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Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

PAPI — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:29:48 -0000

Just to make it clear, we Latino's (American's from a latin decent) not Hispanic's. Where is Hispania? Mexican American I can understand, decent from mexico. I am sure the writter did not mean to make waves with his comment. I have African - American in my family and they hate being called black, or BLACK no matter how the word is wrote. I am a proud Latino and I am sure you are the same proud member of your own culture. Black Brown, Afro, Latin. we are all AMERICANS FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. REMEMBER BROTHER, "JUNTO'S SOMOS UNO, SEPARADOS SOMOS NADA" (TOGETHER WE ARE ONE, SEPERATED WE ARE NOTHING)

Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

snworbkcuf — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:08:41 -0000

Is there any particular reason you refer to "African - Americans", as blacks (lower- case b), but you don't refer to "Hispanics" as browns? Simple question

Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

barbwire — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:06:37 -0000

What does Obama have to do with the civil rights movement?

Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

Fulan O'detal — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:49:14 -0000

I agree with pancho1947. I am in the same position. I was active in the movement in the 1960's and never had a problem with blacks. and I am over 60.

And to Barbra Armijo I would say that the racial tensions between Hispanos and African Americans is real to some degree or another. I will also say that racial tensions between Hispanos and whites is real also, very real. Probably more so than against African Americans. You have to look at that end too.

And to Sancho Panza I would say that I can trace some of my ancestors to Spain and some to Mexico and some to Zuni Pueblo and some to Tesuque Pueblo and I consider myself an Hispano, Chicano, Mexican American, Sapnish, Mestizo, and American all rolled up into one. Don't get too, too technical with the terms.

Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

SanchoPanza — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:49:13 -0000

Some things I noticed in the above:

"(”Chicano” is a term that refers to individuals of Mexican American descent — and to those who trace their lineage to Spain — who used it to describe themselves during the 1960s and 1970s and is still used by some.)" I'm not sure where this definition was culled from but every Chicano I have know acknowledges mestizaje as the basis of their chicanismo and the fact that they are the decendents of the mixed ethnicity that was born from the spanish conquest as the source for being Chicano. Tracing "their lineage to Spain" has little to do this and was never a source of pride. Tracing heritage back to indigenous roots was a source of pride.

"Add to that the fact that there is a large number of Hispanic veterans in the state" with a total state population of 1,969,915 (as estimated in 2007) there is not a lot of anything in New Mexico that can significantly impact the outcome of this election unless all 2 million people vote the same.

I enjoy reading the information from this website, but objectivity is important. Although this is usually carefully considered in most reporting this is a hot topic so additional care should be taken to not sensationalize it further. Keep up the good work.

Re: Racial tension between Hispanics and blacks is real

pancho1947 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:01:26 -0000

I'm a 60-year-old chicano who is strongly supporting Barak Obama in November. I disagree with my colleague Juan Jose Pena in his comments about the Chicano Movement generation feeling resentment against Afro-Americans as a result of the War on Poverty or the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s and 70s.

As an activist during the 60s and 70s, I saw many examples of Chicano-Black collaboration that had not existed before in New Mexico. For example, at the University of New Mexico, the chicano, black and native-american student groups banded togehter to fight for the creation of ethnic studies centers. The university administration tried to divide us by offering only chicanos an ethnic studies program, but we all held togehter and succeeded in forcing the uniuversity to create all three ethnic centers at the same time. I predict that chicanos over 60 will strongly support Obama because he most clearly represents and articulates the dreams and hopes we have for this country. Ancedotal recollections by my colleague Juan Jose aside, older chicanos are supportting Obama and November's election results will show that, I believe.

As to Cde Baca, let's call what he said by its real name: bigotry. My generation of chicanos struggled to eliminate bigotry in all its forms, and we'll continue to do that at the polls in November.