Respect our mujeres

Is it just bad timing or did the 20 year-old Mexican police chief just get fired during Women's History Month? Yep. Apparently she was fired after not coming to work one day. First of all, why did you hire a 20 year-old? Secondly, apparently she fled the country to find sanity in the U.S. Isn't there a screening process? Anyways, unlike Valles, there are plenty of women out there who have helped pave the way for women (and minorities).

So who are these women who have helped other women in the world? Yes we have Sotomayor, Frida, Soledad O'Brien and even pop culture celebrities like Sofia Vergara and Shakira. However, we have our own perspective on women's history and what contributions each woman has had on our lives. Our mother is one who should always be respected because they gave birth to us after all. Yes there are some special cases but in the end, they raised us. Although March (like every other month) is special to some minority in the U.S., we need to start looking at the bigger picture and realize January - December is everyone's history.

Xfinity goes for the Latinos

Philadelphia's greatest accomplishment, Comcast Corp., recently launched Xfinity TV in Spanish in an effort to increase programming available to Latinos on television, on demand and online. Go figure. The Latino TV portal, XfinityTV.com/LatinoTV, offers Comcast digital subscribers free access to over 500 Spanish-language movies and shows. Score.

So what exactly does this mean? More Latinos jumping over to the Comcast side? This probably is good news for NBC and Telemundo since they all fall under that umbrella. If that's case, why did Comcast hire Sofia Vergara as their spokesperson? Doesn't she have an awesome show on ABC? Either way, kudos to Comcast for "finally" reaching out to the new-age Latino consumer. Maybe we'll convince our families to switch over from *cough* DirecTV.

Our español is dying

Yes we're in the U.S.A. where English is the primary language to get anywhere in life. However, being bilingual is as equally important since our culture is changing. However, do you ever think Spaniglish is probably never appropriate? More and more I hear people correct each other and say some of the most crazy garbage Spanish. What's worse is when the younger (younger) generation don't even know how to speak Spanish.

Not knowing Spanish does not make you any less Latino than anyone else, however, it is destroying our language. In order to retain our culture, we should know how to speak it. Then there are those who make up words. FoxNewsLatino recently published a story about battling Spanglish. The story says:

• We talk a lot about the value of being bilingual, but then the first thing we do is cut the Spanish programs," says Selmira Carvajal, who has been teaching Spanish in Dade schools since 1986 and attended the workshop.

So do you think Spanglish is acceptable? I think there's a difference when making up words like "parquiar" and when adding English and Spanglish together to make a sentence. My definition of Spanglish comes from combining English y español; not making up words. However, when teaching our youth, somehow we manage to develop these words in the U.S. What can we do stop this every growing end to our language?

20 years later: Rodney King

Did you know March 3rd marked the 20th anniversary when Rodney King was brutally assaulted by the LAPD? Tonight, CNN anchor Don Lemon sits down with Rodney King 20 years later to revisit the scene and talk about King being a symbol of police brutality.

Does police brutality still exist? Sure does. Unfortunately minorities are faced with constant generalizations and we're always the first to be pulled over. Race and Rage – The Beating of Rodney King, debuts Friday, March 4 at 8:00p.m. ET and PT on CNN/U.S. It replays on Saturday, March 5 at 8:00p.m. ET and PT.



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141 miles for cancer awareness

The other day I read about an amazing venture my fraternity brother Eric Stephenson is planning on achieving this month. Stephenson plans on walking an estimated 40 hours From Connecticut to Philadelphia, PA. Leaving from his job in the early morning of Thursday, March 24, and arriving in Philadelphia late Friday evening to join the Temple University crew at Relay for Life. Talk about devotion and raising awareness for cancer.

Here's an excerpt from Eric's story about our hermano Ramon:

• Ramon was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in the summer of 2009, right before my last year at Temple. Each month following, his body seemed to be deteriorating to the point that he was almost unrecognizable. I try to think that I did my best to always be there for him and his family with anything they needed, but I find myself always doubting and telling myself I should have done more.
  
  It only took 1 year for the cancer to consume him. In August of 2010, Ramon passed away at the age of 23 in Springfield, MA from a rare form of cancer known as esthesioneuroblastoma. For the last few days of his life, I was by his bedside.

Video: Philly Te Ama's Lucas Rivera

So for the past week I've been posting the PHILLY TE AMA videos I worked on at work. Today's post is on AMLA's executive director, Lucas Rivera. And after viewing the final video, I not only realized how much work this project was, but also how these people keep me motivated. Rivera wears many hats. He's a DJ, artist and of course a leader.

Enjoy the video!

Review: Marvel Vs Capcom 3

So it's been a few weeks since I've bought Marvel Vs Capcom 3. This game is probably the only reason why I bought an XBOX in the first place. Sure I know about the "ring of death" but I'm guessing my game play will be worth it. There are a good number of things I love about this game and some that I don't. Sure the MVSCAP3 Facebook fan page has a lot of weird and crazy comments from even crazier fans, but this is essentially a game 10 years in the making. The creators can't please everyone.

With a whole new cast with some original characters, this game has a great comic-feel with new voices and quotes you just love to hear right before kicking a**. Galactus? Um yes please. What better villain to defeat at the end then the destroyer of worlds. However, MVSCAP3 has decided to make this game a little easier for people to get used to. One button pops you up in the air where you can most likely destroy a character in one combo move. Then you have those "cheap" online basta**s who don't know how to play *looks at Sentinel users*. Egh. My team? Team Breast lol. If you're online, my GamerTag is navaja0410.

Photo of the day: Latinos and Facebook

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