The 14th Annual César E. Chávez High School Essay Contest

POSTMARK AND E-MAIL SUBMISSISION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012

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<p align="justify">José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo, had one important task during the September 7, 2011, Republican debate—to ask the candidates about immigration. Díaz-Balart asked his question, got his answer and was dismissed from the stage. The stereotype was fulfilled; a Latino asked one question and the one question was about immigration. With that box checked, the moderators and candidates were able to return to “non-Latino” issues.</p>

Commentary:
By Rodolfo F. Acuña

Comentario:
Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D.

De vez en cuando los medios de comunicación se meten en el ojo del huracán. El aprieto mediático tiene raíz en diversas esferas de la cultura norteamericana, pero en general su crisis tiene principio y fin en la política.

 Chula Vista civic group Crossroads canceled their long running Third Thursday Breakfast meeting, to have it revived by Councilwoman Pat Aguilar and repositioned as Pat Aguilar’s Breakfast Open Office Hours to be held every Third Thursday… This could raise some ethic questions…

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<p><strong>Dear Mexican: </strong><strong>My family for six generations have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time. Right now, almost every Republican in the state is trying to get redistricting to the finish line to cut out the bumper crop of Mexican-American candidates from coming up. They passed voter ID laws recently, and you begin to get the idea after a few citizen deportations to Mexico that the Texan Republican legislature doesn’t really like us.</strong></p>

Border Wall, Mexicali, Baja California Norte February 2 through April 30 “Beyond Borders” — photographs by David Bacon