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The CUNY Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Council
The Department of Puerto Rican and Latin American Studies
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
National Institute for Latino Policy
PRESENT A FORUM ON THE FUTURE OF LATINO/A STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Suzanne Oboler
Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies,
University of Illinois, Chicago
and Editor of the Latino Studies Journal (Palgrave)
Raymond Rocco
Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of California at Los Angeles
and Associate Editor of the Latino Studies Journal
Introductions
Gabriel Haslip-Viera
Chair, Department of Sociology,
The City College of CUNY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007
3:30 to 5 p.m.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 431 (4th Floor)
(and 59th Street in Mnahattan)
Admission: Free
source: National Institute for Latino Policy
Friday, February 16, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
BLACK PRIDE
LATIN AMERICA NEEDS ITS OWN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT SAYS THE WORLD-FAMOUS RAPPER
By TEGO CALDERON
Just this morning, I was listening to radio host Luisito Vigeroux talking about a movie project that I am working on which co-stars Mayra Santos Febres and he was saying, "Her? She's starring in it?"
Questioning her Black beauty.
I remember, too, when Celia Cruz died, a newscaster, thinking she was being smart, said Celia Cruz wasn't black, she was Cuban. She was pretty even though she's black.
As if there is something wrong with being black, like the two things can't exist simultaneously and be a majestic thing. There is ignorance and stupidity in Puerto Rico and Latin America when it comes to blackness.
To read more, go to:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152007/tempo/black_pride_tempo_tego_calderon.htm
LATIN AMERICA NEEDS ITS OWN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT SAYS THE WORLD-FAMOUS RAPPER
By TEGO CALDERON
Just this morning, I was listening to radio host Luisito Vigeroux talking about a movie project that I am working on which co-stars Mayra Santos Febres and he was saying, "Her? She's starring in it?"
Questioning her Black beauty.
I remember, too, when Celia Cruz died, a newscaster, thinking she was being smart, said Celia Cruz wasn't black, she was Cuban. She was pretty even though she's black.
As if there is something wrong with being black, like the two things can't exist simultaneously and be a majestic thing. There is ignorance and stupidity in Puerto Rico and Latin America when it comes to blackness.
To read more, go to:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152007/tempo/black_pride_tempo_tego_calderon.htm
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Politics
Puerto Rican official: Tie funding to English classes
By Eric Pfeiffer
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 13, 2007
Congress should cut off funds to Puerto Rico if its school system refuses to teach English as well as Spanish, the U.S. territory's Senate president said during a visit to generate congressional support for making the island a state.
"All federal appropriations should be conditional," said Puerto Rican Senate President Kenneth McClintock, a Democrat. "Otherwise, it's going to cost generations of Puerto Rican families."
Mr. McClintock says some of Puerto Rico's public schools are refusing to teach English, which shares official-language status with Spanish, and that millions of dollars in U.S. appropriations spent on supplemental material has been wasted.
To read the full article, go to http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070212-111911-2529r.htm
Puerto Rican official: Tie funding to English classes
By Eric Pfeiffer
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 13, 2007
Congress should cut off funds to Puerto Rico if its school system refuses to teach English as well as Spanish, the U.S. territory's Senate president said during a visit to generate congressional support for making the island a state.
"All federal appropriations should be conditional," said Puerto Rican Senate President Kenneth McClintock, a Democrat. "Otherwise, it's going to cost generations of Puerto Rican families."
Mr. McClintock says some of Puerto Rico's public schools are refusing to teach English, which shares official-language status with Spanish, and that millions of dollars in U.S. appropriations spent on supplemental material has been wasted.
To read the full article, go to http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070212-111911-2529r.htm
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