December 2011
New California law provides relief for...
univisionnews:
Hotlines such as Reten Beware in the San Fernando Valley use social media networks and mobile devices to alert immigrants of checkpoints. (Photo: Reten Beware)
By SHARIS DELGADILLO Channels: Immigration, Media
Millions of undocumented immigrants in California will breathe a sigh of relief when a new state law takes effect Jan. 1. The law requires that officers at sobriety...
Tucson's ethnic-studies program violates Arizona... →
smaddox:
because it “promote[s] resentment toward a race or class of people,” which I’m guessing means white people for the way they have treated Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The pure absurdity of this…
Some American Soccer Player No One Has Heard Of... →
thebackheel:
Preston Zimmerman is an American that plays in the German third division. He doesn’t like all the new German Americans in the USMNT setup apparently.
Fabio Capello, An Italian Coaching England,... →
thebackheel:
What’s with all the recent hate on dual national Germans? Fabio Capello: also a whiny bitch.
Some American Soccer Player No One Has Heard Of... →
thebackheel:
Preston Zimmerman is an American that plays in the German third division. He doesn’t like all the new German Americans in the USMNT setup apparently.
swearfu:
When did patriotism become xenophobia? I mean you’re supposed to share how great your country is, not force people to see things your way. Who knows, in the process you might learn something new, something others do better than your own culture or society. Something that will make you all stronger together.
“If I am a wetback because I crossed a river to get here, what are you, who...”
– Anonymous immigrant (via stfuxenobigotry)
“My blood family and I had a contentious relationship due to my political...”
– brownroundboi, “Queer and Immigrant for the Holidays” (HuffPost Gay Voices)
brownroundboi: [Queer and Immigrant for the... →
brownroundboi:
[article: Queer and Immigrant for the Holidays]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erwin-de-leon/queer-and-immigrant-for-t_b_1160393.html
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[Kay’s original interview]
1) What holidays, if any, do you celebrate?
For the winter, I definitely celebrate a…
immigrant child
petiteroman:
a lonely boy cries at night -
he looks out into his environment and does not see, but a face that is too chinese and
not white enough.
he claws at his skin and punches his brown eyes blue.
and chokes his throat till his voice sounds hoarse and manly.
but to no avail - he can’t be anything his environment demands of him.
“An adopted teen who has lived in Port St. Joe, Fla. since she was 3 faces...”
– Girl faces deportation over vaccine - UPI.com
I didn’t know this was a requirement for immigrants. It really doesn’t seem fair to force this on the girl. I mean, HPV is a very widespread STI that can cause cervical cancer, but there are also some risks with the vaccine. I mean, I cringe when...
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“Most of the unauthorized immigrants Human Rights Watch interviewed have lived in...”
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The Green Papaya: Know hystory, know self. No... →
thegreenpapaya:
Beautiful community, Check out this incredible resource that has documentation on the Southeast Asian refugee and immigrant experience. http://seaadoc.lib.uci.edu/find.html “SEAAdoc is an educational resource of the Southeast Asian Archive at the UC Irvine Libraries focusing on…
We follow one boy's journey, Mohamad, from a... →
In September 2010, 16-year-old Palestinian refugee Mohamad Fahed arrives at London’s Heathrow airport and is taken to Britain’s most prestigious private school, Eton College. Here, thanks to an all-expenses paid scholarship, he will spend the next two years, adopting the mantle of a public schoolboy in an environment that is largely unknown, even to the British.
Mohamad is a charismatic and...
Red Light Politics: End of the year balance →
redlightpolitics:
I was thinking earlier today, of the hundreds of thousands of words I wrote this year, which would be the one piece I am proud of. And sure enough, that wasn’t difficult, it’d be this one at Tiger Beatdown “In the name of safety: the multi-national anti immigration industry and their billionaire…
The Callus: Southern Christians Question Their... →
thecallus:
What Alabama Christians say, do, and think about race is changing.
NPR’s tumblr shared a fascinating tale from the LA Times about the difficulties an Alabama church congregation has had reconciling its faith with its politics. The schism between contemporary Conservative politics and the…
In Alabama, a church sees its Latino brethren... →
ellnw:
Story and video about how Alabama’s immigration law is affecting those near my hometown. From the L.A. Times.
Gats & Stuff: Running from the law. →
lifetimeyo:
From the outside, Ayded Reyes seems like she’s living the American dream.
The 20-year-old, who attends Southwestern College in Chula Vista near San Diego, is California’s top-ranked women’s junior college cross country athlete. She carries a 3.50 GPA and her goal is to become an…
EXISTENTIAL ANGST GAME STRESSFUL: My desi father's... →
mehreenkasana:
Dad: It is very nice but there is inequality. Dad: Inside, I am cowboy too, yes? Me: No. Dad: Yes. Josh Turner said very nicely in his song to his girlfriend, “Baby, why don’t you turn that TV off?” Dad: I say that to everyone in my house. No one turns it off. But when…
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a law removing discrimination based on national...
h.r.3012 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2011
those in the united states on an H1B visa know this restriction very well, especially if you are coming from india, china, mexico, and the philippines.
please help in voted into law.
vivalavu: I'm pretty sure my girlfriend is only... →
kpopsecrets:
I love my girlfriend. She’s great, she lights up my world, and she’s so gorgeous. I want to marry her but lately I feel like all she cares about is that I’m Korean and that I can help translate K-Pop related things for her.
When she found out that I’m going to Seoul to visit…
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Poems by Irina Mashinski. An Attempt to Explain....
bklnpoet:
“…I walk through the tall grass of Russian syllables, where colons and commas are abundant in June, and syntax is vague on ladybugs’ wings…”
Poems by Russian-American poet Irina Mashinski on stosvet.net
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daddywrites asked: hi! i was thinking that it may be a good idea where maybe once a week or whenever you can feature an famous immigrant to the united states. a certain group of americans may fear that everyone is going to come over and take success away from them, as if it's a finite resource. we all need to be reminded that a big part of what made this country great are immigrants. immigrants like einstein,...
“there is no slavery without sexual depravity. Depravity is the essence of such a...”
– —-Chapter 3: Groundings With My Sisters : Patriarchy and the Exploitation of Black Women.
From How Capitalism Undeveloped Black America by Manning Marable p. 73
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Painful
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"Korean American Mental Health Taboo Contributes... →
Perhaps the biggest contributor to the Korean American suicide rate is the community’s cultural taboo regarding seeking mental health services. “They think that only crazy people seek mental health help, like seeing a therapist. Mental health is a new concept for them,” Yoon remarked. “There’s an attitude that everyone feels these emotions so you just have to deal with it.”
“You come to the United States and the United States begins immediately,...”
– Junot Diaz (via thedivanna)
Story of my life, of my family, of my people.
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