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These billboards are about to start appearing in Los Angeles, because targeting the African-American community wasn't enough for anti-choicers. More »
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According to a new study, "Latinos hold political and social views that are similar to the rest of the population, but on some gender issues, they're evidently more open-minded," including supporting family-friendly workplace policies and women working outside the home. More »
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The last episode of Ugly Betty will air in less than a week, but many are already mourning the loss of one of the few shows on television to depict a Latino family. More »
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The face of the youth is overwhelmingly Latino. The shifting demographics of America mean that these kids will define the future. But sadly, the conclusions drawn in a new report from Pew illustrate the challenges facing the next generation. More »
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With all the talk of race in this election, the one large voting block that has been relatively ignored by the media since Hillary Clinton won its affections in the primaries is Latinos. But this week has brought us a trio of stories about the Latino — and particularly the Latina — vote in this election. Despite massive outreach to the Latino community by the last two Bush campaigns, many people assumed that the Republican party squandered their political capital with their anti-immigration furor since 2004, while Latino turnout for Clinton in the primaries made others wonder if Latinos would support Obama in the general election. And it turns out that both groups are right — but that the former folks are more right than the latter. More »
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A lot of work goes into creating a non-white television character! Creating everyone's favorite little Spanish-speaking explorer, Dora, took a year of planning with research, consulting and rounds of screenings with "tough" preschoolers. Not only that, the non-Latino creators have to be careful not to, you know, make any accidentally racist characters. When conceiving of Tico, Dora's friend, the creators were going to make him chronically fatigued until the show's "cultural consultants" told them that a lazy, sleepy-eyed Latino character was probably not best stereotype to be promoting. Also: the marketers were worried that a shorts-wearing, backpack-slinging (ethnic) girl would not appeal to a mass audience. Glad to see they were proven wrong! [NPR] More »
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