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Really? I never noticed…

I came across an article on MSNBC.com today titled “U.S. report: Racial disparities continue“. My first thought was – no kidding. The report details how there is a gap amongst whites, blacks, and hispanics concerning education, income, and home ownership. Here’s a little excerpt: Decades after the civil rights movement, racial disparities in income, education [...]

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Whites, Blacks, Hispanics Disagree About Way Minority Groups Treated

July 11, 2006 Whites, Blacks, Hispanics Disagree About Way Minority Groups Treated Whites diverge from blacks, Hispanics in their views of black-Hispanic relations by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup’s annual Minority Rights and Relations poll finds that non-Hispanic whites are much more likely than blacks or Hispanics to express satisfaction [...]

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So now we’re all the same…

So now someone from Trinidad is the same as being from Puerto Rico. Let me explain. A coworker of mine said that there were 3 hispanics in the office today. That I knew of, there were only 2, me included. So I asked, who’s the third? Said person pointed to one of the student assistants, [...]

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I hate it when…

I’m sure this has happened to other people before. I hate it when people ask me why I put a Puerto Rican flag up in my car. I tell them I’m proud of where I come from. They then ask, “So what, I should put a US flag up?” If you feel like it, then [...]

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Roots of Human Family Tree Are Shallow

Article from the LA Times – ************************************************* Roots of Human Family Tree Are Shallow By MATT CRENSON AP National Writer 2:17 PM PDT, July 1, 2006 Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia — Taiwan, Malaysia and Siberia all are likely locations. He — or she — did [...]

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Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think

An interesting article from the NY Times – http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/opinion/31mon4.html?ex=1151208000&en=c4b11fd61953a0ac&ei=5070 ************************************************* October 31, 2005 Editorial Observer Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think By BRENT STAPLES People have occasionally asked me how a black person came by a “white” name like Brent Staples. One letter writer ridiculed it as “an anchorman’s name” and [...]

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Puerto Rico Genealogy

Happy Monday folks! Back to the weekly work routine. I’ve recently taken up on a genealogy hobby researching my family history and family tree. Initial surnames I’m researching are Acevedo and Rivera from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Both my father and mother’s family are from Aguadilla. I have been able to find a lot of information [...]

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