Every Day is Magic: Ada Limón
In her 2015 collection, Bright Dead Things, a National Book Award finalist for poetry, Ada Limón writes of moving to Kentucky: “Confession: I did not want to live here.” It’s perhaps not a surprising sentiment coming from a coastally oriented person who was raised in Northern California, attended college in Seattle, and then spent over a decade in New York City.
But Limón and her husband, Lucas, have been in Lexington for seven years now and the effects of settling into this place are noticeable in her new book, The Carrying (Milkweed, Aug.). It’s a phenomenally lively and attentive collection replete with the trappings of living a little closer to nature. While Bright Dead Things is marked by a preponderance of light, such as images of fireflies and neon signs, The Carrying features numerous appearances by various trees, birds, and beetles. Limón also demonstrates a greater willingness to be explicit in naming colors, particularly green. “It’s crazy green, the whole book,” she says. “Lexington is the greenest place I’ve ever lived.” Similarly, where in Bright Dead Things, Limón tells a lot of stories and anecdotes, in The Carrying she is very present in her thoughts and experiences.
As it turns out, these shifts in focus have another, altogether unexpected source. While putting Bright Dead Things together, Limón was diagnosed with chronic vestibular neuronitis, which can cause bouts of vertigo. “If I’m really having vertigo, it’s pretty intense and I really have to focus,”
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Mexican stars, Hollywood dreams
Los Angeles Times
“At the same time,” Esparza continued, the success of Latin American actors in Hollywood “does not satisfy the aspirations of American Latinos, nor do I believe it satisfies the need for diversity of the industry in this country.” Mexican acting talent …
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FROM THE BORDER TO THE BOARDROOM: THE JOURNEY TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENCY FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
YN Avalos – 2011
… professional pathways of female Mexican-American community college presidents. The …
Demographics This study specifically examines the professional careers of Mexican-American
women serving as community college leaders. Many demographic summaries combine …
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Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States
K Brick, AE Challinor… – 2011
… immigrants.32 Second-generation Central Americans also are more likely to have a bachelor’s,
graduate, or professional degree than … Significantly, second-generation Mexican American women
are more likely to be employed (62 percent) than their first-generation counterparts
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Letter From Mexico: Amid the Drug Wars, a Stunning Economic Boom
New America Media
They also feared a collapse in demand for Mexican exports by recession-hit American consumers. But the opposite has occurred. Mexico’s economy is enjoying a …
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How Mexican web design got on the map
The Next Web
Here is how a company and its school helped put Mexican web design on the map. … The school is located there because all 11 teachers are professionals …
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MANA de Orange County: Serving O.C. for 30 years
OCRegister
Founded by Mexican American women in 1974, the organization has expanded into a … working in a variety of political, social and professional fields. …
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Oxido Pioneering with DVS CLIPSTER
Broadcast Newsroom
They have done projects for the Mexican market as well as for other Latin American markets, and recently for Singapore. www.oxido.tv About DVS: DVS, …
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‘I am grateful for a second chance,’ says officer suspended over ethnic insult
The Seattle Times
(May 12, 2011, by 50 Yr Old Professional) Read more Happened over a year ago, …. Lopez — whose group was listed among the 34 who joined the American Civil …
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Mexican Immigrant Tells Radio Station His Son Helped Kill Bin Laden
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… Osama bin Laden earlier this week is the American-born son of Mexican immigrants. … operations brotherhood that calls itself “the quiet professionals. ..
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Study on Economic Growth in Cuba wins International Research Prize
Hispanically Speaking News
The first prize is 100000 Mexican pesos or the equivalent in dollars (about US$ … The competition is aimed at Latin American academics, professionals and …
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Mexican Health Care Workers Retrain for US Jobs
KPBS
… Mexico, and helps many other Mexican professionals like him navigate the … In this economy, it’s tough for anybody to get a job, American or not. …
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Mexican Business Organization Expands Its Focus
GlobalAtlanta
Speaking to an audience of 35 business professionals at a breakfast meeting on March 17 at the Goodwill Northeast Plaza Career Center, Alejandro Coss, president of the Mexican American Business Chamber, announced the new partnership.
Mexican census 2010: Languages other than Spanish spoken in Mexico
H. Gutierrez
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Mexican American and Immigrant poverty in the United States
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Facts about Mexican Americans from the Census Bureau 2010
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the legendary Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, in which a Mexican force of 4,500 men faced 6,000 well-trained French soldiers. The battle lasted four hours and ended in a victory for the Mexican army under Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza. Along with Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo has become a time to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture.
Source for the following statements: 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Selected Population Profile in the United States: Mexican
30.7 million
Number of U.S. residents of Mexican origin in 2008. These residents constituted 10 percent of the nation’s total population and 66 percent of the Hispanic population.
52.4%
Percent of Mexican-origin people who are male.
19.04 million
Number of people of Mexican origin who lived either in California (11.26 million) or Texas (7.78 million). People of Mexican origin made up nearly one-third of the residents of these two states.
25.7
Median age of people in the United States of Mexican descent. This compares with 36.9 years for the population as a whole.
695,000
Number of Mexican-Americans who are U.S. military veterans.
1.4 million
Number of people of Mexican descent 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher. This includes about 395,000 who have a graduate or professional degree.
35%
Among households where a householder was of Mexican origin, the percentage of married-couple families with own children younger than 18. For all households, the corresponding percentage was 21 percent.
4.1
Average size for families with a householder of Mexican origin. The average size of all families is 3.2 people.
16%
Percentage of employed civilians 16 and older of Mexican heritage who worked in managerial, professional or related occupations. In addition, 25 percent worked in service occupations; 21 percent in sales and office occupations; 17 percent in construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations; and 19 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations.
$40,647
Median income in 2008 for households with a householder of Mexican origin. For the population as a whole, the corresponding amount was $52,029.
23%
Poverty rate in 2008 for all people of Mexican heritage. For the population as a whole, the corresponding rate was 13 percent.
70%
Percentage of civilians 16 and older of Mexican origin in the labor force. The percentage was 66 percent for the population as a whole. There were 14 million people of Mexican heritage in the labor force, comprising 9 percent of the total.
51%
Percentage of householders of Mexican origin in occupied housing units who owned the home in which they lived. This compares with 67 percent for the population as a whole.
11.3 million, or 37%
Number and percentage of Mexican-origin people who are foreign-born; 2.5 million of them are naturalized citizens. Among the population as a whole, 12 percent are foreign-born.
76%
Percentage of Mexican-origin people who speak a language other than English at home; among these people, 38 percent speak English less than “very well.” Among the population as a whole, the corresponding figures were 20 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
Trade With Mexico
$305.5 billion
The value of total goods traded between the United States and Mexico in 2009. Mexico was our nation’s third-leading trading partner, after Canada and China. The leading U.S. export commodity to Mexico in 2009 was light oils and preparations (not crude) from petroleum and bituminous materials ($4 billion); the leading U.S. import commodity from Mexico in 2009 was crude oil from petroleum ($22.12 billion).
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics
Businesses
Source for statements in this section: Hispanic-Owned Firms: 2002
701,078
Number of firms owned by people of Mexican origin in 2002. They accounted for more than 44 percent of all Hispanic-owned firms. Among these Mexican-owned firms, 275,896 were in California and 235,735 in Texas. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif., combined statistical area had 174,292.
$96.7 billion
Sales and receipts for firms owned by people of Mexican origin in 2002.
116,290
Number of firms owned by people of Mexican origin in the construction sector in 2002, which led all sectors.
Mexican Food
$100.4 million
Product shipment value of tamales and other Mexican food specialties (not frozen or canned) produced in the United States in 2002.
Source: 2002 Economic Census
$48.9 million
Product shipment value of frozen enchiladas produced in the United States in 2002. Frozen tortilla shipments were valued even higher, at $156 million.
Source: 2002 Economic Census
381
Number of U.S. tortilla manufacturing establishments in 2007. The establishments that produce this unleavened flat bread employed 15,160 people. Tortillas, the principal food of the Aztecs, are known as the “bread of Mexico.” One in three of these establishments was in Texas.
Source: County Business Patterns: 2007
Following is a list of observances typically covered by the Census Bureau’s Facts for Features series:
* African-American History Month (February)
* Super Bowl
* Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14)
* Women’s History Month (March)
* Irish-American Heritage Month (March)/
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
* Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May)
* Older Americans Month (May)
* Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
* Mother’s Day
* Hurricane Season Begins (June 1)
* Father’s Day
* The Fourth of July (July 4)
* Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act (July 26)
* Back to School (August)
* Labor Day
* Grandparents Day
* Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
* Unmarried and Single Americans Week
* Halloween (Oct. 31)
* American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
* Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
* Thanksgiving Day
* The Holiday Season (December)
Editor’s note: The preceding data were collected from a variety of sources and may be subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Facts for Features are customarily released about two months before an observance in order to accommodate magazine production timelines. Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau’s Public Information Office: telephone: 301-763-3030; fax: 301-763-3762; or
Gay Intern Helped Save The Life Of Gabrielle Giffords
Daniel Hernandez Jr., an Openly Gay 20-year-old intern for Gabrielle Giffords, is being credited with saving the congresswoman’s life.
Hernandez, who confirmed that he is gay in an interview with Instant Tea on Sunday morning, is a member of the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. “She’s been a great ally to the LGBT community,” Hernandez said of Giffords during the brief interview across a bad connection
Perceptions of Discrimination among Mexican American Families of Seriously Ill Children
Betty Davies, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN,1,2
Judith Larson, Ph.D., F.T.,1
Nancy Contro, M.S.W.,3 and
Ana P. Cabrera, M.A.1
Accepted September 2, 2010
Abstract
This paper describes Mexican American family members’ descriptions of perceived discrimination by pediatric health care providers (HCPs) and the families’ reactions to the HCPs’ discriminatory conduct. A retrospective, grounded theory design guided the overall study. Content analysis of interviews with 13 participants from 11 families who were recruited from two children’s hospitals in Northern California resulted in numerous codes and revealed that participants perceived discrimination when they were treated differently from other, usually white, families. They believed they were treated differently because they were Mexican, because they were poor, because of language barriers, or because of their physical appearance.
Participants reported feeling hurt, saddened, and confused regarding the differential treatment they received from HCPs who parents perceived “should care equally for all people.”
They struggled to understand and searched for explanations. Few spoke up about unfair treatment or complained about poor quality of care. Most assumed a quiet, passive position, according to their cultural norms of respecting authority figures by being submissive and not questioning them. Participants did not perceive all HCPs as discriminatory; their stories of discrimination derived from encounters with individual nurses or physicians. However, participants were greatly affected by the encounters, which continue to be painful memories.
Despite increasing efforts to provide culturally competent palliative care, there is still need for improvement. Providing opportunities for changing HCPs’ beliefs and behaviors is essential to developing cultural competence.
