Brittani Santiago felt comfortable in the Carman-Ainsworth School District where she had a large group of Hispanic friends and classmates to relate to. So transferring to Flushing High School, which is much less diverse and smaller, has been a big adjustment "It's a little hard," said the sophomore, 17, after sharing a breakfast of doughnuts and juice with the "new student" group one morning. "I like this...
One way to look at the Karen Vazquez story is that she's an 8-year-old Cuban girl who faced death but lives happily today because of good-hearted Marylanders -- a hospital, four doctors, a social worker, a minister, three charities and many new Hispanic friends. Another way is that the American medical system saved her after the Cuban medical system tried and didn't.Still another is that Karen, an evangelical Christian, is the beneficiary of Sinai...
Despite my love for my many Hispanic friends and a great admiration for their glorious culture, I must take issue with the Feb. 6 column by Carlos Munoz Jr., "Clinton leads charge against Latino Americans." Hogwash!Illegal immigration from Mexico is a very serious problem that affects all Americans and America itself. The majority of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Latin America are miserably poverty-stricken, have no skills required in our job markets, often...
At a gathering with non-Hispanic friends, Jeannette Mirabal listened as the conversation shifted to Elian Gonzalez, then to broader Cuban issues, including repatriation of criminals to the island. ``Send them all back,'' someone said.Mirabal was stunned. A 41-year-old lawyer who left Cuba when she was 5, she was certain these friends were expressing a ``general hatred of Cubans. . . . I felt so intimidated and alienated I couldn't...
At a gathering with non-Hispanic friends, Jeannette Mirabal listened as the conversation shifted to Elian Gonzalez, then to broader Cuban issues, including repatriation of criminals to the island. ``Send them all back,'' someone said.Mirabal was stunned. A 41-year-old lawyer who left Cuba when she was 5, she was certain these friends were expressing a ``general hatred of Cubans. . . . I felt so intimidated and alienated I couldn't...