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Yesterday, as reported by the New Haven Register, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, known on the Internet as the "Taco Mayor," got an unpleasant and confrontational reception during his announcement of a Latino expo. “This is an opportunity to reach out to him because he’s been hiding from the office. He’s been telling us that […]

This afternoon @Markos of Daily Kos got back to us with answers and clarifications to why racist "SPICS" CafePress appeared on their site last night. Today @Markos said that Daily Kos will block CafePress as an advertiser for their site. We followed up with questions to him on our site and we are sharing his […]

UPDATE: @Markos answered our questions aorund 3pm EST on Friday March 9. Around noon today, @Markos, the founder of DailyKos, commented on our on post about a racist "SPICS" Ad from CafePress, which had cycled into their Google ad stream last night on the Kos site. According to its founder, Markos said that Daily Kos […]

UPDATE, 1pm EST: Daily Kos founder @Markos has told us (see below or click on link) that advertiser will be blocked and he thanked us for bringing this to their attention. Last night, we reported the news that automated "customized" CafePress racist ads appeared on the Daily Kos website, and that such type of advertising […]

Here is the original piece: #NoMames ALERT: Now @dailykos Displays @CafePress “Anti-Mexican” and “Spic” Ads on Daily Kos Site http://is.gd/IL0kc5

UPDATE, 8:33 EST: We checked one more time to test if indeed the CafePress ad was taken down. It wasn't. Did we clean our cache? Yes. Did we check from two computers? Yes and yes. Here is the pic we took at 8:33 EST And here is the screen capture of the file name of […]

Last month, we reported about a bill by a Mississippi legislator that called for the name change in the Gulf of Mexico. This week, Mississippi lawmakers actually had to OFFICIALLY vote to DROP the satirical bill, yet a couple of other bills went through committee.   From a local Mississippi report: Mississippi lawmakers scrambled Tuesday to […]

Invisible Children, the organization behind the viral #Kony2012 campaign that has been sizzling throughout the Internet this week, posted their answers about the several questions and criticisms regarding their campaign. Here are just some highlights and answers from their official site: THEIR INITIAL STATEMENT Thank you for reading this and doing further research about Invisible […]

Yesterday, we were one of the first independent media outlets in the world to raise questions about the two sides of the #Kony2012 controversy. By continuing to ask questions about a viral campaign that literally set the Internet on fire, we were commended by many. To all those who dig deeper and look for facts, […]

UPDATE: Invisible Children has addressed the questions and critiques listed here as well as other critiques. When something goes viral as quickly as the #Kony2012 video did, the initial reaction is to share. Millions and millions of people online did just that over the last two days, creating a topic that, quite frankly, was not […]

For all the Friday videos, 'Sh*t" memes, and images of dads shooting their laptops, once in a while good happens on the Internet and injustices become part of the global consciousness. That is the case of #Kony2012 and #StopKony. KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo. The campaign launched on March 5 and it has […]

Last week, the Latino Rebels were presented with the opportunity to write about a new web series called "The Guzman Show," which is the story about a stereotypical Mexican family that includes a cholo baby, pregnant teen and a goat, described as “a Latin-American Family Guy drenched in Tapatío hot sauce and created by a […]

Granted, Shaquille O'Neal is no longer an active player in the NBA, he is an analyst for TNT, but nonetheless he was named of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players and with confirmation that he indeed said SOMETHING disparaging against Puerto Rico during All-Star Weekend in Orlando, we have been asking for the NBA to comment […]

The Puerto Rican Alliance for Awareness (PRAA), a non-profit organization founded by Carlos Jiménez Flores and Darlene Vazquetelles that is bringing awareness to the negative stereotyping of all groups, released its much-anticipated video today. The goal? To educate the world about the REAL FACES of Puerto Ricans, both on the island and on the mainland. So […]

We would like to take the opportunity to clarify a few misunderstandings about Latinos and specifically, the Latino Rebels. We’re not hard to figure out. In fact, we’re just like you. Except for one thing: we’re bicultural. We have one foot in each place: the United States and our origin of ancestry. The group of […]

Last week MySanAntonio.com reported that the city's proposed mural of a sleeping Mexican being considered for the revitalization of a historic drive-in has drawn protests and anger by several Latino activists and artists. The issue? The city wants to re-create the Mission Drive-In's original art, which showed Mission San José as well as two men […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT NYCLATINOPOLITICS.COM BY JULIO PABON The two-week grace period that Boricuas For a Positive Image (BFPI) had extended as a courtesy to ABC-TV for their efforts to schedule a meeting runs out on March 8th, 2012. So on Thursday March 8th we look forward to seeing all our friends and new acquaintances again on 66th Street and […]

Here is the English translation done by LatinoRebels.com editors of the original Spanish statement from TAB Deportes regarding disparaging remarks made by TNT Sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal: In recent days our news of Mr. Shaquille O'Neal, one of the top 50 NBA players ever, has traveled the world. Tiro Al Blanco (TAB) began some 18 months […]

Le pasamos el sguiente comunicado de TAB Deportes:   En los pasados días nuestra noticia del Sr. Shaquille O'Neal, uno de los mejores 50 jugadores de la NBA, ha recorrido el mundo entero. Tiro al Blanco (TAB) comenzó hace algunos 18 meses y a Dios gracias, ha tenido un crecimiento constante, ganándonos el respeto y la […]

We had unconfirmed rumors from anonymous sources that last night TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal was going to offer a public apology about alleged disparaging remarks he made to reporter Emilio Pérez about Puerto Rico during All-Star Game Weekend in Orlando. He did not say anything, and now questions are spiraling about whether the Tiro Al […]

This is definitely a photo you don't want to open at work, but it is a photo that must be shared, especially if you are someone who believes that this world still suffers from problems of race and hate speech. The story comes out of UCLA and we heard about it when one of our […]