Related to yesterdays post, I have previously tried to explain the concept of marginal return and why, because of the already overwhelming flow of educated minorities going into social services fields, the hard sciences may be the place to make the biggest impact - if that is your end goal.
I wrote:
Second, it is inefficient. Minorities […]
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Jan8th2010
Marginal Difference
Published by in Chicanoism, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 7 CommentsJan7th2010
More On Majors And Why Chicano Studies Is Garbage
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 15 CommentsA frequent topic of discussion in my family is what university, what major and the return to investment my sister should pursue after finishing high school. My dad is a man of modest means and is the only bread winner in a family of five - 3 children of which, have yet to pursue a […]
May22nd2009
The Invisible Hand vs Charity
Published by in Capitalism, Chicanoism, Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Personal and Poverty. 3 CommentsOne of the major problems I have with Chicano Studies is its overemphasis on altruistic ventures as opposed to “personal gain”. Becoming a community organizer, for example, is more encouraged than becoming an engineer. This was particularly important to me last year when my sister, being in her junior year of high school, was applying […]
Dec9th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, Discrimination, Economics and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“Neither legal nor market forces have brought employment parity between whites and blacks in the United States. Parallel with the struggle of blacks for parity, Jews, East Asians, and immigrants generally, have made rapid economic progress and indeed (at least in the case of Jews and East Asians) largely overcome discrimination, yet without significant help […]
Sep12th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 1 Comment“People should be more worried than they are by the fragmentation of states. Consider that shortly after World War II, there were around 60 states. Today, there are almost 200. A lot of this increase is due to decolonization, but in recent years, the main cause has been, essentially, ethnic separatism. Because ethnic groups are […]
Sep10th2008
Community Organization Is A Waste
Published by in Chicanoism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 8 CommentsSo said Obama when he was deep in it reports the New Republic:
He told Kellman that he feared community organizing would never allow him “to make major changes in poverty or discrimination.” To do that, he said, “you either had to be an elected official or be influential with elected officials.” In other words, Obama […]
Jul22nd2008
In Praise Of Personal Interest
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 9 CommentsOne of the many things I dislike about Chicano Studies as a major is its over emphasis on “nonprofit activism” vs “personal interest”. In the status circles of Chicano Studies students, you are admired more for your desire to ‘build a community outreach center for disadvantaged children’ than for say, getting an engineering degree and […]
Jul18th2008
Glenn Beck of CNN reports:
So, what is the uniform of choice when fooling terrorists in Colombia? …
That’s right, the same T-shirts you see Hollywood celebrities, starving pseudo-artists and confused hipster teens wearing around local coffee shops. To all those who decide that you want to be coffee house communist-chic, remember this: When you are wearing […]
Apr18th2008
Milton Friedman On Race, Poverty And Government
Published by in Capitalism, Chicanoism, Discrimination, Economics, Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Minimum Wage, ModernPolitics, Myths, Poverty, Vouchers and affirmative action. 2 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
From an old speech but just as relevant today as it was then.
Oct5th2007
Slavery In Context - Friday Edition
Published by in Books, Chicanoism, Conversation Continued, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 5 CommentsDo me a favor, read this and this from Michael Medved and when you are done read this blog post and tell me if their description of what Medved wrote is accurate.
After reading the two articles I responded in the comments section to correct what I saw as a false representation of what he had […]
Apr13th2007
Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 12 CommentsThis is why I think everybody should read Dinesh D’Souza’s writings:
Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat?
There has been a remarkable demographic shift that has changed the complexion of American society over the last 40 years. One reason for this change is the fact that most immigrants today come from Asia, Africa, and Latin […]
Dec1st2006
Why I Like !Ask A Mexican!
Published by in Chicanoism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 10 CommentsGustavo Arellano, the writer of !Ask A Mexican! for the Orange County Weekly is a weekly read for me and more often than not, his posts make me laugh. Take his November 2nd response to a reader who asks what will happen to white people if Mexicans become the biggest raza group in the […]
Aug17th2006
Richard Rodriguezs Stream of Consciousness By Victor Davis Hanson
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 8 CommentsOn Wednesday Victor Davis Hanson responded to Richard Rodriguez’s Monday article Mexicans in America. Here is a teaser of what his response contained:
At this point the only thing missing was the tired La Raza mythologizing about “Gringos” who “stole” Mexican land—and, then, of course it too appeared, sort of at least. But if it is […]
Jul28th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and Minimum Wage. 0 Comments“My mother arrived in Britain penniless, but fortunately for her—and for Britain—no one sought to persuade her that she need not learn English, and no one set up expensive and ineffective services for her in case she did not. She was not obliged to give up her tastes or conform in private respects, but she […]
Jul21st2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 2 Comments“But the good news is that these newcomers by and large aren’t listening to the left-wingers pushing identity politics. Mexican immigrants, like their European predecessors, are assimilating. Their children learn English and by the end of high school prefer it to their parents’ native tongue. They also marry people they meet here. Second-generation Latinos earn […]
Jul20th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and affirmative action. 11 Comments“By far the largest concern we hear on the right concerns culture, especially the worry that the current Hispanic influx is so large it can resist the American genius for assimilation. Hispanics now comprise nearly a third of the population in California and Texas, the country’s two biggest states, and cultural assimilation does matter. This […]
