The Duality of The Latino

The Daily News is reporting that the Census Bureau has recorded a 6% spike in the white population. Apparently, more and more Latinos are identifying themselves as White on their applications.

Just like light skinned Blacks, Latinos have recognized the opportunity to use their ambiguous attributes to their advantage.  Keep it real: When it comes to job and credit applications and corporate socialization it pays to be White. A white washed accent, a little dye and some ultra perm are all it takes to fly below the minority radar undetected.

Here are a few more interesting snippets from the article about Hispanic ethnicity and race:

"It really surprises me, that is a significant shift," said Claudio Remeseira, a Columbia University professor and editor of "Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook."

"In general, most Latinos tend to think of themselves as white. But the issue of how Latinos identify themselves by race has always been complicated."

For example, most Dominican immigrants - even dark-skinned Dominicans - would say they are white "because they have historically perceived themselves as not black" like their neighbors in Haiti, Remeseira said.

In all, the number of people in the "white alone" category jumped by 12.1 million over the last decade to 223.6 million, the census showed.

Whites now represent 72% of the U.S. population and account for nearly half of the total population increase since 2000.

Take out the Hispanics, however, and whites account for 64% of the population, according to the figures. They were 69% of the population just a decade ago.

Hispanics continue to be the nation's fastest growing group.

The percentage that identified themselves as white jumped in the past decade from 48% to 53%. The portion that marked "some other race" dropped from 42% to 37%.

What I find most interesting about this is that Latinos don't want to be mistaken for Black people, Whites don't want to be mistaken for Black people and nowadays even Blacks don't want to be mistaken for Black people.  That says alot about the perception of the Black race.

SMDH.

POLICE STATE: The Easiest Mass Round Up and Incarceration EVER

When I saw this throwback vid.. All I could think is, DAMN.. Is it THAT easy?



What would you do?

SKINNY Jeans: The Emasculation Proclamation

The VMA's (Video Music Awards) on MTV/VH1 have come to represent a mish mosh of quasi-talented, self promoting "artists" who have been pre-selected to act surprised when they receive an award.  Their performance, presence, nomination and selection is all part of a well orchestrated advertising media fest designed to sell albums, create web traffic and generate viewers for corporations with an agenda. (I'll get to who they are and what that agenda is later.)  

This year, besides Beyonce announcing she was pregnant with Satan's Jay'Z's seed, one of the most discussed topics online was the wardrobe of rapper, Lil Wayne.  If you didn't see the debauchery, check it out:

(Sigh) Now.. I'm all for self expression. And I definitely believe that artists tend to be creative people that 'think outside of the box' when it comes to fashion. However, the man depicted here can't possibly be the Blood repping, Crip killing, gangsta rappin', skateboarding, syrup sippin', eyebrow piercing, leggin' wearing leave-em-dead-in-the-living-room G he says he is? Leopard print doe? What in the  MK Ultra sex-kitten monarch-programming Hell is this.

Did we forget this is a grown man with at least 4 children wearing LEOPARD SKIN LEGGINGS pulled just beneath his ass for optimal butt cleave exposure?!?! Is it me, or is something REALLY wrong here. Is this 'gangsta' trying to tell me that if he sees the wrong person wearing BLUE in his neighborhood (an affluent suburb) he's going to murder them, but if they have on leopard print skinny jeans they can rep his hood? This man is a walking contradiction! A puzzle, wrapped in an enigma.

Maybe he's having an identity crisis because he calls his 'daddy' Baby and himself Lil'. Perhaps his affinity for small things has trained him to fear growth.

Lil Wayne appears to be assimilating to fit in with his new crowd and keep pieces of his old self. It's starting to seem like many of the young men that delve into the 'Hollywood' lifestyle end up in similar outfits. Let's take a look, shall we?

Miguel, a new R&B artist with tracks like 'Sure Thing' and 'I Don't Wanna be Loved" was photo'd out rocking a mesh tank and some skinny jeans or jeggings (a mix between jeans and leggings). Although he vehemently professes his love for women, Miguel is constantly questioned about his style selections and his sexuality. What's most baffling about his style choice is that he sings to women and professes to LOVE women, and then wears an outfit that most women would consider neither attractive nor masculine. Somehow, his eyeliner, hairdo and outfit don't reek of manly protection and procreation. Are these the traits that attract women? Or men? #justsaying

And WHO exactly is styling these men? I would say that these artists just happen to have similar taste in clothes but when I saw this, I thought.. maybe not.

The blurring of gender lines and roles is occurring in fashion as much as it is in music and lifestyle. Although our birthday suits were designed by a The Originator to attract the opposite sex via hormones and structure, it seems like men of today are doing everything to work in opposition of that natural design. They are softening the strength of the male shoulder, slimming the width of the inverted triangle that defines their upper body and accenting the cleave of a man's ass instead of the prowess of his back and the strength of his legs. Even men's cologne smells like flowers, fruit and sunshine.

Gone are the days of roughly worked, powerful hands. They have been replaced by Drake's limp wrist and Miguel's twirl. Deep voices and full mustaches died with Barry White. It's a wrap. Stylists have officially murdered the physical presence of men in the eyes of heterosexual women. It is a term that will be viewed in historical references as 'The Great Emasculation'.. and Lil Wayne is the spokesman.