Comments for Greater Mexico Podcast http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu The Podcast about History, Politics, and Culture in Greater Mexico Thu, 14 May 2009 09:44:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Mexican and Chicano popular music with Michelle Habell-Pallan: Greater Mexico Podcast 3 by Henry Vasquez http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=97&cpage=1#comment-633 Henry Vasquez Thu, 14 May 2009 09:44:19 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=97#comment-633 just stopped by to say i really liked your msuite site - you've put some work into it! just stopped by to say i really liked your msuite site – you’ve put some work into it!

]]> Comment on The Obama Election and the Chicano/Mexicano Community – The Lansing/Michigan Perspective: Greater Mexico Podcast 4, Part 1 by Jimmy Walsh http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-632 Jimmy Walsh Tue, 05 May 2009 14:10:48 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=115#comment-632 The “dark days of Bush governance” biggest impact has to do with class, as opposed to race or community. I never thought about it like that. That makes sense. I would agree with what Todd is saying about how the “pendulum” swung a little farther in the case of Mexicanos, and Chicanos, as being perceived on the same grounds as terrorists. I really hadn’t thought about that fact that much, but I do seem to remember, especially during the 2004 elections, there being this almost pandemic concerning the fear of illegal immigrants running across the border from Mexico. And, of course, these immigrants had to be terrorists; or, at least the way the Bush Administration and select news groups would have us perceive them. One of the main goals of the Bush Administration, concerning Immigration, was to link it, with Terrorism, and I believe they did a decent job of accomplishing that. Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), Todd describes the YAF, rightly quoting the Southern Poverty Law Center, as a “hate group.” I’ve walked past them a few times outside Wells, and couldn’t believe what I was hearing, especially when they were holding a sign that bore the name of their group, and had Freedom italicized. I liked Todd’s description, or more or less disclaimer about the struggles of people in Michigan, and his idea of social justice. He’s not saying that people on the right aren’t struggling to achieve their idea of social justice, which is a comment usually left out regarding ones opposition. I also don’t agree the right’s idea, nor their tactics. The U.S. has a history of expelling Mexicans in mass, I never knew this. “Mexicans return to Mexico because of lack of jobs: Proves they’re not here for welfare” I love this headline. “What welfare?” as Ben so rightly pointed out. It’s hard enough with all the proper documentation to get welfare, I don’t know why there has always been this misnomer that every single Mexican, or Chicano, that has been in the United States, has come there for one reason, to get on the welfare system. If they wanted to get on the Dole, they should have gone to Canada, a land where they could actually get something they needed sorted out. That would be crazy if the populations of the South West actually voted to reattach the South West of the U.S. to Mexico. That is an awesome point to raise, and I’ve heard many people state, “Oh, now that we’ve elected a black President, it proves that racism is dead in the U.S.” and this is completely absurd. Yes, it represents a step, but not the complete eradication of racism –which is something I don’t ever think will become extinct in the United States. The “dark days of Bush governance” biggest impact has to do with class, as opposed to race or community. I never thought about it like that. That makes sense.

I would agree with what Todd is saying about how the “pendulum” swung a little farther in the case of Mexicanos, and Chicanos, as being perceived on the same grounds as terrorists. I really hadn’t thought about that fact that much, but I do seem to remember, especially during the 2004 elections, there being this almost pandemic concerning the fear of illegal immigrants running across the border from Mexico. And, of course, these immigrants had to be terrorists; or, at least the way the Bush Administration and select news groups would have us perceive them. One of the main goals of the Bush Administration, concerning Immigration, was to link it, with Terrorism, and I believe they did a decent job of accomplishing that.

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), Todd describes the YAF, rightly quoting the Southern Poverty Law Center, as a “hate group.” I’ve walked past them a few times outside Wells, and couldn’t believe what I was hearing, especially when they were holding a sign that bore the name of their group, and had Freedom italicized.

I liked Todd’s description, or more or less disclaimer about the struggles of people in Michigan, and his idea of social justice. He’s not saying that people on the right aren’t struggling to achieve their idea of social justice, which is a comment usually left out regarding ones opposition. I also don’t agree the right’s idea, nor their tactics.

The U.S. has a history of expelling Mexicans in mass, I never knew this.

“Mexicans return to Mexico because of lack of jobs:
Proves they’re not here for welfare”
I love this headline. “What welfare?” as Ben so rightly pointed out. It’s hard enough with all the proper documentation to get welfare, I don’t know why there has always been this misnomer that every single Mexican, or Chicano, that has been in the United States, has come there for one reason, to get on the welfare system. If they wanted to get on the Dole, they should have gone to Canada, a land where they could actually get something they needed sorted out.

That would be crazy if the populations of the South West actually voted to reattach the South West of the U.S. to Mexico.

That is an awesome point to raise, and I’ve heard many people state, “Oh, now that we’ve elected a black President, it proves that racism is dead in the U.S.” and this is completely absurd. Yes, it represents a step, but not the complete eradication of racism –which is something I don’t ever think will become extinct in the United States.

]]> Comment on The Obama Election and the Chicano/Mexicano Community – The Lansing/Michigan Perspective: Greater Mexico Podcast 4, Part 1 by Ashley Wilson http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=115&cpage=1#comment-631 Ashley Wilson Mon, 04 May 2009 03:33:03 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=115#comment-631 The podcast for February 16, 2009 answered some lingering questions regarding Obama's presidency and his effects on Chicano's and United States Mexico relations. Guest speaker, Ernesto Todd Mireles gave insight to what the new presidency may potentially do, or not do, in regards to Chicano's. Mireles, community activist and active organizer of the Xicano Development Center, does not define current Chicano problems as an old phenomena. He comments that nativism has played a big role since 1944. Propositions 187 and 203 resulted in the beginning of nativist resurgents and anti-immigrant incentives. This has continued up until present day. The Bush administration had an 8 year impact on Chicano's in Michigan, especially in Lansing, ,considering Lansing has the third largest Chicano population. However he pinpoints that Chicano issues are not ethnicity based, as are most racial problems in the United States, but they are more of an issue of class. As our economy sinks lower there is more job competition, and more worries about the welfare system. In opposition to common belief Mireles comments that Americans should not be worried about the welfare system or jobs, because the number of Chicano's returning to Mexico has increased recently. Yet the United States is still taking a very aggressive stance against immigration and Chicanos. Mireles highlights that after 9/11 terrorist rhetoric expanded to Mexico, and the military presence towards the Latino community increased with the border patrol becoming a more militaristic unit. So therefore what is the American message? Is the United States really serious about the situation or are they simply re-establishing who is in control? He then points out a 2004 article by Sam Huntington that emphasizes the grasp of Anglo-Protestant-Saxon race on the United States. This is a view most politicians rely on, and sometimes even further. Milires responds to all of this saying that the Obama may be the first black president however he stresses his protestant background. Therefore the administration will most likely not change immigration policies. He acknowledges that Obama realizes as president that he is there to protect the majority, and he is still a capitalist and militarist. As for Obama, he remarks that Latinos need to stop engaging in a legal debate because it is not helping forward their cause. I thought the podcast was very interesting. I am from Traverse City, which is a farm town, and most of the farm workers are immigrants. It will be interesting to see what happens this summer as more individuals are losing their jobs, because people are becoming more desperate to work low paying jobs that require physical labor. I can therefore understand American pressure to stop illegal immigration. However, at the same time, I think Americans forget that the United States was built on immigration. We practically exterminated, and definitely suppressed, the indigenous group that originated on United States land (Native Americans), and we continue to do so to a group (Latin Americans) who originated on much of the Southern part of the United States. Therefore who are we, as United States citizens, to force out and discriminate against a group who has essentially been here longer than we have. When it comes to job competition, society should take their resentments out on the big businesses who are transferring potential jobs overseas, instead of the people who are trying to strengthen the economy. I feel like it is a historical phenomena that crisis brings discrimination, and I feel like that is what is going on with the Chicanos since 9/11. As Merelis notes, terrorist rhetoric expanded south, however it did not go north. Chicanos were easy targets though, because United States and Latin American cultures are so different. Labeling Canadians as a potential terrorist risk would be like accusing the Americans of being terrorists. The podcast for February 16, 2009 answered some lingering questions regarding Obama’s presidency and his effects on Chicano’s and United States Mexico relations. Guest speaker, Ernesto Todd Mireles gave insight to what the new presidency may potentially do, or not do, in regards to Chicano’s. Mireles, community activist and active organizer of the Xicano Development Center, does not define current Chicano problems as an old phenomena. He comments that nativism has played a big role since 1944. Propositions 187 and 203 resulted in the beginning of nativist resurgents and anti-immigrant incentives. This has continued up until present day. The Bush administration had an 8 year impact on Chicano’s in Michigan, especially in Lansing, ,considering Lansing has the third largest Chicano population. However he pinpoints that Chicano issues are not ethnicity based, as are most racial problems in the United States, but they are more of an issue of class. As our economy sinks lower there is more job competition, and more worries about the welfare system. In opposition to common belief Mireles comments that Americans should not be worried about the welfare system or jobs, because the number of Chicano’s returning to Mexico has increased recently. Yet the United States is still taking a very aggressive stance against immigration and Chicanos. Mireles highlights that after 9/11 terrorist rhetoric expanded to Mexico, and the military presence towards the Latino community increased with the border patrol becoming a more militaristic unit. So therefore what is the American message? Is the United States really serious about the situation or are they simply re-establishing who is in control? He then points out a 2004 article by Sam Huntington that emphasizes the grasp of Anglo-Protestant-Saxon race on the United States. This is a view most politicians rely on, and sometimes even further. Milires responds to all of this saying that the Obama may be the first black president however he stresses his protestant background. Therefore the administration will most likely not change immigration policies. He acknowledges that Obama realizes as president that he is there to protect the majority, and he is still a capitalist and militarist. As for Obama, he remarks that Latinos need to stop engaging in a legal debate because it is not helping forward their cause.

I thought the podcast was very interesting. I am from Traverse City, which is a farm town, and most of the farm workers are immigrants. It will be interesting to see what happens this summer as more individuals are losing their jobs, because people are becoming more desperate to work low paying jobs that require physical labor. I can therefore understand American pressure to stop illegal immigration. However, at the same time, I think Americans forget that the United States was built on immigration. We practically exterminated, and definitely suppressed, the indigenous group that originated on United States land (Native Americans), and we continue to do so to a group (Latin Americans) who originated on much of the Southern part of the United States. Therefore who are we, as United States citizens, to force out and discriminate against a group who has essentially been here longer than we have. When it comes to job competition, society should take their resentments out on the big businesses who are transferring potential jobs overseas, instead of the people who are trying to strengthen the economy. I feel like it is a historical phenomena that crisis brings discrimination, and I feel like that is what is going on with the Chicanos since 9/11. As Merelis notes, terrorist rhetoric expanded south, however it did not go north. Chicanos were easy targets though, because United States and Latin American cultures are so different. Labeling Canadians as a potential terrorist risk would be like accusing the Americans of being terrorists.

]]> Comment on Mexico and the “War on Drugs”: Greater Mexico podcast #2 by R. B. Ramos http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-132 R. B. Ramos Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:49:32 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83#comment-132 Contrary to what most people in the US believes the war on drugs in Mexico is not a new thing. The Mexican Army has been in this fight for 3 decades with thousands of dead soldiers. It is truth however, that President Calderon has given more support and more freedom to the Army to operate against the Cartels, but this is a necessity rather than a strategy. The 400,000 policemen in Mexico are completely useless. After decades of neglect, they are either corrupt or incapable- in terms of training and equipment- to stand up to the Cartels. With a record 85 billion dollars in reserves, a 400 million dollars aid from the Merida Initiative is really useless; the problem is not money, the problem is the police and judicial systems are heavily infiltrated. The Army can only detain drug dealers in fraganti -red handed-, and are not allowed- by the constitution- to investigate or follow up, hence the ones detained are later freed by the corrupted system. To say that the Cartels out gun the Mexican Army is an exaggeration; it is truth that they have an impressive arsenal for a civilian criminal organization, including grenades, diverse assault rifles, 50mm Barret guns and even maybe Rocket Propelled Grenades -which if they have they have not used yet-, but the Army can handle this, they have done it so far. Every fight or battle, either on the streets or the sierras or mountains of Mexico, invariably ends up with the drug dealers running or dead. As for the allegations that the Cartels "frequently steal from the Mexican Army stockpiles", it's completely false and lacks any support. The Mexican Army has a limited arsenal and is very closely guarded; the weapons used by the Cartels do not come from there. They don't come from the gun shops in the border either; the weapons used by the Cartels come from the US Army stockpiles and/or directly from the manufacturers like Armalite, Colt and Bushmaster to name a few. Why is the US backing Mexican Cartels? Here is why: there are 30 to 40 million consumers of drugs in the USA that demand their daily fix. Billions or drug dollars move freely and are laundered every year in the USA with the complacency of US Government and the public. The American public has been indoctrinated into believing that drug cartels come only from the south; but what about the American cartels that distribute and have the lion’s share of the drug business? Why does the DEA only arrest low level street distributors? – Mexico with very limited resources and a corrupted judicial system arrests many more cartel heads than the US-, Where are all the big fish? Apparently drugs distribute themselves in the USA. You can have all the international cooperation and support that you want, but the fundamental problem remains: as long as the American society keeps focused on money instead of family, more and more consumers will join the market, demand will increase and the drug business will thrive. Contrary to what most people in the US believes the war on drugs in Mexico is not a new thing. The Mexican Army has been in this fight for 3 decades with thousands of dead soldiers. It is truth however, that President Calderon has given more support and more freedom to the Army to operate against the Cartels, but this is a necessity rather than a strategy.
The 400,000 policemen in Mexico are completely useless. After decades of neglect, they are either corrupt or incapable- in terms of training and equipment- to stand up to the Cartels.

With a record 85 billion dollars in reserves, a 400 million dollars aid from the Merida Initiative is really useless; the problem is not money, the problem is the police and judicial systems are heavily infiltrated. The Army can only detain drug dealers in fraganti -red handed-, and are not allowed- by the constitution- to investigate or follow up, hence the ones detained are later freed by the corrupted system.

To say that the Cartels out gun the Mexican Army is an exaggeration; it is truth that they have an impressive arsenal for a civilian criminal organization, including grenades, diverse assault rifles, 50mm Barret guns and even maybe Rocket Propelled Grenades -which if they have they have not used yet-, but the Army can handle this, they have done it so far. Every fight or battle, either on the streets or the sierras or mountains of Mexico, invariably ends up with the drug dealers running or dead.

As for the allegations that the Cartels “frequently steal from the Mexican Army stockpiles”, it’s completely false and lacks any support. The Mexican Army has a limited arsenal and is very closely guarded; the weapons used by the Cartels do not come from there. They don’t come from the gun shops in the border either; the weapons used by the Cartels come from the US Army stockpiles and/or directly from the manufacturers like Armalite, Colt and Bushmaster to name a few.

Why is the US backing Mexican Cartels?
Here is why: there are 30 to 40 million consumers of drugs in the USA that demand their daily fix. Billions or drug dollars move freely and are laundered every year in the USA with the complacency of US Government and the public. The American public has been indoctrinated into believing that drug cartels come only from the south; but what about the American cartels that distribute and have the lion’s share of the drug business? Why does the DEA only arrest low level street distributors? – Mexico with very limited resources and a corrupted judicial system arrests many more cartel heads than the US-, Where are all the big fish? Apparently drugs distribute themselves in the USA.

You can have all the international cooperation and support that you want, but the fundamental problem remains: as long as the American society keeps focused on money instead of family, more and more consumers will join the market, demand will increase and the drug business will thrive.

]]> Comment on Mexicano and Chicano Cinema with Professor Charles Ramirez Berg: Greater Mexico Podcast #1 by Kj Malc http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-14 Kj Malc Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74#comment-14 Only this celebrities I know, Antonio Banderas America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) Penelope Cruz Selma Hayek But I think there's more, I'm only particular on the face but I don't know the names... Mexican Actor and actresses are getting popular worldwide... Only this celebrities I know,

Antonio Banderas
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
Penelope Cruz
Selma Hayek

But I think there’s more, I’m only particular on the face but I don’t know the names… Mexican Actor and actresses are getting popular worldwide…

]]> Comment on Mexico and the “War on Drugs”: Greater Mexico podcast #2 by PIN # 6550 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-8 PIN # 6550 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:04:41 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83#comment-8 living next to the border i have heard about the cartels of Mexico and how Mexico is corrupted with drugs and violence. how the police is involved with drug trafficking and crossing drugs over to the united states. everyday in the news i would hear about people dieing but not just of natural causes and accidents but with drugs and betrayal of the cartels. Also famous artist from Mexico for example Valentin Elizalde he sang a song of drugs and was killed for singing the song people say that he got some cartels mad for reviling some of there secrets, but artist like tigeras de norte they have been singing about drugs for many years now and nothing has happen to them. what can the government of mexico do to stop this violence still happening. if they get involved they are in danger so what do they do? Their are so many people dieing everyday. living next to the border i have heard about the cartels of Mexico and how Mexico is corrupted with drugs and violence. how the police is involved with drug trafficking and crossing drugs over to the united states. everyday in the news i would hear about people dieing but not just of natural causes and accidents but with drugs and betrayal of the cartels. Also famous artist from Mexico for example Valentin Elizalde he sang a song of drugs and was killed for singing the song people say that he got some cartels mad for reviling some of there secrets, but artist like tigeras de norte they have been singing about drugs for many years now and nothing has happen to them. what can the government of mexico do to stop this violence still happening. if they get involved they are in danger so what do they do? Their are so many people dieing everyday.

]]> Comment on Mexico and the “War on Drugs”: Greater Mexico podcast #2 by Xindi Zhang http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-7 Xindi Zhang Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:26:48 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83#comment-7 This second podcast is more competitive for me to get a full understanding for both the topic is more profound and the sound effect makes it even harder for me to completely acquire the information. But here is what I got and related: The podcast begin with talking a bit about 2006 Mexican election focusing on Felipe Calderon stole the election from Lopez Obrador(PRD left wing) and the so-called war on drugs of Mexico. This reminds me of the CH.3 in “Antonio’s gun & Delfino’s Dream” also mentioned chaos in the political election. I looked other classmates’ response on this podcast. Some even from Mexican origin said the Mexican government is one of the most corrupt governments among the world. This is hard for me to take a side for I know too little about Mexico but from the knowledge from this class. But sure is that Felipe grabbed election away from Lopez even Lopez had got most votes in the bag until one month before election and 60% Mexican governors are involved in drug money. The professor in the podcast also made mention of 2008 election panorama is affected by the pronounce of political polarization a couple of years ago. The polarization never resolved in political way but some illegal ways. The war on drugs of Mexico caused 1500death, in Michihuacan more than 100people died and 8 died including a 13 years old boy. And more and more people are dead for this war. They think this is good because the death indicates the successful work they had done. But I think for any reason, people died can never be a good thing. Bush government put 400million dollars to help but not enough still. The sxtremely violent conflict still happened on the both sides’ boarder. The illegal drug trade from mexico is still high as two years ago and killings didn’t go down. I think both Mexican and U.S. should analyse the situation and get a common idea, then work in hand to solve this problem in a long time project. #8184 This second podcast is more competitive for me to get a full understanding for both the topic is more profound and the sound effect makes it even harder for me to completely acquire the information. But here is what I got and related:
The podcast begin with talking a bit about 2006 Mexican election focusing on Felipe Calderon stole the election from Lopez Obrador(PRD left wing) and the so-called war on drugs of Mexico. This reminds me of the CH.3 in “Antonio’s gun & Delfino’s Dream” also mentioned chaos in the political election. I looked other classmates’ response on this podcast. Some even from Mexican origin said the Mexican government is one of the most corrupt governments among the world. This is hard for me to take a side for I know too little about Mexico but from the knowledge from this class. But sure is that Felipe grabbed election away from Lopez even Lopez had got most votes in the bag until one month before election and 60% Mexican governors are involved in drug money. The professor in the podcast also made mention of 2008 election panorama is affected by the pronounce of political polarization a couple of years ago. The polarization never resolved in political way but some illegal ways.
The war on drugs of Mexico caused 1500death, in Michihuacan more than 100people died and 8 died including a 13 years old boy. And more and more people are dead for this war. They think this is good because the death indicates the successful work they had done. But I think for any reason, people died can never be a good thing. Bush government put 400million dollars to help but not enough still. The sxtremely violent conflict still happened on the both sides’ boarder. The illegal drug trade from mexico is still high as two years ago and killings didn’t go down.
I think both Mexican and U.S. should analyse the situation and get a common idea, then work in hand to solve this problem in a long time project.

#8184

]]> Comment on Mexico and the “War on Drugs”: Greater Mexico podcast #2 by jaime duran http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-6 jaime duran Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:43:03 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=83#comment-6 I didnt really know anything about the 2006 presidential elections of Mexico, and i really did not think that the podcast went into much background on this topic for people who had no prior knowledge on what happend, becuase to me it seemed as if it was expected of us to have some kind of background in what happend during the presedential election to actually understand it better. I did learn that their was some kind of coruption between the two parties PAN and PRD, to make the PAN win when PRD was suppose to win, this does not really suprise me becuase the PAN was already the party who had the power during the last term so they had more access to do such a thing. Calderon's war on drugs to me has not really had any effect becuase i am originally from a border town between Mexico and Texas were literally every day you hear on the news some sort of drug related news, i think the drug related killings have also increased over the past years if anything i think Calderon's war on drugs has actually worsen the situation. Most of the murders related to drugs in Mexico also has to do with the fights going on between the Cartel del Golfo and the Cartel de Sinaloa, and their subgroups like los Zetas of the gulf cartel. Even though the podcast mentioned that the same amount of drugs are going into the U.S. as their was two years ago, more people are dieing for the drugs to come into the U.S. It was suprising to me that the podcast also mentioned that only a very small percent of the population is involved in the drug trade, which kind of contridicts itself with what the UN says that 50 to 60% of Municipalities are involved in the drug trade. What i personally think is that not alot of people are involved in the drug trade in Mexico as a country but i do think that alot of people are involved in Mexico's border regions. I also think that maybe most of those municipalites that are involved in the drug trade are probably those along the border. PID # 8170 I didnt really know anything about the 2006 presidential elections of Mexico, and i really did not think that the podcast went into much background on this topic for people who had no prior knowledge on what happend, becuase to me it seemed as if it was expected of us to have some kind of background in what happend during the presedential election to actually understand it better. I did learn that their was some kind of coruption between the two parties PAN and PRD, to make the PAN win when PRD was suppose to win, this does not really suprise me becuase the PAN was already the party who had the power during the last term so they had more access to do such a thing. Calderon’s war on drugs to me has not really had any effect becuase i am originally from a border town between Mexico and Texas were literally every day you hear on the news some sort of drug related news, i think the drug related killings have also increased over the past years if anything i think Calderon’s war on drugs has actually worsen the situation. Most of the murders related to drugs in Mexico also has to do with the fights going on between the Cartel del Golfo and the Cartel de Sinaloa, and their subgroups like los Zetas of the gulf cartel. Even though the podcast mentioned that the same amount of drugs are going into the U.S. as their was two years ago, more people are dieing for the drugs to come into the U.S. It was suprising to me that the podcast also mentioned that only a very small percent of the population is involved in the drug trade, which kind of contridicts itself with what the UN says that 50 to 60% of Municipalities are involved in the drug trade. What i personally think is that not alot of people are involved in the drug trade in Mexico as a country but i do think that alot of people are involved in Mexico’s border regions. I also think that maybe most of those municipalites that are involved in the drug trade are probably those along the border.

PID # 8170

]]> Comment on Mexicano and Chicano Cinema with Professor Charles Ramirez Berg: Greater Mexico Podcast #1 by John Pedraza http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-5 John Pedraza Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:15:39 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74#comment-5 Dear Ben and Jerry: Here's a quick list of positive examples of Latinos/Latinas in film and TV: Antonio Banderas America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) Penelope Cruz Selma Hayek George Lopez John Quinones (NBC reporter) I'm an Extra Large. Thank you, John Dear Ben and Jerry:

Here’s a quick list of positive examples of Latinos/Latinas in film and TV:

Antonio Banderas
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
Penelope Cruz
Selma Hayek
George Lopez
John Quinones (NBC reporter)

I’m an Extra Large.

Thank you,
John

]]> Comment on Mexicano and Chicano Cinema with Professor Charles Ramirez Berg: Greater Mexico Podcast #1 by Tiffany Brown http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-4 Tiffany Brown Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:33:38 +0000 http://greatermexico.history.msu.edu/?p=74#comment-4 Highly enjoyed this -- muchas gracias! (Spanish/Education student in New York ... by way of Chino, California) Highly enjoyed this — muchas gracias!

(Spanish/Education student in New York … by way of Chino, California)

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