2010 January | Red Brown and Blue

Ponder This: Survival of the Fittest….Or Prettiest.

Written by Callisto Griffith | January 7th, 2010 | Comments (5)

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I work at a Hispanic advertising agency that primarily focuses attention on multicultural, socio-economic issues that prevail in today’s society and that avidly works to support those individuals and unities bringing about positive cause and action within those impactful issues. From this, I get a first-hand look at the hot button issues that individuals are so passionate about voicing.

One dominant issue, for example, is racism – racism, prejudice, inferiority, all the same, but equally hurtful. So, I began to ponder about the roots of this particular injustice and the reasons for a person to cast inferiority, or superiority, against certain individuals. Racism, sexism and classism are products (I believe) that stem from people who support, and have supported for centuries, an ‘ideal’ image within society.

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Where do I fit in?

Written by Angelica Lopez | January 5th, 2010 | Comments (7)

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Angelica Christina Lopez, when skimming through a list of names, one would think, WOW, now that’s a typical tongue-rolling Mexican name. But once that name is placed with the individual another thought comes into play, a more confused, “is she mixed or not” thought races one’s mind. My name is Angelica Christina Lopez, I consider myself a Mexican American, but when asked “what part of Mexico are you from”, I hesitate. Both grandmothers and one grandfather were born in a small Texas town called Uvalde; I pronounce it “YouValdee”, not “OOvalde”. Granted it could be considered a border town, but that’s beside the point. My parents were born and raised there as well. Growing up I had this long Latino name that seemed to be the only thing I could pronounce in the language I was supposed to be speaking. For the sake of better job opportunities, my parents moved to Houston where the culture shock hit them and my home began.

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