Judge Sotomayor nominated
In sixth grade I remember checking out books on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and wanting to be like her when I grew-up. I figured I could be President first and then a Supreme Court Justice. Some point during high school I came to believe that Presidents really didn’t have as much power as [...]
Joseph L. Mas, newest member of Franklin County Board of Elections
I first met Joseph (José) Mas in the early 2000’s when he came to speak to my Latino Studies class. That quarter on a weekly basis different local Latino leaders came to speak to us. I prejudged José Mas, thinking, “here comes this white Cuban lawyer who is going to be another anti-Castro, GOP mouth [...]
Ohio BMV fails almost as much as the Columbus Dispatch
Monday, May 4th the Columbus Dispatch had an Editorial “Tighten ID process: Bureau of Motor Vehicles makes it too easy for people to commit fraud“. The opening line:
“Ohio is known to illegal immigrants as the place to go to score an easy ID, and that’s unacceptable.”
This statement is offensive in all kinds of ways. First [...]
Festival Latino
I got pepper sprayed at the 2007 Festival Latino, so did my mother, my boyfriend, and the families standing around us.
The pepper spraying in 2007 was at best annoying. My boyfriend and I had gone to help my mom tear down her booth, where she was a vendor. The police came through telling the crowd [...]