However inaccurate and unfair it may be, it is a commonly-held stereotype that Latinos are uneducated, ignorant, dishonest, and easily taken advantage of by pandering politicians. Unfortunately,Maria Hinojosa’s op-ed column on CNN.com entitled “Proud to be a ‘wise Latina’” does little to dispel such ideas. She talks about how the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor has provided an example…
Illegal Immigration
The problem is not illegal immigrants themselves, but the incentives we create for them to come here illegally. Remove the incentives and you’ll remove the problem. If only we could find a way to make Mexico a more desirable place to live we’d have this problem licked.
According to this CNN.com article, recently some illegal immigrants were caught, detained, and then driven to a government office so they could fill out paperwork that would allow them work legally here. One them is named Gerardo, who came here 11 years ago. He’s now married and has 5 kids. Now here’s where I get to surprise some of…
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Clark vs. Alfaro
If you’re a journalist writing an article and you quote somebody, you would use their full name the first time, but on subsequent quotes in the same article would you use their first name, last name, or middle name? I’m no journalist, but it seems that most of the time, a person’s last name is use subsequent to the first…
