IT’S TRUE THAT IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS have been feeling that changes in immigration law were imminent; certainly it’s been a hope. I’ve gotta say, though…I don’t think this is the change people have been anticipating!
WE TALK HERE OFTEN about the climate of hate against Latin@s fomented by a confluence of factors from the detention industry to right wing radio to pandering (or racist politicians) to the efforts of hate groups like VDARE and FAIR….
WHEN CONSIDERING THE MURDER OF BRISENIA FLORES, it does not help us find any valuable truth or approach any larger societal problem to isolate the event and wall it off from the larger context of anti-immigrant and thus anti-Latino hate and hostility in this nation. We have a larger problem on our hands.
A CLASS ACT, these anti-immigrant Minuteman types. Whether it’s being thieves and deceiving those they raise money from, or kicking down doors and shooting little girls and their families, Minutemen brigades are hard at work defending their diseased sense of reality from the world.
WHILE THE UNITED STATES LEGAL SYSTEM is founded on grand ideals like all humans being equal, the law is rarely as benevolent or efficient in practice, especially for immigrants. Different classes of people receive different consideration, and the subsequent disparities are glaringly evident in the lives of immigrants.
OKAY SO LET’S TALK about Sonia Sotomayor. Some want to hear about O’Reilly and piñatas and ropes and sick cartoons and racist Newt Rich-Gringo’s words and Rush “BloatColon” Limbaugh and I’m over here talking about love! AY!
IT’S THE LOVE, OF COURSE. The love in people’s eyes. That’s what makes them recognizable, what makes them come across as strong. That’s when we trust a voice or a hand; that’s what makes us beautiful at all.
HOME FROM ATLANTA and unspinning my tales, so please cozy up to the emerald-hot rails. Oh, what? You heard me speak in Atlanta on blogging and New Media? And now aren’t sure how to reconcile some of what I said with how I’m running this little copper-wired circus? Well, then let me briefly and concretely interruptus.
AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE with my “on the road” blogging, this will be brief and likely devoid of linkage or fine tuning or formatting I would prefer because I am typing this on my iPhone. But coming out here to accept an award for what we have done with the Sanctuary is huge to me. And worth it. That’s today.
OF THE SANCTUARY, the latest developments, and Nezua’s flight to Atlanta to receive on the group’s behalf an award for Blogging in Ethnic Media. Also, news of our Luis Ramirez piece being printed, and an appeal for good vibes, Xanax, and spare change.
House of Nezua
the XOLAGRAFIK theater!
