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The second half of the concert felt more convincing than the first. After Mr. Giorgetti’s “Dialogue” came the Venezuelan-American composer Ricardo Lorenz’s “Compass Points,” the most successful piece on Sunday’s program. Each of the work’s three sections was written in a different location and reflects the composer’s state of mind and circumstances at the time. The first movement, composed in Umbria, Italy, offered a sultry canvas with passionate violin interludes. The second — both melancholy and defiant, with languid clarinet riffs — was written in Bloomington, Ind., as a tribute to the pianist and composer Robert Avalon. The frenzied, driven dance rhythms of “Scherzarengue,” the last movement, evoke a busy period in the composer’s life when he moved to East Lansing, Mich.

Music Review – Review – NYTimes.com

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All I can say is, you may call Venezuelan guys wimps but don’t mess with the women!

Beyond that, the confrontation has cultural and nationalistic implications. I’ll guarantee you viewers from Central and South America will view the incident VERY differently than the average American racing fan. For many of them, it will be the domineering Ugly American attempting to bully the underdog Latin American in a very visceral way.

Auto racing » On Danica, Milka and stereotypes

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Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

Last time this came up there was no clear winner between Memin and Speedy?

For more than 60 years Mexicans have followed the adventures of “Memin Pinguin.” But the dark-skinned Memin’s exaggerated features in “Memin for President” came as a shock to Houston, Texas, Wal-Mart shopper Shawnedria McGinty.

Mexican comic-book character called racist – CNN.com

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In June, an Indiana think tank introduced a plan intended to encourage more Hispanics to pursue higher education. While this may seem like something that is good for the Hispanic community, it has raised no small amount of controversy. At issue is the Sagamore Institute researchers’ recommendation that Hispanics try for two-year degrees from colleges such as Ivy Tech rather than four-year, or ev

Indiana Daily Student

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It might come as a shock to narrow-minded folks who devalue the richness of the English language by sending thinly veiled vile attacking Hispanics and immigrants – legal and otherwise as if the two are interchangeable – but this state’s heritage, culture and economy has strong Latin overtures.Three emails – of which one came from Southern California and the other from the Midwest – sent in response to a story that stated 3,000 foreign immigrants move to San Joaquin County every year blamed much of this nation’s ills on Hispanic immigrants

The Latino Journal: A 4TH OF JULY TRIBUTE TO LATINOS

But in America, at least, we have narrowed the choices down to “Latino” or “Hispanic.” Each comes loaded with political baggage. Say “Latino” to a brown-skinned person, and you might receive a snappish “I don’t speak Latin!” in response. Refer to someone as “Hispanic” and you could hear that the word refers to Spain, the country that “raped my ancestors” or “subjugated the Aztecs” or some other historical atrocity that constitutes a fresh wound to people who have taken too many poli-sci classes.

Daniel Cubias: Defining My Terms – Living on The Huffington Post