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You want to know what it means, just look around and see what people are making the decisions and who is listening to them? The sociological hierarchy starts at the top with white men, followed by white women. Second on the tier is Black men with Black women, and third, on the downward spiral — Latino men and Latina women. Why Latino people are on the third tier is because of factors that do not affect the other two, i.e. language and/or citizenship.   This also means that the sense of entitlement of those on the higher-level trickles down and the Latina women becomes more invalidated from all those on the higher levels. What becomes even harder to grasp is dealing with adversaries from those on her same level.     If you stay in your designated place, you are causing society a financial hardship, and if you supersede them (members of the other levels), you are a rarity never to be trusted. Even with the significant increase of the Latino population, there are misconstrued “facts” that continue to falsely represent the truth.    When it comes to public policy, it the white men and white women making all the decisions – decisions that are culturally sensitive, etc. Why are white women administrators or directors of women’s issues, when clearly the Latina women have been enduring hardships long before present day shelters.  In some cases, minority women are fired at a “at will” state, Florida. There was an incident in Tallahassee where a shelter director had fired seven (7) minority women coordinators in less than three (3) years. As of today, this practice or reality continues. We are now viewing issues for the black men. Some of it includes the black women, but as you see, they must take a back seat. Black women could tell you more about violence than most white women, yet most of the women’s shelters are directed or run by white women.   Racism and sexism has reached such a high level that most people prefer to think our system is fine – “It is their problem.”  The first level do not like their comfort zones disturbed. Some people refer to laws as a guideline but those well informed soon learn that slavery was legal, women being wrongly institutionalized was legal, and that even waving the Puerto Rican flag could get you ten years in prison.    Bottom Line is that some people feel entitled to certain privileges of this society and continue to propagate false conclusions, so it won’t upset their comfort zone. It needs to be brought, front and center, to realize the facts that more Latina females are victims of human trafficking than any other group, more Latina women are subjected to domestic violence than any other group, and that many of the reported criminal cases with Latina women victims are never solved, in any state. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Sports SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICAN WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS 2021 September 17, 2021/No Comments SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICAN WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS 2021 (Puerto Rico first partcipated at the Olympics Games in Read More SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO August 17, 2021/No Comments It has long been known that women have taken a historic back seat in all fields.  The  lack of exposure Read More BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO July 17, 2021/No Comments BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO The Taínos who inhabited Puerto Rico before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in Read More Load More End of Content.

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THE ME-TOO MENTALITY

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THE ME-TOO MENTALITY The “Me-Too” movement had shaken up the entertainment industry to its core, and it had grown way bigger than what all the Public Relations departments could sweep under the rug. I think it had mixed results, but it was something that had to happen; people in charge who could’ve had it resolved, gracefully have chosen to pass it down until it was forgotten, like they usually do, rather than fix their despicable behavior. This month, I would like to address the recently surfaced news about the allegations and evidence of sexual harassment in the video game industry. In many ways, if it was not the movie industry, it would have been the video game industry. The main difference is that the big wigs in the video game industry tend to be quite tech-savvy, and as such, can e suppress the information much more than their movie counterparts. The news from the video games industry is important, not only because the video game industry is now larger than the movies and music industries combined, but also because the video games industry has always been the vanguard of the latest money-squeezing schemes that companies cook up. For the past 20 years, the news of worker abuse through crunch and constant use of working people, to complete and exhaustion to simply replace them with the next naive exploitable college graduate, have become commonplace. However, finally the dam burst, and more and more people have been coming forward with even more insidious allegations. Most recently from the French-originated video game giant, Ubisoft. These have become so numerous and people have been coming forward with evidence. Recently, 3 top executives were forced to resign as a result. For those interested, I would suggest you view the most recent video report from a consumer advocate, Jim Sterling, a long-time, established independent journalist in this field, in a video titled: “Ubisoft spent years protecting mental and physical abusers.” They are the same people who have been cutting themselves multimillion-dollar bonus checks while firing 800 people in the same breath. Under normal circumstances, these people would simply go unpunished as they are simply too big to fail. Thanks to their vast resources they can win the legal battle of attrition in court thanks to our “justice” system. As more and more of these stories surface, it becomes harder and harder for these people to avoid punishment; eventually, the outrage becomes too great to suppress. Thus, where the court of law has failed, the court of public opinion begins to form. As the public, we must also remain vigilant against, all false accusations and listen to evidence. As we have seen in the me-too movement, a lot of opportunists have come forward to accuse their rivals of a variety of reasons and this is equally unjust, and despicable and would only lead to real accusations not being taken seriously. Read More From This Writer All Post Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are THE ME-TOO MENTALITY August 13, 2020/No Comments POST TITLE (CAPITAL) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus Read More A Productivity Nightmare July 13, 2020/No Comments A Productivity Nightmare Working from home is a dream come true, for some, but for others, a productivity nightmare. It Read More CABIN FEVER June 13, 2020/No Comments CABIN FEVER Here is a story from my college days I like to tell my friends. I feel it is Read More Load More End of Content.

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On the question of being Puerto Rican, not Hispanic

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The two terms, Hispanic and Negro, were not terms that both our communities selected. They were assigned to us by the United States. The term Hispanic is what the conquistadors used to label and oppress the natives (Boricua or Taino) when “discovering” the land about 500 years ago. Hispanic embodies the bloodshed of the Indigenous and discredits the culture that was native to the lands before stolen by the colonizers. During the 1970s, for the US Census, to have an effective control in counting the numbers of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Cubans, came up with the term “Hispanic.” Then the US reinforced it by convincing the three groups that by using the “Hispanic” term, umbrella, they would be in a much better position to get federal funding. After that, Hispanic appeared all over America. Here in Buffalo, you find that although over 80% of the Buffalo & Erie County Latino population is Puerto Rican, they classify themselves as Hispanics. You can witness this by the names of your local Puerto Rican/Latino organizations: Hispanics United of Buffalo, Hispanic Women’s League, Hispanic Heritage Council, Association of Hispanic Art, and the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Parade (added Hispanic a few years ago, when they were told it was easier to get funding if they used the term Hispanic). What do these organizations have in common? Non-profit organization status and government funding. The government even developed “Hispanic Heritage Month” to cement the deal, which was easily adopted by 90% of Latino groups. The term Latino describes a geographically derived national origin group. It refers to people originating from or having a heritage related to Latin America. “Latin” refers to the romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese and French) spoken by Latin Americans.  Puerto Rico is part of Latin America. Latin America includes Mexico, Central and South America and all the barrier islands of the Caribbean that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Furthermore, Puerto Rico, along with Cuban, and Santo Domingo, are part of the Latin America experience — human slavery, violence, torture, and genocide. That is why they are all part of the “African and Latino Diaspora.” It is very hard, but many Puerto Rican groups, including writers, poets, musicians, are trying to bring consciousness back, but its difficult due to the many years of mental conditioning, mental colonialism, and the tons of money the Feds throw at these organizations. It is an uphill battle. I would like others to add their take on this subject, pro or con. Feel free to inform me, educate me, or correct me, as I’m always willing to learn from my community and colleagues. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books & Poems Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics Sports LATINO COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE INEQUALITY AND CULTURAL ISOLATION AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at BUFFALO March 25, 2023/No Comments LACK OF COLLEGE SERVICES FOR LATINO STUDENTS: This is in response to a story by UB Spectrum reporter, Kayla Estrada, Read More “GETTING VERY LITTLE FOR THE WHOLE,  BUT GETTING A LOT FOR THE FEW” WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2023 January 25, 2023/No Comments While I might appear to be biased and selective, I strongly feel the four people in the photo are the Read More The Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara Branch) is a member of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System December 25, 2022/No Comments When the Hispanic Heritage Council (HHC) moved to rename the Niagara Branch Library several years ago, with the support of Read More Load More End of Content.

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