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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

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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TINO MEJIA TRABAJANDO EN EL LIBRO “GALLARDO”

Tino Mejía está escribiendo actualmente una introducción al libro, “GALLARDO”, que será publicado por el Buffalo Latino Village a final del año. El libro es una colección de columnas mensuales de Ramon Gallardo que fueron presentadas en el Latin Journal. Ambos eran miembros activos del Lackawanna Mexican Club. Tino fue el que presentó y sugirió que Ramón escribiera para el Latin Journal, que le proporcionó una plataforma para escribir sobre su perspectiva sobre los líderes puertorriqueños y sobre los funcionarios electos en ese momento. No dudó en abordar la falta de liderazgo, la corrupción pública y privada, y la falta de apoyo de la comunidad local puertorriqueña/latina. Su escritura tuvo un impacto de que la gente recogió el diario sólo para leer sus columnas, y la prensa local, al igual que el Buffalo News, llamó su atención e hizo toda una página difundida sobre él. El editor del Latino Journal, Alberto Cappas, recibió una llamada del editor de Buffalo News e inmediatamente Alberto duro que querían hacer un artículo sobre la revista.  “No”, dijo el editor de Buffalo News, “Estamos interesados en entrevistar a uno de sus escritores, Ramon Gallardo, entendemos que es un escritor excelente y único para su publicación”. Tino Mejía fue  miembro de PODER y también fue el fundador del Club Estudiantes Chicanos de la UB (1970).  También  fue profesor del Departamento de Estudios Puertorriqueños de la UB.. Un defensor de los migrantes, con la ayuda de Alberto O. Cappas, fundador de PODER, WBFO-FM Latino programación, y PRCC, Tino fue capaz de organizar un grupo para ayudar y trabajar con los trabajadores migrantes en Dunkirk y North Collins, que en ese momento, se enfrentaban al racismo y las dificultades, y problemas para  encontrar vivienda  digna. Tino pudo invitar a César Chávez, un líder laboral estadounidense y activista de derechos civiles, a Buffalo, donde habló con los estudiantes de la UB sobre los migrantes y sus condiciones de trabajo en Estados Unidos. Bajo el mando del Dr. George Rivera, un profesor mexicano, juntos escribieron un artículo sobre trabajadores migrantes en el estado de Nueva York. 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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