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The Cost of Discriminating Against Latinos
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Inspired by the backlash against Andy Rooney’s recent baseball-related comments that “today’s baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me,” Stephen Dubner at the Freakonomics blog today is examining the cost of discriminating against Latinos. What Dubner’s entry seems to imply is that the unacceptability (or “cost” as he puts it) of discriminating against [...]
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We’re All Minorities in Denver
Monday, August 20th, 2007
As has been extensively covered in the press, 10% of all counties in the US don’t have an Anglo majority population, or any majority population at all, for that matter. This includes Denver, according to Ethnic Marketing Blog. So the US is finally arriving at the gigantic melting pot that we’ve always seen ourselves as.
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Presidential Candidate Forums on Hispanic Issues
Friday, August 17th, 2007
A couple of days ago, Univision and the University of Miami announced two forums that will focus exclusively on issues of particular interest to the Hispanic community. The first will occur on September 9 in Coral Gables, Florida, and will include all of the major Democratic presidential candidates. The second will be a week later [...]
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Why aren’t the 2008 Presidential Candidates using the Web to target Hispanics?
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
It would seem to make sense. I know, some might say that the best way to reach a mass audience of Hispanics is via television, radio, and earned media (PR). Political advertising is all about reaching a mass audience of voters, right? However, I would counter with one major issue that most candidates for public [...]
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Obama and the Hispanic Vote
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday about how presidential candidate Barack Obama is attempting to attract Hispanic voters in the Democratic primaries. It discussed at length the difficulties that Obama is facing in attracting Hispanic voters and the efforts that he is undertaking to reach out to them, especially in [...]
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