criticizing racially charged language used by a federal prosecutor in Texas, even when the Supreme Court announced it would not take up the case. Sotomayor made the relatively unusual step of writing a statement to accompany the announcement, reports ...

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Setting Us Back: 10 People Who (Tried) to Put Latinos Down in 2012

Setting Us Back: 10 People Who (Tried) to Put Latinos Down in 2012

By Samantha Leal | 12/20/2012 - 17:03 | 0 Comments

No matter how far we come, there seems to always be someone trying to knock us down. Whether with racist comments or laws that systematically target Latinos, there are many things our community still has to fight for. And fight we will! Here’s a look at some people who have tried to keep Latinos down in 2012 – and here’s to a better 2013!

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Ann Coulter Attacks Latinos in Column

By Samantha Leal | 12/07/2012 - 13:18 | 0 Comments

The conservative pundit Ann Coulter wrote a column on Wednesday that blatantly attacked Latinos. In her column, titled "America Nears El Tipping Pointo," she states that "the deluge of unskilled immigrants pouring into the country" are taking over America, and that the typical...

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'The Bachelor' Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed

By Samantha Leal | 10/16/2012 - 10:24 | 0 Comments

The lawsuit filed in April against ABC and the production companies responsible for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette has been dismissed, reports ...

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George Zimmerman in court in June 2012
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George Zimmerman in First TV Interview: "I'm Not a Racist and I'm Not a Murderer"

By Samantha Leal | 07/19/2012 - 09:56 | 0 Comments

George Zimmerman, who is on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin, spoke in a nationally televised interview for the first time last night. The interview, with Sean Hannity for Hannity on Fox News, was conducted at an undisclosed location in Seminole County, where Zimmerman must stay under conditions of his...

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George Zimmerman in court in June 2012
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Zimmerman Not a Racist, According to FBI Report

By Samantha Leal | 07/16/2012 - 09:47 | 0 Comments

In a report released by the FBI, a detective states that while George Zimmerman was "overzealous" and has a "little hero complex", he is not racist. 

The report comes after attempts by the FBI to look into Trayvon Martin's death for any civil rights violations (though the agency hasn't released any findings),...

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Hoodies & Hope: Trayvon Martin Case Speaks To A Latino

By Jesus Trivino | 04/02/2012 - 15:47 | 0 Comments

It was a peaceful, breezy spring day in Brooklyn, New York in 1994. It wasn’t cold enough for a coat, yet it was perfect for a light hooded sweater. I wore a tan Timberland hoodie over my Catholic school uniform to disguise my preppy getup. This day I took the long way home; I wanted extra time to listen to A Tribe Called Quest’s latest album, Midnight...

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Unique Challenges Faced By Afro-Latinas
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Negra & Beautiful: The Unique Challenges Faced By Afro-Latinas

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 01/27/2012 - 15:55 | 0 Comments

The frustrating ironies of being Afro-Latina hit Yuly Marshall with stunning regularity: At work at a Miami hospital, Hispanic patients of the Cuban-born radiology technician usually assume she’s African American, asking her, “Where did you learn to speak Spanish like that?” and expressing shock—even skepticism—that she’s really Latina. Other times, fellow Latinos will...

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