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Culture, the Glue that Holds Latinos Together
By Juan Tornoe Remember back in 1992 - some of you still were wearing diapers then - while in the midst of the presidential race James Carville hung a sign in Bill Clinton’s campaign headquarters that read, “It’s the Economy, Stupid”? As succinct a phrase as it was, I believe it dramatically changed history delivering the first term in office for the then Governor of Arkansas, who was facing a tough uphill battle against an apparently unbeatable George H. Bush. Continue Reading @ JuanTornoe.com
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The Latino Digital Divide: The Native Born versus The Foreign Born
July 28, 2010 By Gretchen Livingston Technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts. The nativity differences are especially pronounced when it comes to internet use. While 85% of native-born Latinos ages 16 and older go online, only about half (51%) of foreign-born Latinos do so. When it comes to cell phones, 80% of native-born Latinos use one, compared with 72% of the foreign born. While rates of technology use among native-born Hispanics are relatively high, technology use for the full population of Hispanics continues to lag behind the use rates of the...
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How Young Latinos Communicate with Friends in the Digital Age
July 28, 2010 By Mark Hugo Lopez, and Gretchen Livingston When it comes to socializing and communicating with friends, young Latinos (ages 16 to 25) make extensive use of mobile technology. Half say they text message (50%) their friends daily, and 45% say they talk daily with friends on a cell phone. Other communication platforms are less widely used for socializing. For example, fewer than one-in-five young Latinos (18%) say they talk daily with their friends on a landline or home phone, and just 10% say they email their friends daily. Use of mobile communication technologies differs notably among young...
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Banco Popular changing name in bid to expand beyond Hispanic market
July 26, 2010 By: Steve Daniels Banco Popular is changing its name in Chicago to attract more non-Hispanic customers. The Puerto Rico-based bank with mainland headquarters in Rosemont will rename its 14 local branches Popular Community Bank beginning Aug. 9. If successful, the new name could be expanded to its 97 locations nationwide. Banco Popular is investing more than $1 million in the name change; the marketing campaign includes radio and billboard ads, direct mail and new signs. Manuel Chinea, senior vice-president of retail banking operations at Banco Popular North America, says the current name makes many non-Hispanics believe the...
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Hispanics, white women remain underrepresented in federal offices
July 26, 2010 By Elizabeth Newell A number of demographic groups remain underrepresented in the federal workforce, but agencies are making slight progress in hiring individuals with targeted disabilities, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report released on Monday shows. According to the report, EEOC has documented subtle changes in the composition of the federal workforce during the last decade. Participation of women, Hispanics or Latinos, and Asians increased slightly between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2009. But despite the 1onger-term trend, the report shows the participation rate for women was slightly down in fiscal 2009 compared to fiscal 2008, falling from...
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The piece-meal approach to passing immigration reform doesn't seem so bad
July 27, 2010 By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista.net -- News reports circulating say that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is now ready to adopt a "piece-meal" approach to moving immigration reform. Although the Nevada Democrat remains committed to a comprehensive bill, political realities in the Senate have forced his hand, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. Manley explained that Reid may try to pursue an agricultural jobs measure and the DREAM Act, which provides students who are illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. -- Roll Call The conventional wisdom to passing comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) -- as was discussed in a prior...
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Texas Still Waiting for Latinos to Show Power at Polls
July 26, 2010 by Matt Stiles and Zahira Torres Latinos are the "sleeping giant" of Texas politics — a phrase repeated so often that it has become a cliché. Nearly 37 percent of the state's population of about 24.8 million people is Latino, but almost any political expert will tell you that the group does not fully exercise its strength in elections. Pinpointing if and when Latinos will begin wielding their voting power is a challenge. “It's the $64,000 question,” says Bob Stein, a political science professor at Rice University. “If you're biblical, it's like the [coming of the] messiah.”...
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Baptists unite to foster Hispanic congregations
July 26, 2010 By Kelly Jasper Iglesia Bautista Cristo Vive is more than a church. It's a community that rings of home for the area's Spanish-speaking immigrants. It's also a symbol. Cristo Vive, a new Hispanic church with a campus in Clearwater and a second opening in Harlem planned for August, is the product of teamwork within and among Augusta's Baptist churches. "It is nothing short of a miracle," said the Rev. Max Guzman, who pastors the new church. "It would be easy to ignore the Hispanics here, but you have people saying, 'No, we have to do something to...
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A Racial U-Turn in NYC
Jul 25, 2010 By Simon Dumenco “For the first time since the seventies, a majority of Manhattan’s population is non-Hispanic white,” the New York Times recently declared, analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau. No surprise, that: Gentrification has reversed “white flight,” Manhattan has seen a baby boom among its mostly Caucasian upper class, and black migration out of the city to the South has been matched by a decline in Afro-Caribbean immigration. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau can’t seem to decide if Spanish-speaking immigrants and their descendants count as white, Latino, or both—but for what it’s worth, the “Latino” population...
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Spanish-speaking Muslim converts struggle with defining their identities
25 July 2010 By Mariam Al-Kalby When most people think of Muslims, the stereotype is a hijab or turban-garbed Arab, and many are surprised when a Muslim woman starts speaking Spanish or has an at-length conversation with another Muslim Spanish-speaking person. Othman Solorio, a Mexican export manager living in California, knows all too well the shock many experience when they find out that he is not an Arab but a Latino. “I often get confused with a Middle Eastern person due to my looks,” he says. “Even when people hear me speaking in Spanish, they think I learned the language...
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How come some of the people shown on the left don't look Hispanic?Hispanic or Latino is not a race. There are Latinos of many different races and physical characteristics. For more information see our FAQ article, Why doesn't the census include Hispanic as a race?, and the Latino Blog post Let's Stop Segmenting People by Race!