Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010

CorpusChristiCallerTimes: State board member urges remembering Latinos who defended the Alamo

"She was trying to persuade the board to include in the teaching of Texas history the names of the eight Tejanos who died at the 1836 battle of the Alamo. "
http://www.caller.com/news/2010/mar/21/hispanic-texans-part-legend/

Monday, March 15, 2010

FastCo.: Blogger recaps the history of Hispanic ad networks

"The more ad networks make monetization possible for the content creators focused on the Hispanic market – the better. The eco-system grows and validates the Hispanic market and the Hispanic consumer – all I’ve ever wanted."

http://www.fastcompany.com/1579996/an-ad-network-story

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Black Athlete: Latino professor digests issue of race and Latinos in Baseball; black Latinos playing the game.

"So, in seeking to shed light on one problem, (Torii) Hunter has cast a spotlight on another, one that is a perhaps longer-lingering matter that afflicts not just baseball but U.S. society as a whole: how to talk about Latinos and race, and, even more challenging, what to do with Afro-Latinos."

http://blackathlete.net/artman2/publish/Baseball_20/Oh_brother_where_are_thou.shtml

Sunday, March 7, 2010

AP: Latino businesses get less from economic stimulus plan

"Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely track who receives government-financed work."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_ASC3UbkEMU5PBn1mEeSphYzmkQD9E9VLU00

Thursday, March 4, 2010

DallasMorningNews: Latino incumbent loses in Republican primary, blames bias

Victor Carrillo, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which despite its name regulates the powerful and important energy industry in Texas: said, according to the Dallas Morning News: "Given the choice between 'Porter' and 'Carrillo' – unfortunately, the Hispanic surname was a serious setback from which I could never recover, although I did all in my power to overcome this built-in bias."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-gopmin_04met.ART.State.Edition1.4bdd15c.html

Monday, March 1, 2010

WSJ: Univision's new video site lacks popular content from supplier/rival Televisa

"Univision's new offering will have one big omission: It isn't currently slated to include telenovelas produced by Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa SA, which are among Univision's most popular. Univision has the exclusive right to air Televisa's shows on TV in the U.S., but a federal court ruled last summer that neither company has the right to put the shows on the Web ..."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791504575079683403113468.html