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Are Spanish Accents Really All That Funny? Guest Voz by Vanessa Perez

“No? That wasn’t any better?” my mother would ask. “Say it one more time.”

“Chip, ship, sheep.” These three little words had distinct sounds and meanings when I said them. They lost all distinction when my mother would…

“It reinforces the stereotypes of the hot-blooded, sexy, spitfire Latina. The one who should be seen, but never heard. The Latina (read immigrant/foreigner) whose speech is so unintelligible, she has no right to speak.”

Posted on March 15, 2012 via the A.T. files with 5 notes

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Christmas: Celebrating an unmarried teenage mom giving birth in a stable, to a baby who grew up to be a prominent activist for peace, love and anti-capitalist values; who preferred the company of honest prostitutes to that of the religious elite; who partook in radical direct action against the banking system, and was publicly executed as an enemy of state. My prayer today is: let his wisdom guide all who call themselves christians in this world.

from a post by Oshan Anand (via sofiaquintero)

Posted on December 31, 2011 via Ivy League Homegirl with 12 notes

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sparkrun:

This shit gets me mad. So sad it’s reality.

(via jessieautumn)

Posted on December 31, 2011 via the paul varjak effect with 1,998 notes

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the A.T. files: Latinos Can't Enter Public Stage, Left or Right / The Story of "The Motherf**ker With the Hat."

“Power is the capacity to influence the way other people think, feel, and act. We gain that capacity when others believe that we have something of value that they want, need, or desire.”

alextrillo:

By Jose R. Sanchez - NILP Brief

Progress is like power. We know it when we see it and most of the time it is created by processes that go unnoticed and are hard to document. I’ve long argued that power gets created by numerous processes, some obvious like voting and others far less obvious like…

Posted on December 13, 2011 via the A.T. files with 2 notes

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