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Category Archives: Latino
Covid & Culture
William Lind writes April 26: In most cultures, including Hispanic culture, you owe nothing to anyone who is not a member of your family, clan, or tribe, in that order of importance. The public realm is simply a combined dump … Continue reading
LAT: ‘Los Angeles is filthy, so I started picking up trash. I sure could use some help’
Charles Fleming writes: Long before we were urged to Make America Great Again, we were told to Keep America Beautiful. Baby boomers may remember the 1950s campaign that made littering a criminal offense, a time when offenders were targeted by … Continue reading
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Why Are Guatemala And Honduras Moving Their Embassies To Jerusalem?
Newsweek: “The United States is an important source of assistance to Guatemala and Honduras, and Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that supported the U.N. resolution.” According to ADL surveys and the like, Latinos have a … Continue reading
WP: ‘U-Md. Latino students described as ‘mediocre’ and ‘pretty bad’ in mass email’
Washington Post: Latino students were described as “mediocre” and “pretty bad” in an email that was accidentally sent by a professor to students registering for a mock trial class at the University of Maryland. Mark Graber sent the missive Thursday … Continue reading
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The Hernandez Package
A friend of a friend collects classic cars. When he checks one out that is sloppy, bald tires, etc, he calls it “the Hernandez package.”
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NYT: ‘Dallas Schools, Long Segregated, Charge Forward on Diversity’
Steve Sailer comments on this article by Dana Goldstein: “When it comes to educations, “segregated” now means: not enough white kids. On the other hand, when it comes to adults voting, not enough whites is seen by the New York … Continue reading
NPR: All Across Latin America, Unwed Mothers Are Now The Norm
NPR: Latin America is now the region that has the highest percentage of children born out of wedlock. In Colombia, 84 percent of all children are born to unmarried mothers. Argentina, Mexico, Chile and other countries throughout the region have … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: The Hilarious Life of Alicia Machado, Hillary’s Tragic Latina Victim of Trump’s Sexism
How did Hillary Clinton and her team buy this woman’s story hook, line and sinker? Because it served their narrative against Trump. Hillary and company are willing to believe the most absurd and dangerous people in their desire to destroy … Continue reading
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Does religion make blacks and Hispanics better citizens?
F.C. Stoughton writes: W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos, Oxford University Press, 2016, 248 pp., $27.95. Soul Mates, by academic sociologists W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. … Continue reading
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Black & Latino Journalists Can’t Stop Clapping For Hillary Clinton
REPORT: Hillary Clinton finally broke her 260-day long press conference moratorium Friday, and journalists couldn’t stop applauding her. As a rule of thumb, press conferences are not the place to applaud politicians. It’s supposed to be a forum where the … Continue reading
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