Category Archives: immigration
Boricua en la Luna : Why Citizenship and Identity Don’t Always Intersect
Reposted from VivirLatino Apparently Citizenship Day came and went. The entire I pondered my citizenship: how I was born into it, how my parents were born into it, and how my abuelos, when they were toddlers, woke up with it … Continue reading
Netroots Nation : Invisibility and Identity in Progressive Spaces Part 2 (Immigration)
Here’s a little more context so some of what went down at Netroots Nation and my feelings about in relation to larger blogging/community issues. I can’t believe that even after writing this, there is still stuff that is churning inside … Continue reading
La Mala is an Immigration Scholar and is Going to Netroots Nation to Prove It
National blogger conferences are always funny things to me. I’ve been blogging for many years and not to give myself too many props, pero I was one of the earlier radical women of color blogging on personal issues as political … Continue reading
The Luis Ramirez Murder: A Logical Step in the Process of Establishing a Subhuman Class
Cross-Posted at VL Seems live every org and their mother want to take the recent injustice in the Luis Ramirez murder case and use it for toned down cries for justice separated from the multiple places that breed the kind … Continue reading
Luis Ramirez and Every Mother’s Sons and Daughters : Seeking Justice by All Means Necessary
Cross-Posted from VivirLatino Writing this post left me shaking and crying. I have been writing and working on these issues for almost 15 years and it is angering, sad and scary the way it keeps happening over and over again. … Continue reading
May Day Immigrant Rally and March 2009, NYC
On Friday, after taking la Mapu to her ortho appointment (she doesn’t need a brace- woo hoo), the chicas and I headed to Union Square to participate in the rally and march for immigrants. There were less people than last … Continue reading