The unprecedented diversity of the electorate last year was driven by increases both in the number and in the turnout rates of minority eligible voters.
"Hispanics with bachelor’s degrees had an average salary of $44,696, amounting to roughly 75 cents for every dollar made by whites."http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1165750.html
"My quinceañera was celebrated at home,” said Maria Casas, Nayely's mother, who grew up in Tijuana and now lives in Chula Vista. “It's totally different now, and you want to give them the best you can, within your budget. But we've had to think about cutting here, cutting somewhere else. We think, 'If there is more money, we can get more photos. Or maybe we'll have one video camera instead of two.' ”"http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/26/1n26party233835-economy-has-latinos-downsizing-qui/
"Many members of their Latino congregation, however, are new to the faith. Most have been Pentecostals for less than two years, according to Eva Rodriguez. From the music to the language, the Latino culture is a big part of the church's appeal."http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1808715.html
"Nothing reflects the voice of U.S.-born, English-speaking American Latinos."
"“The assumption is that every Latino possibly is undocumented,” Angeles Ortega-Moore, an immigrant advocate in North Carolina, told the law center’s researchers. So discrimination “has spread over into the legal population.”"http://washingtonindependent.com/39823/report-finds-widespread-discrimination-against-latino-immigrants-in-south
"n February of 2009 comScore found there to be 20.3 million U.S. Hispanic visitors on the Web, representing a surge of 5.8 percent versus February of 2008. During that same period of time the general Web population grew by 3.9 percent. "http://mediaweek.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=U.S.+Hispanic+Audience+Hits+20+Mllion+Unique+Users&expire=&urlID=401020330&fb=Y&url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/metrics/e3i9d7aa37d46e1460b30179b17048a6189&partnerID=3621
"In the district's annual student head count, Latinos accounted for 38.1 percent of all students, surpassing African-Americans, who comprise 37.9 percent of the student body, according to data posted on the state's education website. The change follows decades of steady growth among Latino students and more than 10 years of declines in the percentage of African-Americans, according to state enrollment data."http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/19/city_schools_challenged_by_shifting_ethnic_mix?mode=PF
But the article, reflecting current political discourse, lumps together immigrant and "Hispanic;" citizenship status, therefore, is rendered irrelevant.http://www.alternet.org/rights/136929/as_long_as_%27latino%27_is_synonymous_with_%27immigrant,%27_we_will_remain_a_class_apart/
"(Sin Nombre) also is the most moving and well-told saga of Latin American immigrants bound for the USA since 1983's El Norte."
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"I've had Southern barbecue pulled-pork tacos. I've seen Mexican sushi with jicama and ceviche shrimp," said Ken Rubin, a culinary anthropologist at The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institute of Portland in Oregon. "Cuisines are very fluid.
"The eclecticism and growing international standing of these bands indicate how globalized Latin rock has become in the roughly two decades since the beginning of the so-called rock en español movement.
Twenty years ago, punk-rock, ska and hip-hop were the main genres that shaped the sound of emerging Latin American bands. Today, electronica is filling that role. And, as was the case with punk and ska, the more risk-taking Latin bands are tweaking and customizing electronica to suit their cultural and aesthetic objectives, rather than merely imitating existing U.S. and European electronica outfits."
"Nursing facilities with a primarily Hispanic resident population generally provide lower quality care than facilities primarily servicing whites, say Brown University researchers who focused on pressure ulcer care."
"“Latinos will become, eventually, the majority in this country,” said Ramos, noting that they currently represent 14 percent of the U.S. population. “This is becoming a bilingual country. ... And Univision is not an ethnic media. Univision is mainstream media, but the only difference is that we broadcast in Spanish.”"http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/current/Univision.041009.htm
San Antonio advertising executive Gisela Girard has been named chairman of the national Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA).
"The latest installment of the action-thriller series has a distinctly Hispanic feel, including its south-of-the-border location settings, its soundtrack, several of its characters and its plot line (hot-rodding hero Dominic Toretto battles Mexico-based drug runners)."http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/04/10/furious0410.html
"Hispanics made up nearly half of the more than 1 million people who became U.S. citizens last year, according to a Hispanic advocacy group."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQKI-mUtzRTYIm7MjslLxEoz2zVgD97DFPI01
"He also creates politically themed posters such as a Mexican revolutionary style "Viva Obama" poster that emerged out of the 2008 presidential campaign."
"Obesity is more common in Hispanic and black youngsters, too, but the disparity is most startling in American Indians, whose rate is almost double that of whites."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWYxFm-xYioKQmzsZjCWRKWfNbiwD97D9NB00
Not just a lime squeezed into the neck of a beer bottle, the michelada — also known as "cerveza preparada" or prepared beer — is a true cocktail and a perfect compliment to Latino food.
"We are seeing new chapters opening up in places like Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Jersey, and we are responding," Rosales said from her San Antonio, Texas office. "We like to go where there are emerging communities."
"Following the success of the Chinese version of telenovela "Ugly Betty," the Shanghai Media Group has started production on a local version of Mexican TV giant Televisa's "Las tontas no van al cielo" (Dumb Girls Don't Go to Heaven)."
