Esther J. Cepeda
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A Latino identity crisisJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - The Latino community is finding itself in a quandary about how to reconcile a tremendously diverse collection of immigrants and multigenerational U.S.-born citizens who ...
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When a gun replica is deadlyJan 16, 2012 4:00 am - Three days after Jaime Gonzalez Jr., a 15-year-old Brownsville, Texas, resident, was killed by police in his middle-school hallway after refusing to drop what looked lik...
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The cartwheel imperativeJan 08, 2012 5:24 am - Here it is again, National Best Intentions Week — that’s how I describe the first few days of the new year when resolutions are still exciting and every workout place in...
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Get my phone, the end is nearJan 02, 2012 4:00 am - Well, we’ve finally passed a worrisome milestone on the road to the end of the world. Not the Mayan calendar’s prophecy about life-as-we-know-it ceasing to exist on Dec...
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Latinos in the newsDec 28, 2011 4:00 am - As I look back on 2011, I’d say the most memorable headlines concerning Hispanics fell under the “made us look bad” category. As in, I saw a negative news story attached...
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Fed up with this kind of ‘funding’Dec 23, 2011 4:00 am - Here’s a sample of what came home in my sons’ backpacks recently: a flier announcing a before-school sale on bags of Hot Cheetos, Funyuns and other high-salt-and-fat jun...
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Bah humbug? You can swear by itDec 20, 2011 5:00 am - ’Tis the season to be crabby! I’m not kidding — this has turned out to be the grumpiest, most anxiety-ridden holiday season ever. It’s not some perennial “Christmahana...
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The wrong way to fight a slurDec 15, 2011 5:00 am - Here’s a perfect example of why do-gooders who crusade for the personal dignity of illegal immigrants have all but lost the war of rhetoric. In November, the American H...
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Institutionalized stupidityDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - What happens when adults live in a world drenched in sexual innuendo, double-entendre and sexually provocative media images? Children are inadvertently sexualized and be...
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Gingrich’s tightrope walk on immigrationDec 04, 2011 4:00 am - Moments after the last Republican presidential candidate debate ended, the ever-breathless blogosphere started wondering if Newt Gingrich was making a play for the Latin...