at the East End Urban Market today!
fridafestival.comJuly 11, 2009 ( Read more... )

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NYT article: "A Family Divided by 2 Words, Legal and Illegal ( Read more... )

helloooooooo, califas!!

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-heroin25-2009mar25,0,7941282.story

Police arrest 48 suspects, members of a Oaxacan Indian clan, who allegedly brought the drugs in from Mexico, selling 15 to 20 pounds a week to gangs in East Los Angeles

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man, i just learned how you say "pap smear" in spanish:
PAPANICOLAO!i felt like a dummy for not knowing but then again, it's not like your parents sit at home with you teaching you medical terminology when they teach you spanish! i work in a medical office for a breast cancer surgeon and the patient wanted to know if she would also get a pap smear ( Read more... )

though i am a Latina, a woman of color, i've grown up with a lot of privilege. so i'm using it to tell the story of someone i met who grew up differently ( Read more... )

que onda, changos ( Read more... )

just an fyi because we aren't racist in here.

our prez is black... or a light choco-mil color.

i'm loving life right now.

i moved here: teamill.blogspot.com