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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos --
Part V: Politics & Bullsh*t By Kevin Alberto Sabio
It's election season...time to get your vote on! I
had recently got into a situation with an associate of mine that left me a bit disturbed. This associate had sent me several
emails soliciting my help in a grassroots campaign to help support Sen. Barak Obama's Democratic candidacy for president.
After being annoyed with the numerous emails that this person had sent me, I finally replied that I was planning on supporting
the Cynthia McKinney-Rosa Clemente campaign, considering that I've followed both women's political careers for some
time now, and feel that they are more viable candidates as far as my political interests are concerned. This associate replied
back that, "I hope that your vote isn't wasted, and McCain ends up winning." WHAT?!?!?!
Huh?!?!?! Since when is having an alternative voice a bad thing? Considering that this person
is supposed to be a member of the "conscious" community, that response really bothered me. From what I know about
former Congresswoman McKinney and Ms. Clemente, they both have a proven track record of fighting for their communities and
constituents respectively. What has Senator Obama done for our community other than being born half Kenyan? read more
The scandalous queen of salsaSara Wajid writes in The Guardian about the documentary on the life of Afro Cuban singer Lupe Yoli: " 'La Lupe' was a cult figure in pre-revolutionary
Cuba, a musical legend who pioneered salsa. Her flamboyant stage persona and soulful torch songs brought her international
success in the 1960s and 1970s and made her a gay icon in the Latin world. But after a series of tragedies she became a devout
Christian, vowed never to perform again and died in poverty and obscurity in her early 50s. "Now,
16 years after her death, a documentary, La Lupe - Queen of Latin Soul, has sparked renewed recognition of her place
both in musical history and as a feminist icon. The documentary includes rare footage and interviews with the salsa greats,
and, since being shown on television in the US, has been screened in many countries. And it is only one part of a major posthumous
comeback for La Lupe. Earlier this year, Fania Records (the salsa equivalent of Motown) released Dance With the Queen,
an album of club remixes of her songs, and this summer saw publication of a novel, The Island of Eternal Love, featuring
a character based on her."
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The Sound of My Footsteps: Narratives of Migratory Jamaican immigrants
Interviews with over 30 Jamaican immigrants on their
pre-migratory perceptions of New York and England Click
here to view and purchase the book.
The Afro-Latin@ Reader:
History and Culture in the United States
 The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community
in the United States: people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean. The presence of Afro-Latin@s
in the United States (and throughout the Americas) belies the notion that Blacks and Latin@s are two distinct categories
or cultures. Afro-Latin@s are uniquely situated to bridge the widening social divide between Latin@s and African
Americans. At the same time, their experiences reveal pervasive racism among Latin@s and ethnocentrism among African
Americans. Offering insight into Afro-Latin@ life and new ways to understand culture, ethnicity, nation, identity,
and antiracist politics, The Afro-Latin@ Reader presents a kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United
States. It addresses history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including
scholarly essays, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, short stories, and interviews. Click here to view and purchase the book.
African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events by Karen Juanita Carrillo The proof
of any group's importance to history is in the detail, a fact made plain by this informative book's day-by-day documentation
of the impact of African Americans on life in the United States. One of the easiest ways to grasp any aspect of history
is to look at it as a continuum. African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events provides just
such an opportunity. Click here to view and purchase the book.
The
View from Chocó: The Afro-Colombian past, their lives in the present, and their hopes for the future by Karen Juanita Carrillo The View from Chocó: The Afro-Colombian past, their lives in the
present, and their hopes for the future is an introduction to the lives of Blacks in Colombia. Afro-Colombians
live in a resource-rich yet remote region of Colombia. They only recently won recognition as one of that nation's
distinct ethnic groups. But Colombia's on-going civil war has led many Afro-Colombians to reach even farther than
their nation's borders for recognition: many have made their way to the United States as refugees and as political
activists working for peace in their homeland. The View from Chocó introduces the lives and struggles of a too-long neglected community of Colombian Blacks. Click here to view and purchase the book.
Raise Your Brown Black Fist is a collection of essays
written by Kevin Alberto Sabio during his time as a Contributing Writer  for an online magazine.
The book combines his two article series, "Black
vs Brown" and "Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective
for Afrolatinos" into one volume, plus three other miscellaneous entries. The book
is currently available through his publisher, AuthorHouse. Click
the logo above to view and purchase the book.
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