Articles Tagged “Latinos”
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Where do Latinos connect with the éne-bé-a (NBA) Online?
The NBA has announced a new season-long campaign targeting Hispanics on both Spanish and English-language media. As I was taking a look at the new Spanish-language section of the NBA Web site (www.nba/enebea.com), I noticed they are connecting with Latinos on several social networking sites including QuePasa, Facebook and MySpace. I was curious. Where do [...]
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Is the Más Club too much? Latinos will decide…
The latest attempt for Wal-Mart to cash in on Latinos is the Más Club, which opened in Houston on Thursday, which targets recent immigrants who miss those familiar foods of home — in American-style bulk sizes. The Sam’s Club spinoff is part of a broader effort by the retailer to target the nation’s fast-growing Latino [...]
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Racial Profiling and Los Latinos
Enjoy a few paragraphs from Ruben Navarrette’s San Diego Union column and after reading it, check out a recent FOX News interview with Ann Coulter. After you’ve got both sides, please let us know your side of the debate. If you think it’s embarrassing for an African-American to have to identify himself to the police [...]
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Utah Latinos not Graduating High School
Politicians call it the achievement gap. Educators and families call it heartbreaking. Only 69 percent of Latino students graduate from Utah high schools compared with 91 percent of white students. Many challenges keep young Latinos from graduating: language barriers, economic pressures, lack of role models and stereotyping in schools, to name a few. Experts say [...]
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Mickey Mouse’s Vecinos son Latinos
I lived in the Southern California area for two years, between 2001 and 2003; specifically in Orange County, home of the City of Anaheim where the “Latino population has more than tripled since 1980” according to an article in Los Angeles Times. I couldn’t agree more with the article; when I lived there I met [...]
