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Eastlos

Eastlos  n.— «RUBIN: I’m like, “Oh, a Latino kid from Eastlos going to New York.” SANCHEZ: Eastlos? RUBIN: Yeah, East Los Angeles, going to New York.» —“Profile: Problems at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles...

ATM machine

ATM machine  n.— «Targeting immigrants is not unique to Oakland. Last month Richmond police were called to investigate the fatal robbery of an El Salvadoran immigrant. The city’s street thugs sometimes refer to Latino and Asian laborers as...

MinuteKlan

MinuteKlan  n.— «Many of the Minutemen (in the Latino Community, some refer to them as the MinuteKlan) take it upon themselves to patrol the border between the U.S. and Mexico.» —“Lawmaker to take bite out of cops?” by Paul...

black-brown divide

black-brown divide  n.— «Simmering beneath the surface of activism for job creation and workers’ rights is a tension not unique to New Orleans, what labor activists refer to as the “black-brown divide.” In this case, black New Orleanians...

SOM

SOM  n.— «African-American gang members, police say, have been robbing and beating Latino residents in the streets, usually as they make their way home from work late at night. “They refer to it as “sock on Mexicans,’”...

Brown Out

Brown Out  n.— «The district’s 2,278 Latino students comprise about 10 percent of the student body. Many businesses planned ahead to observed the boycott also known as “Brown Out” and “A Day Without Latinos...

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