http://redbrownandblue.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:15:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [en] San Diego – Following President Obama’s first year in office, it’s time for Latinos to channel Janet Jackson and ask the president: “What have you done for us lately?” America’s largest minority is certainly entitled to the question. Nearly 10 million Latinos cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election. Two-thirds of ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/latino-pundit-grades-obama [en] [caption id="attachment_2318" align="alignleft" width="243" caption=""Los Cantores""][/caption] Reflections on the art of Carla Veliz, featured in the Instituto Cultural de México’s “Remarkable Paradigms” exhibit for International Women’s Month. Staring at Carla Veliz’s Los Cantores, I swoon with the rhythms implied in its curves and undulating lines. I yearn to tap my feet ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/cross-the-line-and-stare [en] A new basketball league is being formed that will only be open to men "that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race".  That's right - basketball for white boys.  This was reported in the January 19th edition of the Augusta Chronicle, and picked up a ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/for-the-people-a-little-white-lie [en] Every action must have an equal and opposite reaction. Haiti’s worst earthquake in over 200 years has taken the lives of tens of thousands and threatens millions more in the aftermath. Out of the darkness of the rubble there must come light. The forces of nature have devastated the people of ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/be-a-force-of-nature-help-heal-haiti [caption id="attachment_1640" align="alignright" width="273" caption="Greed is good,” Gordon Gekko giddily extolled in the movie “Wall Street,” capturing the hubris of the 80’s and earning Michael Douglas the coveted Academy."][/caption] [en] Forget which political party is winning these days. Partisanship may well be a distraction for what’s really going on beneath the table, ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/greed-divides-but-will-it-conquer [en] You're alone.  It's late and it's dark and the streetlights are not quite doing their job. Something, you're not sure what, doesn't feel right.  Looking back over your shoulder, you see the shift of shadows and the movement of the bushes that might just be the breeze.  But, it might ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/for-the-people-theyre-coming-for-you [en] I just signed the “National Marriage Boycott” pledge. A group of students at Stanford University began this movement with the simple idea that until everybody has the right to marry whomever they chose, the students will choose to not get married. I too, feel that equal rights should be just ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/why-the-boycott-in-national-marriage-boycott [en] 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 ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/ponder-this-survival-of-the-fittest%e2%80%a6-or-prettiest [en] 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 ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/where-do-i-fit-in [en] So it’s that time of year, time for tamales, and champurrado, and buñuelos, and pozole! Llegaron las Fiestas Navideñas! For Latinos, the Christmas Holidays bring many great memories of delicious food and good times con toda la familia. Being Latino, I come from a very Catholic family where Christmas is celebrated with old ... http://redbrownandblue.com/index.php/the-taste-of-navidad-past