Latino Friends: 'De Donde?' Is a Passion Play for CLU Latinos
When Elsa Soto heard that her university planned to stage a shockingly realistic play about the plight of illegal immigrants, she couldn't believe it."What?" she demanded of her Latino friends as flyers for the play "De Donde?" plastered the campus. "They are doing this play at Cal Lutheran?"Her reaction typified that of the school's growing body of Latino students, who say that any event...
Latino Friends: MOCKUMENTARY SHEDS LIGHT ON INVISIBLE CALIFORNIANS
Imagine waking up one morning to discover that all Latinos in California have vanished. No Mexicans. No Guatemalans. No Hondurans. No Argentines.The state is in a panic. Fruits and vegetables are rotting. The nanny does not show up. The Border Patrol has nothing to do. People who miss their Latino friends hold vigils with signs saying, "Come back, amigos."Is it the Rapture? Were Latinos kidnapped by aliens?This is the setting for A Day Without a Mexican, a...
Latino Friends: SE HABLA EDUCATION LATINOS MORE NEED HELP, PROFESSORS SAY
From kindergarten to college, the country's schools must do more to prepare minority students for college and help them succeed there, two Latino educators said Saturday.But Latino students also must encourage their Latino friends to pursue higher education and to demand a greater say in how they are taught. "We must end the vicious cycle," Carlos Torre, a Yale University psychology professor, told a gathering of 300 students at the New York State Latino...
Latino Friends: Summit closes in on achievement gap
OK, readers, time for a little quiz. Should a 1937 graduate of Spelman College be referred to as an alumna or alumnus?(Hint to white readers: Ask your African-American friends for help on this one.) Second question: What race was the family that filed a segregation lawsuit against the Westminster School District in 1945?(Hint to white and African-American readers: Ask your Latino friends for help with this one.) Don't have any friends of a different ethnic origin...