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Low-income, black and Latino kids suffer the most in Texas from decline in childhood arts education
February 2, 2012 By Dennis M. Ayotte, Jr. Low-income children, particularly black and Hispanic kids, are suffering the most from a decline in childhood arts education after state lawmakers slashed more than $4 billion from education this school year — one of the largest cuts in state history — and more than 12,000 teachers and support staff have been laid off. In the most recent government study, more than 50 percent of young black adults surveyed in 1982 said they received a childhood arts education compared to 26 percent in 2008, a 49 percent drop and the largest among all...
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L.A. Hispanics Say Local Gym Conditions Discriminatory
Feb 02, 2012 Source: New America Media Hispanic gym goers in Los Angeles are about to flex their legal muscle against a nationwide fitness chain they claim deliberately failed to maintain proper health standards in clubs where a majority of members are Latino. “The health conditions in this place are terrible,” says Abraham Mendoza, who since 1989 has been a member of the L.A. Fitness gym in Montebello, a mostly Latino neighborhood. “There is no soap, there is no toilet paper, machines are all dirty… an activity that should be healthy has turned hazardous.” Mendoza and about half-a-dozen others stood...
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Hispanic Vote(SM) -- The First Conservative Hispanic Super PAC
February 2, 2012 Via PR Newswire Hispanic Vote has officially registered as the 1st Hispanic Conservative Super PAC by the FEC. The mission of Hispanic Vote is to enable and connect with 21.7 million eligible Hispanic voters, specifically the younger generation and registered Independents in 2012 and future elections. Hispanic Vote will be the leading source of real-time access to "The Conservative Message." Hispanic Vote is designed to be a portal/destination for content, with an interactive blog of information, live video streaming programs, engagement with Twitter & Facebook tools, while providing a discussion of topics and polls related to political...
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Pizza Patron planning three new Hispanic campaigns
February 2, 2012 Source: Pizza Marketplace Five years after igniting controversy with the launch of its Pizza por Pesos promotion, Pizza Patron announced that it is planning three new campaigns for 2012 designed to celebrate the brand's Latino roots. Pizza por Pesos was introduced in the beginning of 2007, when Pizza Patron began accepting Mexican pesos at all of its U.S. locations. Although company executives received numerous death threats and hate mail over the program, the concept was a success. Within a month of the program, 31 percent of Pizza Patron's stores set weekly sales records. Today, all 100 Pizza...
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Austin near middle of the pack in equality study
February 2, 2012 By Juan Castillo A new study of the nation’s top metropolitan areas ranks the Austin region below the middle of the pack in terms of equality between Latinos and whites. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos region came in 56th among the nation’s most populated 100 metro areas, according to the study released today by the Urban Institute. The Washington, D.C.-based think tank graded the metro areas on what it defined as five indicators of metro-wide racial equity: residential segregation, neighborhood income, school test scores, adult employment rates and home ownership. Among the five indicators, Austin fared worst in...
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Bilingual Border Cities Contest Movement To Make English The Official Language
February 2, 2012 By Cristina Costantini "All government business is done in English here. I don't need an official law saying that English is the de facto language. Everyone knows that already," said John Cook, mayor of El Paso, Texas -- a border city in which 73 percent of its 800,000 inhabitants say they speak Spanish at home. As the House GOP closes in on making English the official language, some on the front lines of the debate, like Mayor Cook, say they don't quite see the point. Last week, presidential hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney doubled down on...
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Generation 1.5 Hispanics
February 2nd, 2012 by Jose Villa Anyone who has ever looked at the U.S. Hispanic market views it from the lens of segmentation – or the subsets within the broader market, based on one or more shared characteristics. There are countless ways to segment the U.S. Hispanic market: age, religion, political affiliation, family size, nationality, geography, etc. However, as I’ve written extensively, there are some macro segmentation models that are commonly used as a first, broad step in thinking about the 50 million plus U.S. Hispanic consumer market. Three of the most used macro segmentation models are 1) language preference;...
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How Much English Is Enough To Hold Office?
February 1, 2012 By Beenish Ahmed A woman who was barred by a judge from running for a city council seat in San Luis, Ariz., last week because she lacked English-language skills has filed an appeal. Alejandrina Cabrera is hoping to get her name back on the ballot claiming her language abilities are sufficient to represent residents of the largely bilingual border town. "It's not perfect," Cabrera said of her English at a recent press conference. "But it's perfect for this position in San Luis, Arizona, because the people speak both language, but the people prefer Spanish." The case stems...
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Many Hispanics Don't Call an Ambulance For Stroke: Study
February 1, 2012 Via Health Day News Hispanics are less likely to call an ambulance when they're having a stroke, one reason why Hispanics are about half as likely as non-Hispanics to have a favorable outcome after a stroke, a new study suggests. University of California, San Diego, researchers looked at 192 Hispanic and 925 non-Hispanics who suffered an ischemic stroke (reduced blood flow to the brain) and were treated at five hospitals in San Diego. They found that only 29 percent of Hispanic patients had favorable outcomes after 90 days, compared with 40 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Hispanic patients...
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San Francisco Mexican Museum New Addition To Smithsonian Network
February 1, 2012 By Kacy Capobres On Tuesday it was announced that The Mexican Museum in San Francisco would join the nation's largest museum network. First reported by The San Francisco Chronicle, the museum of Latino art and culture will become the city's first museum to join the Smithsonian Institution's Affiliations Program. Museum CEO, Jonathan Yorba, a former fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, recognizes the privilege the partnership will bring. "This is the burst of good news that the community has been waiting to hear” Yorba said, "It's exciting that the nation's museum has the confidence to enter...
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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!