Race

LATINO IDENTITY
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A Pew Research Center survey of Latino adults shows that Latinos identify as white, underscoring the identity being faced.

Personally, I know plenty of Dominicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and others with various skin tones and hair textures that are far ranging from what may look like to the naked eye white to Mularo, to Brown and Black.

Latinos experience discrimination from other Latinos about as much as from non-Latinos

Does History Repeat?
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Seriously…While it is often remarked that "history repeats itself", in cycles of less than cosmological duration can this be strictly true?

Historic recurrences of the "striking-similarity" type can sometimes induce a sense of "convergence", "resonance" or déjà vu.

Attacks on houses of worship https://apnews.com/article/religion-texas-fort-worth-70bf98670cb880156c…

RIP: Desmond Tutu

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The archbishop, whose powerful voice helped slay apartheid in South Africa, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 is dead at 90.

The South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was one of the world’s most revered religious leaders, died in Cape Town. This loss will be felt all over the world. A peacebuilder and a humble person; a joyful sense of humor and one who experienced and helped his nation confront a serious problem.

Virginia Isn’t For Haters
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#Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin reportedly suffered a massive political GOP meltdown and Trump isn’t coming to the campaign.

Make Español Great Again #MEGA
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All of the nations and territories that have Spanish as their majority language are ArgentinaBoliviaChileColombiaCosta RicaCuba<

Mark RED Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, and publisher.

He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Red or ginger hair occurs naturally in one to two percent of humans, appearing with greater frequency two to six percent among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations.

Celia Mi Vida
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As we approach the anniversary of her death, it is most important to recall Celia's life of music and her patriotic integrity. 

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba"

Hip Hop Hooray
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The Boogie Down Bronx was graced with some of the greatest Hip Hop Legends to ever perform on stage or anywhere else.

Wrap your head around the following. Rap is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment

Not Giving Up My OBE

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Brits and Americans are divided by attitudes toward the House of Windsor. Why are there different reactions to Harry and Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview? What is the attraction to learn about The Royals who're among the most dysfunctional families on earth?

Institutional Systemic Racism
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#CityImages stands with the Black community, our hearts aching for our nation which is divided by racism, injustice, arrogance, and cruelty. During these difficult times, we wish to take a moment to reaffirm our mission to fight ignorance, support all of communities, and stand against every form of dehumanization. WeThe People are angry, hurt, and fed up with being treated like second-class citizens,