February 2012
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“The problem is we don’t make the connections and everyday I grow more tired of...”
– The Other Side of Immigration (via kileyrae)
This is an amazing, amazing documentary (and it’s on Netflix and really not that long). Do your mind a favor and watch it.
(via saaraeliisavaris)
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Oscar-nominated actor Demian Bichir gives voice to...
univisionnews:
Mexican actor Demián Bichir’s Oscar worthy performance in A Better Life speaks to the struggles of millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. (Summit Entertainment)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration, Entertainment
“One always hopes that his/her performance transcends the typical role,” A Better Life’s Demián Bichir tells me during a recent phone call from Mexico, in...
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GOP candidates embrace Ariz. immigration law,...
univisionnews:
GOP candidates are looking to prove they’re tough on immigration to the conservative debate crowd. (Flickr)
By JORDAN FABIAN Channel: Politics, Immigration
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were quick to remind the Arizona GOP debate crowd that they’re tough on the immigration issue.
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Word Games: The New York Times Crossword Puzzle's...
univisionnews:
The New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz admits a clue in Thursday’s puzzle was a mistake. (Michael Sharp, Rex Parker) By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
It’s not uncommon for crossword puzzles in The New York Times to have a theme. On Thursday last week, that theme — in a way that turned out to be both ironic and fitting — was ERROR.
At issue was a clue that caught...
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How Obama's budget will affect immigration...
univisionnews:
The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing with Sec. Janet Napolitano today to review next year’s budget. (Center for American Progress)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is scheduled to testify before Congress about this year’s proposed presidential budget. Napolitano will be talking specifically...
Information About NYDA
nysylc:
Bill name and number: New York Dream Act (S4179/A6829)
What is the New York Dream Act?
The New York Dream Act would allow undocumented students who meet in-state tuition requirements to access state financial aid for higher education.
Why is it important?
An estimated 146,000 youth in New York who have been educated in New York public schools are currently ineligible to receive...
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ethiopienne:
are we still on this bootstrap shit?
talldarkbishoujo:
Regarding this financial aid wank going around my dash:
I’ve worked in FA off and on for like, the last 5 or so years (most recently as an FA counselor at a for-profit, at least until I moved back east and became funemployed) and quite honestly the average person has no fucking clue how higher ed financing works in the US....
Study: DREAM Act would generate $3.6 trillion for...
informate:
The cost of tuition subsidies would be around $6.2 billion a year, but experts believe that Dreamers would pay for this and more over the long-term (Photo: flickr.com)
By TATIANA SANCHEZ Channel: Economics, Immigration
With California’s recent approval of the state DREAM Act and the presidential campaign in full-swing, controversy over immigration reform, and particularly the DREAM...
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“No human being is illegal.”
– Elie Wiesel (via writeyourheart-out)
Oscar-nominated actor Demian Bichir's humble...
informate:
Demian Bichir worked as a busboy at a Mexican restaurant in New York before his Oscar nomination rolled around. The actor is pictured here in a scene from A Better Life with Jose Julian, who plays his son. (Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment)
By AMARIS CASTILLO Channel: Entertainment
Demian Bichir’s star has soared to celestial heights in the past few months. Not only did...
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Please reblog and spread the word:
scarby:
My friends uncle has been arrested by ICE and has been sentenced to deportation. He is an upstanding member of the community though and has been paying taxes for 20 years. He is an employee of the state of North Carolina and works as a bus driver. Both of his children are citizens of the US and he is up for citizenship in 2014. His 14 year old daughter suffers from epilepsy and needs...
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jonathan-cunningham asked: The answer you gave to the anon yesterday was one of the most thoughtful and cogent responses to anonymous criticism that I have ever read.
Dying Immigrant Denied Kidney Transplant Because... →
jonathan-cunningham:
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Jesus Navarro, a dialysis patient who will die without a kidney transplant, has private insurance. He has a donor to provide the needed kidney. But because he is an undocumented immigrant, hospital administrators at UC San Francisco Medical Center are refusing to allow the procedure, saying that there is no guarantee Navarro will receive the...
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This American Life: Reap What You Sow
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LISTEN: Act One. Alien Experiment.
Last Summer, Alabama passed HB56, the most sweeping immigration bill in the country. It’s an example of a strategy called “attrition through enforcement” or, more colloquially, “self-deportation”—making life so hard on undocumented immigrants that they choose to leave the country. But as reporter Jack Hitt found, the new law has had lots of other...
January 2012
47 posts
If you call immigration on Bk, they wouldn't have...
bohopinkfashion:
stfuxenobigotry:
Mod comment: what’s with all the ethnicity jokes lately? None of these are funny. They’re horridly offensive.
Seriously? Shut the hell up. I can write what ever the hell I want. This is my blog. So now I can’t make a racial joke because I am ignorant or offensive? What EVER!
And I am going to make fun of those people, because I know them, and I do not...
500 Years of Chicano History offered for FREE to... →
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Anonymous asked: i don't understand why this blog is using a made up word (xenobigotry) in place of an already existing one that ppl like me identify with (xenophobia), it just doesnt seem just. i am affected by xenophobia and i dont appreciate the white disability tumblr contingent getting in my space and telling me what words i can and cant use.
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If you call immigration on Bk, they wouldn't have...
Mod comment: what’s with all the ethnicity jokes lately? None of these are funny. They’re horridly offensive.
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Group: Text TACO to 69866
hartfordcourant:
An immigration reform group is planning to send a taco to East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo’s office every time a person sends them a text message with the word “Taco,” the Courant reports.
lul
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citizenwasp asked: Cultural appropriation is the very definition of xenophobia. It's an example of the far right and far left becoming alike.
God, sometimes I want to delete this thing.
citizenwasp:
There are so many horrific things that go on in the world that deserve real attention, and so many angry tumblrs who make it their job to be offended and waste time worrying about made up internet things like “cultural appropriation,” otherkin, etc. I think they may be trolling us all. I’m going to go eat crutons with italian dressing on ‘em now.
Hear that, guys? Apparently...
darthvaderchic:
I just wanted to give mad props to immigrants in the U.S. who don’t speak English. I know from my experience here in Madrid how incredibly difficult and exhausting it is to immerse yourself in a culture that speaks a different language from your own. I also wanted to apologize for all the rude and disgusting comments that some Americans make, who insist that YOU must learn...
Haitian emigrants look North, South
tatewatkins:
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that Haiti would be added to the list of 53 countries whose citizens can apply for temporary work visas. Under the H-2A and H-2B temporary visa programs, immigrants are allowed to work in seasonal positions for up to 12 months, with the possibility of extending stays for up to three years.
The temporary visa programs are...
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How the US Immigration System works, in three...
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Tucson schools bans books by Chicano and Native... →
mere-khwabon-mein:
kahs2012:
TUCSON — Outrage was the response to the news that Tucson schools has banned books, including “Rethinking Columbus,” with an essay by award-winning Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko, who lives in Tucson, and works by Buffy Sainte Marie, Winona LaDuke, Leonard Peltier and Rigoberta Menchu. The decision to ban books follows the 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday by the Tucson...
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Opinion: A family - and a documentary film - torn...
univisionnews:
Dionicia Martinez was deported after living and working in California for over a decade. (Photo: John Russo.)
By: SARAH MACPHERSON* Channel: Immigration
What began as a high school scuffle just before Christmas break, ended days later with the parents of a student being deported to Mexico. The episode in question did not take place in Arizona or Alabama but in the liberal San...
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Anonymous asked: Would you be interested in making contributions to fucknoculturallyignorant? We're looking for those with stories of ignorant shit people say, and you appear to take sufficient notice to help! :)
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"Chicano Studies" classes replaced by "American...
univisionnews:
By: UNIVISION NEWS Channel: Education, Politics
On Wednesday, the Tucson Unified School District board suspended “Chicano Studies” classes for high school and middle school students, after a state law banned classes that “promote resentment toward a race or class of people.”
If you’re going to ban classes that “promote resentment toward a race or class of...
Blacks.
thisshitisallracist:
jacksonattackson:
As we approach MLKJ day, I am struck by the difference between the blacks I read about from the past, and the blacks I see in everyday life. I am convinced that if Dr.King were alive today he would be disappointed by what he saw. In his day, blacks were driven and determined, eager to be educated and eager to be equal. Today we see the opposite; blacks...
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Hey all. My friend Jose is going to be deported...
violent—-delights:
stfuconservatives:
nom-chompsky:
cuntymint:
He was rounded up by those nazi fucks yesterday at a train stop going to Los Angeles on Amtrak.
Could you all please please please sign and reblog this?
If you get five or more people to sign it, I’ll give you head.
Thanks y’all.
Wow, this happened really close to me. Signed.
Signed. Get to it!
Signed, COÑO!
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