Anna Paulina, who says on her Twitter profile that she’s a wife, Air Force veteran, and conservative Chicana, proudly posted a video of her accosting Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calf.), who is running for president, in an airport accusing her of exploiting “Hispanic women and children for votes.” The video has gone…
Tag: Latinas
‘English this is not Mexico’: Texas County Commissioner Tells Latina County Judge to Stop Speaking Spanish
Mark Tice, a Chambers County, Texas commissioner, thinks Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who is the first woman and first Latina elected as the county’s top executive, is a “joke.” Hidalgo spoke in English and Spanish at a news conference on Monday about a Intercontinental Terminals Co. massive chemical fire….
Latino Employees Fired in Miami for Being Too Latino
Former employees at Swire Properties filed a lawsuit in August against the company claiming they were fired because there was no place for “Hispanic Emotionalism” at work. Swire, a Hong Kong-based billion dollar development company that is gentrifying part of downtown Miami, has no Latino executives, and has a diversity…
J&J's Wanda Bryant Hope to Women of Color in Pharma: You Can Be Everyday Heroes
By Carolynn Johnson and Sheryl Estrada Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) hosted its first annual national conference in Princeton, N.J., on Nov. 6. As keynote speaker, Wanda Bryant Hope, chief diversity officer for Johnson & Johnson (No. 5 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list), encouraged the almost 300…
It's 2015, Disney Discovers Latinas!!!
By Julissa Catalan Snow Whitea teenage princess, idolized for her fair skinwas the first Disney Princess in 1937. Since then it has taken Disney only 78 years to announce its first Latina Princess, Elena of Avalor. Now, before we all rejoice over the franchise’s progressive move, let’s not overlook some…