http://www.hispanictips.com A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/pew-hispanic-center-report-the-role-of-schools-in-the-english-language-learner-achievement-gap/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/pew-hispanic-center-report-the-role-of-schools-in-the-english-language-learner-achievement-gap/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:03:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/pew-hispanic-center-report-the-role-of-schools-in-the-english-language-learner-achievement-gap/ "Students designated as English language learners (ELL) tend to go to public schools with low standardized test scores. However, these low levels of assessed proficiency are not solely attributable to poor achievement by ELL students. These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance--such as high student-teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students who live in poverty or near poverty. When ELL students are not isolated in these low-achieving schools, their gap in test score results is considerably narrower." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/pew-hispanic-center-report-the-role-of-schools-in-the-english-language-learner-achievement-gap/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/primer-impacto-how-spanish-language-ads-could-decide-the-election/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/primer-impacto-how-spanish-language-ads-could-decide-the-election/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:53:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/primer-impacto-how-spanish-language-ads-could-decide-the-election/ "In a year of political milestones, prepare to add one more to the heap. Come this fall, Spanish-speaking Americans -- a community not always paid the greatest attention by presidential candidates -- should be just about as sick of political ads as the rest of their compatriots.

With Latinos appearing key to the respective general election strategies of both John McCain and Barack Obama, experts say spending on Spanish-language media is set to shatter the previous record of nearly $9 million, the overall number achieved by both parties and outside groups during the 2004 race between President Bush and John Kerry." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/primer-impacto-how-spanish-language-ads-could-decide-the-election/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/births-fueling-hispanic-growth-not-immigration-i-have-pointed-this-out-before/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/births-fueling-hispanic-growth-not-immigration-i-have-pointed-this-out-before/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:14:24 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/births-fueling-hispanic-growth-not-immigration-i-have-pointed-this-out-before/ "Births, not immigration, now account for most of the growth in the nation's Hispanic population, a distinct reversal of trends of the past 30 years.

The Hispanic baby boom is transforming the demographics of small-town America in a dramatic way. Some rural counties where the population had been shrinking and aging are growing because of Hispanic immigration and births and now must provide services for the young." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/births-fueling-hispanic-growth-not-immigration-i-have-pointed-this-out-before/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/cuban-american-woman-leads-mccains-florida-campaign-arlene-dibenigno/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/cuban-american-woman-leads-mccains-florida-campaign-arlene-dibenigno/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:32:04 +0000 Tomas "A one-time political apprentice of former Gov. Jeb Bush has earned her way to the top job in Sen. John McCain's Florida campaign, where she'll have to prove her stripes in a must-win state." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/29/cuban-american-woman-leads-mccains-florida-campaign-arlene-dibenigno/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/new-video-shows-link-between-anti-immigrant-groups-and-white-supremacists-national-council-of-la-raza/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/new-video-shows-link-between-anti-immigrant-groups-and-white-supremacists-national-council-of-la-raza/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/new-video-shows-link-between-anti-immigrant-groups-and-white-supremacists-national-council-of-la-raza/ "“What if all the leading anti-immigration groups were founded by the same man, funded by the same organization, and [had] ties to White supremacy?” So begins Heidi Beirich’s narrative in “Behind the Veil”—a new video being released today that details the common origins of many of the country’s leading anti-immigration groups and their ties to White supremacists. In the video, Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)—the nation’s premier monitor of hate groups—discusses SPLC’s research on organizations such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), NumbersUSA, and the Social Contract Press.

Beirich’s narrative, in particular, draws connections between anti-immigrant forces and one of their founders/funders, retired ophthalmologist John Tanton. Beirich shows how the more extreme groups are designed to coexist with those that appear to the public and media as more moderate.

“There is a debate to be had over immigration,” says the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) President and CEO Janet Murguía, “and we’re anxious to have it. But, so far, the rhetoric has not been about policy, it has been about hate. No good policy has ever come from the demonization of one group by another. The hate has got to stop.”

Produced by NCLR, “Behind the Veil” is the last of three videos that are part of a campaign to divorce hate groups and hate speech from the immigration debate. As with the organizations featured in the other two videos, the Anti-Defamation League (“Code Words of Hate”) and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (“America’s Immigration Legacy”), the SPLC has no public policy stake in the immigration debate. All three videos can be found on NCLR’s website: www.WeCanStopTheHate.org.

“On the one hand,” says Beirich, “the anti-immigrant system is based on pandering to the extremists that you know will join your ranks, back you, fund you, and attend your events. On the other hand, it tries to use groups like FAIR to present a more moderate face that seems disconnected from these folks, but really at the end of the day, isn’t.” “Most people,” says Murguía, “don’t realize that these groups have common origins and agendas that are suspect.”

Beirich also draws the connection between the dramatic rise in hate groups over the past eight years to their refocus on anti-immigrant rhetoric. According to the SPLC, the number of hate groups targeting Latinos is up 48% since the year 2000.

“The driving factor that we found behind this,” says Beirich, “is the shift to pounding the anti-immigrant drum. Every one of them recruits now on immigration. That’s what is driving the rise of hate groups—that, and almost that alone.”" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/new-video-shows-link-between-anti-immigrant-groups-and-white-supremacists-national-council-of-la-raza/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/a-curmudgeon-leaves-millions-to-poor-children-of-panama-and-the-battles-begins/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/a-curmudgeon-leaves-millions-to-poor-children-of-panama-and-the-battles-begins/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:21:25 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/a-curmudgeon-leaves-millions-to-poor-children-of-panama-and-the-battles-begins/ "In life, Wilson C. Lucom was not exactly child friendly. The gruff octogenarian never had children himself and was not especially close to the offspring of his third wife, Hilda, either. When he opened his ample checkbook, friends say, it was more likely to finance a conservative political cause than to help underprivileged youths." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/a-curmudgeon-leaves-millions-to-poor-children-of-panama-and-the-battles-begins/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/puerto-rico-creates-8-team-soccer-league/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/puerto-rico-creates-8-team-soccer-league/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:01:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/puerto-rico-creates-8-team-soccer-league/ "Puerto Rico has created a soccer league of eight teams that will debut in a 56-game tournament.

Four teams have international backing from Argentina's River Plate, Brazil's Fluminense, Mexico's Pachuca and Spain's Sevilla." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/puerto-rico-creates-8-team-soccer-league/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/lapd-wont-ask-about-immigration-status-lawsuit-thrown-out/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/lapd-wont-ask-about-immigration-status-lawsuit-thrown-out/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:10:13 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/lapd-wont-ask-about-immigration-status-lawsuit-thrown-out/ "A California judge blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist Los Angeles police officers in weeding out illegal immigrants.

Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu on Wednesday rejected arguments that the city's policy — under which most suspects are not asked about their immigration status — conflicted with federal and state law." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/lapd-wont-ask-about-immigration-status-lawsuit-thrown-out/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/latino-media-getting-cold-shoulder-from-campaigns/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/latino-media-getting-cold-shoulder-from-campaigns/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:08:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/latino-media-getting-cold-shoulder-from-campaigns/ "The burst of anger on the Barack Obama campaign’s recent news media call was unexpected, but it should not have been a surprise.

For weeks, members of the Spanish-language media had been blogging, writing and outright complaining that the presidential campaigns have not been paying attention to them.

First, they expressed frustration about Republican John McCain’s campaign. About the same time, McCain brought on a media specialist to deal with the Hispanic press." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/latino-media-getting-cold-shoulder-from-campaigns/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/less-than-half-of-california-latinos-48-have-home-computers-compared-to-about-eight-in-10-or-more-for-whites-86-asians-84-and-blacks-79-just-four-in-10-latinos-40-have-internet-access-and/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/less-than-half-of-california-latinos-48-have-home-computers-compared-to-about-eight-in-10-or-more-for-whites-86-asians-84-and-blacks-79-just-four-in-10-latinos-40-have-internet-access-and/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:02:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/less-than-half-of-california-latinos-48-have-home-computers-compared-to-about-eight-in-10-or-more-for-whites-86-asians-84-and-blacks-79-just-four-in-10-latinos-40-have-internet-access-and/ "" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/26/less-than-half-of-california-latinos-48-have-home-computers-compared-to-about-eight-in-10-or-more-for-whites-86-asians-84-and-blacks-79-just-four-in-10-latinos-40-have-internet-access-and/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/univision-zubi-advertising-complete-80-million-deal-the-deal-includes-advertising-on-all-three-univision-tv-networks-univision-telefutura-and-galavision-among-other-areas-of-the-company/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/univision-zubi-advertising-complete-80-million-deal-the-deal-includes-advertising-on-all-three-univision-tv-networks-univision-telefutura-and-galavision-among-other-areas-of-the-company/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:33:47 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/univision-zubi-advertising-complete-80-million-deal-the-deal-includes-advertising-on-all-three-univision-tv-networks-univision-telefutura-and-galavision-among-other-areas-of-the-company/ "Joe Uva, CEO Univision
In what is possibly the largest one-time, cross-platform upfront deal between a Hispanic media agency and a Hispanic TV network in history, Zubi Advertising of Miami and Univision have completed an all-encompassing media advertising deal approaching $80 million.

The deal includes advertising on all three Univision TV networks--Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision--as well as 64 Univision owned-and-operated TV stations, Univision radio stations and the online units of all those properties (plus mobile). It was hammered out by the sales team at Zubi Advertising and by Peter Lazarus, executive vp of network sales at Univision; and Carlos Deschapelles, senior vp of Univision network sales." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/univision-zubi-advertising-complete-80-million-deal-the-deal-includes-advertising-on-all-three-univision-tv-networks-univision-telefutura-and-galavision-among-other-areas-of-the-company/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-farmers-seek-change-on-guest-workers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-farmers-seek-change-on-guest-workers/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:39:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-farmers-seek-change-on-guest-workers/ "The job is one of the toughest in agriculture, and farmers in the irrigated desert around Yuma, Arizona, which produces around 90 percent of America's winter produce, struggle to fill them with American workers in this election year.

Each morning some 25,000 migrant workers like Castaneda, 54, get up in the dark in Mexico and cross over the border to work in the scorching fields. Growers say the sector has jobs for another 5,000 at peak times.

Many U.S. farmers, from dairy farmers to cattle ranchers and produce growers, complain that they cannot find enough American workers to fill many key jobs." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-farmers-seek-change-on-guest-workers/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-fence-challenge-rebuffed-by-supreme-court-the-justices-decline-to-hear-a-petition-from-environmentalists-allowing-the-department-of-homeland-security-to-continue-construction/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-fence-challenge-rebuffed-by-supreme-court-the-justices-decline-to-hear-a-petition-from-environmentalists-allowing-the-department-of-homeland-security-to-continue-construction/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:18 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-fence-challenge-rebuffed-by-supreme-court-the-justices-decline-to-hear-a-petition-from-environmentalists-allowing-the-department-of-homeland-security-to-continue-construction/ "The government's plan to build a 670-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border took another step forward Monday when the Supreme Court turned away a legal challenge from environmentalists.

The court's action clears the way for U.S. officials to press ahead with the project with little worry that judges will be able to stop it." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/border-fence-challenge-rebuffed-by-supreme-court-the-justices-decline-to-hear-a-petition-from-environmentalists-allowing-the-department-of-homeland-security-to-continue-construction/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/author-jerry-a-rodriguez-dies-at-46/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/author-jerry-a-rodriguez-dies-at-46/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:09:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/author-jerry-a-rodriguez-dies-at-46/ "Author Jerry A. Rodriguez died of cancer Sunday at age 46, his publishing house revealed.

The Brooklyn-born playwright, filmmaker and novelist had just published “Revenge Tango,” the follow-up to his acclaimed thriller “The Devil’s Mambo,” featuring Detective Nicholas Esperanza." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/author-jerry-a-rodriguez-dies-at-46/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/obama-on-wrong-side-of-elian-gonzalez-saga/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/obama-on-wrong-side-of-elian-gonzalez-saga/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:02:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/obama-on-wrong-side-of-elian-gonzalez-saga/ "Having two top advisers who played key roles in the episode — Greg Craig, who represented Gonzalez's father in Cuba, and Eric Holder, then a Clinton administration deputy attorney general when federal agents stormed the Miami home of Gonzalez’s relatives to remove the then-6-year-old and return him to Cuba — Obama now finds himself on the wrong side of an emotional issue in a battleground state.

The wound reopened again last week after Gonzalez returned to the headlines in South Florida following a report in a Cuban communist youth newspaper that he has joined Cuba’s Young Communist Union. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/obama-on-wrong-side-of-elian-gonzalez-saga/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/people-who-are-bicultural-and-speak-two-languages-may-actually-shift-their-personalities-when-they-switch-from-one-language-to-another/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/people-who-are-bicultural-and-speak-two-languages-may-actually-shift-their-personalities-when-they-switch-from-one-language-to-another/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:55:35 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/people-who-are-bicultural-and-speak-two-languages-may-actually-shift-their-personalities-when-they-switch-from-one-language-to-another/ "People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.

Researchers David Luna from Baruch College and Torsten Ringberg and Laura A. Peracchio from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studied groups of Hispanic women, all of whom were bilingual, but with varying degrees of cultural identification." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/people-who-are-bicultural-and-speak-two-languages-may-actually-shift-their-personalities-when-they-switch-from-one-language-to-another/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/jaime-jarrin-links-dodgers-to-spanish-speaking-audience-jarrin-has-gone-from-early-slights-to-a-50-year-broadcasting-career-that-includes-not-only-baseball-but-also-covering-the-pope-white-house-vi/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/jaime-jarrin-links-dodgers-to-spanish-speaking-audience-jarrin-has-gone-from-early-slights-to-a-50-year-broadcasting-career-that-includes-not-only-baseball-but-also-covering-the-pope-white-house-vi/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:29:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/jaime-jarrin-links-dodgers-to-spanish-speaking-audience-jarrin-has-gone-from-early-slights-to-a-50-year-broadcasting-career-that-includes-not-only-baseball-but-also-covering-the-pope-white-house-vi/ "He repeated the word several times over a lunch that lasted nearly three hours when describing his 50-year Hall of Fame career as the Spanish voice of the Dodgers.

He talked about how he came to the United States from Ecuador with $40 in his pocket on June 24, 1955, the anniversary of which will be celebrated this evening at Dodger Stadium before the Dodgers' game against the Chicago White Sox. He talked about how he used to translate Vin Scully's English-language broadcasts over the air from a studio in Pasadena. He talked about times he had to call games seated next to stadium loudspeakers or in places where his view of the field was obstructed." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/jaime-jarrin-links-dodgers-to-spanish-speaking-audience-jarrin-has-gone-from-early-slights-to-a-50-year-broadcasting-career-that-includes-not-only-baseball-but-also-covering-the-pope-white-house-vi/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/professor-to-join-hispanic-journalists-hall-of-fame-maggie-rivas-rodriguez/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/professor-to-join-hispanic-journalists-hall-of-fame-maggie-rivas-rodriguez/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:28:48 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/professor-to-join-hispanic-journalists-hall-of-fame-maggie-rivas-rodriguez/ "Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, an associate professor in the School of Journalism, has spent her career promoting Latino community coverage in the media.

Because of her efforts, Rivas-Rodriguez, who helped found the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 1982, will be inducted into the association's hall of fame in July.

In her 17-year career in news media, Rivas-Rodriguez has worked for such publications as The Boston Globe and The Dallas Morning News. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/24/professor-to-join-hispanic-journalists-hall-of-fame-maggie-rivas-rodriguez/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/latino-children-are-behind-in-preschool-enrollment-california/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/latino-children-are-behind-in-preschool-enrollment-california/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:24:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/latino-children-are-behind-in-preschool-enrollment-california/ "A new study on preschool education in California released this week by a nonprofit research organization confirms Ohnersorgen’s assertitions but the study also found that California children who could benefit most are least likely to be in quality preschool, especially Latino children.

RAND Corporation researchers found that children from lower-income families, children whose mothers have less education and Latino children are significantly less likely than others to attend center-based early care and education programs, even though they are among the groups that consistently show a lack of readiness for school. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/latino-children-are-behind-in-preschool-enrollment-california/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/group-wields-racketeering-law-against-landlords-to-combat-illegal-immigration-plainfield-new-jersey/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/group-wields-racketeering-law-against-landlords-to-combat-illegal-immigration-plainfield-new-jersey/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:15:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/group-wields-racketeering-law-against-landlords-to-combat-illegal-immigration-plainfield-new-jersey/ "A federal lawsuit challenging the right of landlords to rent to illegal immigrants has stoked tensions over immigration that have been rising for years here.

A group opposed to illegal immigration filed suit against a Plainfield property management company this month, seeking to set a legal precedent by using a federal law normally employed against racketeers to punish landlords who rent to illegal immigrants." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/group-wields-racketeering-law-against-landlords-to-combat-illegal-immigration-plainfield-new-jersey/feed/