Aliza Hausman is a first-generation Dominican-American Latina Orthodox Jewish convert or “Jewminicana” who discovered she was born Jewish of Sephardic Jewish Turkish ancestry post-conversion. She is also a writer, blogger, educator & speaker. This blog chronicles her thoughts on being Hispanic & Jewish, focusing on identity, Judaism, Jews of colors, Latinos, diversity, race, ethnicity, conversion to Judaism, culture, multiculturalism, illness, disability, books, films, news & more….
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Check out this blog: The Angry Black Woman
In "The Low Cost of Being Racist", the writers at The Angry Black Woman blog, use the latest article of obvious racism: a white boss telling Hispanic workers to change their names (apparently, Jose and Martin are too hard to pronounce?) to show how quickly and easily Americans will defend their racists.
Labels:
books and reading,
Hispanics/Latinos,
race/racism