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7 TV Commercials That are Offensive to Latinos

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Over the last decade, companies have come to discover the spending potential of the Latino community in the U.S. But, more often than not, their efforts to woo Latinos have gone terribly wrong. These commercials range from laughably clueless…
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Tommy Stands Tall

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  In this addition to the Roosevelt High School series, Tommy and several of his friends decide to form a new club, the Gay Straight Alliance. Tommy had come to terms with his homosexuality earlier in the series, but still struggles…
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4 Ways New York City Wouldn’t Be the Same Without Latinos!

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New York City just wouldn’t be the same without Latinos. Can you imagine the bustling burroughs without hearing a mix of English, Spanish, Spanglish and Portuguese, with the patois of various Caribbean island nations thrown in the mix? Here…
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Secret Shame: Male Victims of Domestic Violence

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As unlikely as it may sound, men are also frequent victims of emotional and physical violence—at the hands of women. We see men as stronger and more likely to lash out and be violent. However, they are also less likely to report or even…

For World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero

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My first encounter with AIDS was in 1993. I visited a friend at the hospital and stayed with him as he died. He was in the emptiest, most solitary part of the hospital. There were few visitors (if any) on that hospital floor, as if they had…
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Latinos Not Portrayed Often Enough in Movies: Why Not?

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Even though Latinos buy an estimated 26 percent of movie tickets, only 4.2 percent of movie actors are Latino. University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism studied the top movies between 2007 and…
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Spanish Words & Their Meanings in Different Countries

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If you happen to speak so-called “American English” and travel to the land of the English, England, you will soon discover that the language is the same but that some words are different or have a different meaning that might cause embarrassment.…
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How Affordable Care Act Affects Hispanics

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While the government may have shut down October 1st, our phone lines are ringing as people are calling us to get information about what the Affordable Care Act means for them. In each person’s voice there was an urgency that came through.…
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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me

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I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me By Sandra L. Pinkney • Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. Little, Brown and Company • 2013 • 28 pages. Board Book ($6.99) ISBN 978-0-31623385-9. Ages 3-6 This little book packs a lot of punch! Close…