Roberto Lovato, New York-based contributing Associate Editor with New America Media and a frequent contributor to The Nation Magazine, today wrote about the trend of anti-immigrant humor in mainstream popular culture and our collective lack of attention to this disgusting pattern: While the immigration debate in Congress ended months ago, the immigrant jokes haven’t. ThisContinueContinue reading “We’re Not Laughing: Anti-Latino Humor Has Entered the Mainstream”
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A&E TV’s ‘Silly Putty’ Version of Diversity
San Francisco-based photographer and EJS ally Dwayne Newton shares his reactions to A&E TV’s approach towards diversity. I haven’t had a chance to view A&E Network’s reality TV show entitled “Dog The Bounty Hunter” starring Duane “Dog” Chapman and family, and it looks like I won’t get the chance anytime soon – the show wasContinueContinue reading “A&E TV’s ‘Silly Putty’ Version of Diversity”
Congressional Leaders Call for Minority Media Ownership Task Force
Free Press (freepress.net) today announced that three Members of Congress endorsed FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein’s call for an independent, nonpartisan task force to address the disgracefully low levels of media ownership by people of color. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) endorsed the creation of a task forceContinueContinue reading “Congressional Leaders Call for Minority Media Ownership Task Force”