Tag Archives: Latinos

BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : David Montejano’s ‘Quixote’s Soldiers’

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Up from the barrio:A Chicano son of San AntonioReflects on El Movimiento By Gregg Barrios / The Rag Blog / July 6, 2010 See video of Gregg Barrios’ interview with David Montejano, Below. [Quixote’s Soldiers: A Local History of the … Continue reading →

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Dick J. Reavis : Texas Monthly’s ‘Where I’m From’

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Erykah Badu (right) at nine years, with her sister Nayrok, six, in Dallas in 1980. Badu contributed to Texas Monthly‘s special edition. Photo from Texas Monthly.Signs of a new inclusiveness?Texas Monthly‘s special edition By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Arizona’s Crackers : ‘Illegal is Not a Race’

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Reform America.Arizona’s Crackers:Jim Crow is alive and well Maintaining a whip hand, southern politicians once calculated, was the best way to defend white power. The same calculation drives contemporary Arizona politics. By Char Miller / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Dick J. Reavis : Something Missing at Texas Writers’ Festival?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Texican.” Painting © Mike Aston /mikeastonart.com .Artaud and Arizona:Tempest at Texas Observer’s writers’ fest By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2010 This weekend a startling email come to my inbox and to those of … Continue reading →

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Racial Profiling : What’s Up With the Mormons?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Early Onset of Night.Mormons for racial profiling?Unsustainable contradictions in immigration law By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 What’s up with the Mormons? Orem, Utah legislator Stephen Eric Sandstrom last week pledged to follow … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Mariachi Ad : What Were They Thinking?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Manny Ramirez: The great guapón as Obama spokesman?Obamarama, Latin StyleBy Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez / July 26, 2008 Have you seen the Barack Obama mariachi ad? It’s on YouTube if you want to check it out. [See it below.] In a … Continue reading →

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