[The Ohio-Mexico connection every Monday]
Ohio minority population less than 20 percent
Columbus Business First – Columbus,OH,USA
Out of Ohio’s total population of 11.5 million, 83.32 percent, or 9.5 million, of residents are white. Another 12.58 percent, or 1.4 million, are black and 2.2 percent, or 252,269, are Hispanic. Asians comprise 1.64 percent, or 187,784 residents; 0.67 percent, or 76,709, are American Indian and native Alaskans; and 0.07 percent, or 7,856, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.
Arena Calls 20 Players for U.S. vs. Trinidad World Cup Qualifier on Aug. 17
US Soccer.com – Chicago,IL,USA
After Hartford, the USA’s next qualifier is a marquee matchup with Mexico on Sept. 3 in Columbus, Ohio. A sold-out crowd at Crew Stadium will witness the teams’ first meeting in qualifying on U.S. soil since the U.S. downed the Mexicans 2-0 on Feb. 28, 2001, in the very same venue.
Deaths mounting on Mexico’s border security watch
By SERGIO CHAPA; The Brownsville Herald
Mexican and Latin American Cultures professor Ignacio Corona with Ohio State University said police in Mexico seem to be outgunned and outsmarted. Drug dealers, he said, are able to track each other’s movements and then strike with deadly precision at homes or in public without getting arrested.
“The intelligence service is not there,†Corona said of police investigations. “Rivals can find each other, but the police cannot.â€Â
Corona said crime rates when compared to filed arrests, prosecutions, convictions and sentencing are also discouraging. “Mexico is a country where crime seemingly pays off,†he said.
[This prof is awesome I had him for a latino lit class]
En Ohio, violación genera resentimiento contra los hispanos
DAN SEWELL Associated Press
HAMILTON, Ohio, EEUU – Esta ciudad sobre la rivera del rÃÂo Ohio ha sido una cuna de crecimiento hispano en un estado que curiosamente está muy por debajo del resto en cuanto a población de latinos. En la década de los 90 la población hispana de Hamilton se quintuplicó. Se calcula que en la actualidad hay 4.000 hispanos entre los 61.000 residentes … entre la comunidad se despertó un sentimiento de repulsión hacia los hispanos luego de la violación de una niña blanca de 9 años. Supuestamente, un hispano, que logró huir de la ciudad, cometió el delito.
Al dÃÂa siguiente, la casa donde el hombre se alojaba fue pintorreada por energúmenos. Y unas horas después la casa fue devorada por las llamas. El episodio se ha visto acompañado de agrias confrontaciones, insultos y amenazas contra los hispanos.
Desde el incidente han comenzado a transitar por las calles hombres con cubrealmohadas con agujeros para los ojos y luego militantes del Ku Klux Klan con capuchas y túnicas distribuyeron panfletos este mes. Han arreciado rumores de agresiones y golpizas.
wow, only 252,269 Hispanics in Ohio. Well, I suppose considering the size of Ohio, its not too bad. Although, I expected more. I use to live 30 minn from Toledo, Ohio when I lived in Adrian, Mi back in 99′ and 00′. It seemed like there was a decent population in that particular city. I remember dances on weekends. I still feel a little conected to toledo :(
I just read in the newspapers a couple of days ago that 55.5% of the people in california are non white…in arizona it is 56.5%, and texas just broke the 50% this year…times are changing.
Wow! I had no idea Ohio was so white. Here in Colorado, which a lot of people think of as a white state, less than 75% of the population is white and 19% are “Hispanic” (although you would expect that number to be higher than in Ohio).