In America, the term Latino is difficult to define as ethnically many Americans define themselves with various labels. Likewise, the term Hispanic is also difficult, not only because of how individuals label themselves but because whitewashing and the great replacement theory have distorted the meaning of the word Hispanic. Hispanic is an ethnicity that can […]
Posted inImmigration
Opinion: The White Supremacist Rhetoric of Greg Abbott
Texas governor Greg Abbott is picking up where El Paso domestic terrorist Patrick Wood Crusius left off. Crusius drove almost 10 hours across the state to kill Mexicans. He killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso. Abbott has not picked up a gun to kill Mexicans, but his rhetoric about immigrants is the […]
Posted inCity
El Paso Taxpayers Owe Three Billion Dollars
El Paso taxpayers owe over $3 billion in debt according to data legally required to be published by the City of El Paso. The debt is paid for via El Paso’s property taxes. At 2.13%, the City of El Paso has the second highest property tax rate in the nation. On average, El Paso homeowners […]
Posted inCultural Whitewashing
White Replacement Extremism, El Paso And The Politics Of Education
Author’s note: I expect to be criticized for not using the term “allegedly” before the descriptions of the crimes that Patrick Wood Crusius has been charged with, but not convicted. Although there are legal reasons – often to protect the author and the publication from liability – I have chosen to leave out the “alleged” […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
The Conquered Have Come Back To Reclaim Their Identity Thus Forcing The Critical Race Theory National Debate
Author’s note: To understand the immigration debate raging across America today one must understand Newt Gingrich’s use of the term “traditional classic American” when discussing immigration. In this essay we investigate the origins of the cultural war that drives the immigration policy debate today and continues to divide America into what an acceptable American is. […]
Posted inCultural Whitewashing
Displacing Latinos Through Economic Manipulation Of Public Policy
As we explored in our previous article, philanthropy is used to manage the public policy agenda. Individuals who donate to non-profits tend to be wealthy and White. Their donations are often used for their individual causes, thus setting the community’s agenda via their philanthropy. A poignant example is the Glass Beach Study paid for by […]
Posted inBorder
The Conch Republic Is Born Because of Border Patrol Oppression
U.S. Highway 1 starts at Key West Florida and runs north for 2,370 miles where it ends up at the Canadian border. Like all immigration politics, the Border Patrol is often tasked with making the point of excluding brown people from America. In 1982, instead of setting up a task force to intercept undocumented immigrants […]
Posted inHealing Garden, In Remembrance/En Recuerdo
“In Remembrance / En Recuerdo” – 70-foot fabric mural for the families of the 23 people who died August 3rd, 2019 installed on the eve of the second anniversary of the Walmart Shooting in El Paso, Texas
On August 2, 2021, in El Paso, a fabric wall titled “In Remembrance / En Recuerdo,” was installed a day before the two-year anniversary of the August 3rd, 2019 Walmart shooting was installed at Ascarate Park. The fabric wall has messages to the families of the 23 people who were lost on that day. The […]
Posted inCultural Whitewashing
Who Speaks For El Paso, The Economic Voices
As El Paso Politics has reported previously, the El Paso narrative is primarily written by the Anglo minority of the community. Individuals like the former owners of Cinco Puntos – the Byrds and Bob Moore of El Paso Matters and formerly of the El Paso Times along with freelancer Debbie Nathan sets the tone for […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
Where is my country? I cannot find it!
I have broken my promise to be a contributor to this site and write essays on issues of importance to our community, our state, and our country. Mea Culpa – my bad. As I get closer in my quest to shed most of my community activities and get closer to full retirement, I now find […]