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After we posted the following “Juan at WalMart” uniform that @ULatinos had shared after one of its members saw it at an Urban Outfitters in Queens, NY, we reached out to Urban Outfitters for comment and clarification. Here is the email we received tonight from an Urban Outfitters spokesperson. (NOTE: we cleaned up the links […]

UPDATE, January 2, 2013: The retail strategy team for Urban Outfitters responded to us tonight. Tonight we got a tweet from SUNY Fredonia’s @LatinosU about a shirt found at an Urban Outfitters and posted on Twitpic. When we asked about the context of the shirt, here is what we were told: @latinorebels @dyco It was […]

Who would have thought that Canada would enter #NoMames territory, but apparently it has, with Koodo Mobile leading the way. To think that El Tabador has been around a few years. We are wondering when Koodo starts promoting its Sambo campaign. Sorry, “getting over it” is not the issue here, this is just yet another […]

In case you missed what ESPN announcer Mitch Holthus, the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs, had to say about KState’s Angel Rodriguez, here is a clip of the video. Stay ignorant, Mitch. UPDATE: Holthus apologized via Twitter when we asked him about the story. @latinorebels please I DO apologize! I meant no racial slur […]

UPDATE: Holthus apologized for his comments today on Twitter, when we asked him about the story. @latinorebels please I DO apologize! I meant no racial slur at all I have the UTMOST respect for Angel as a student-athlete! — Mitch Holthus (@mitchholthus) December 23, 2012 Yesterday ESPN announcer (and voice of the Kansas City Chiefs) […]

¿Qué qué? What? In one of the most culturally ignorant stories we have seen this week (h/t to @joeltana, a story out of Cooper City, FL chronicles how “a volunteer soccer coach for a city-sponsored youth league was ejected from a game after two referees ordered him to stop giving instructions in Spanish to several […]

UPDATE, 9:00 PM EST: WAPA confirmed earlier today that the emails were authentic. They also issued a statement that can be read here. Yesterday we received the following email communication from someone who submitted a initial comment to WAPA-TV’s “SuperXClusivo” show.  The thread contains a very strange defense of the show that we felt is […]

After running a story this morning about The Daily Show not mentioning the current boycott of WAPA-TV’s “SuperXclusivo” program (the top-rated show in Puerto Rico) during a segment with Wyatt Cenac, we reached out to Comedy Central for comment. We requested to see if someone would speak to the segment, which shows Cenac interviewing La […]

Last night on The Daily Show, correspondent Wyatt Cenac filed his last report ever with a segment from Puerto Rico about WAPA-TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show, which has recently faced a very public boycott after the show’s puppet host, La Comay, made comments about dead publicist Jose Enrique Gómez. Advertisers continue to pull out from the show, […]

We got this story from LatinoCommunicators as well as the great Richard Prince of Journal-isms, out of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. (And oh yeah, Soledad O'Brien.) According to Prince's post, meteorologist Rhonda Lee was fired by ABC Shreveport affiliate KTBS because Lee "responded to a racial remark posted by a viewer on the station's Facebook […]

In response to the recent controversy surrounding the Mexican costume image taken by the Chi Omega sorority chapter of Penn State, the National Association of Latino Fraternal National Organizations (NALFO) released the following statement yesterday:

Censorship. In the Internet age, it is a word that is tossed about a lot and mostly misinterpreted. To give this column some context, let's actually read from the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or […]

One week. Who would have thought that the story we broke last Friday night about the public social media images posted on the profile of a Baylor University student would go viral and make it all the way to NBC's "Today" show? The quick summary is this: the two pictures below were posted and deleted on Friday […]

Today another major sponsor has stopped sponsorship of WAPA TV's "SuperXclusivo" show, whose puppet character, La Comay, is facing a social media boycott that has taken off ever since it was launched Tuesday. According to the Puerto Rican press, Walmart has pulled out all its advertising from the Puerto Rico's most popular show, which is […]

The following is an open letter published by Penn State's administration on the university's official site in response to the Chi Omega Mexican costume controversy. An open letter to the Penn State community Thursday, December 6, 2012 To the Penn State Community: In recent weeks and particularly in the past few days, it has become […]

Looks like Puerto Rico is waking up after rallying behind a social media campaign against WAPA's "SuperXClusivo" show, hosted by puppet called La Comay (portrayed by actor Kobbo Santarrosa). The incredibly popular show (seen both in Puerto Rico and in the US through WAPA América) sucks. It is a bastion of all that is bad […]

Looks like Halloween 2012 was the year of sorority sisters dressing up in racist Mexican costumes with sombreros, sarapes, mustaches, black shoe polish, and signs that say "Green Card," "I don't cut grass, I smoke it," and "Will mow lawn for weed and beer." Just as we were starting to file away a story from […]

This morning we talked with Lori Fogleman, Director of Media Communications for Baylor University, about a series of public social media images that were posted on the public Facebook and Instagram profiles of Baylor student Hannah Ray. These public images show five young women dressed in sombreros, sarapes, mustaches, displaying "Green Card" signs, wearing what appears […]

Adam Carolla has one of the most popular "comedy" podcasts in the world. He should stick to comedy and leave the cultural analysis to people that actually have a clue. Free speech is free speech, but at least be accurate about your ignorance and racism. As first reported by The Daily Caller (yes, the Daily […]

We got the following from a Tumblr fan who shared it with us on our Facebook page, proving once again that posting your racism on public searchable Facebook pages is not recommended. You would think that people would know by now. This set of images comes from the profile of a person who is listed […]

After releasing its "New India Street Sheet" menu, Minneapolis restaurant Chino Latino (yes, that is the name) is facing some controversy for the image and ad copy it chose. And it appears that it was all part of their plan. Here is what one local Minnesota outlet reported: The ad depicts civilians walking the streets […]