"(1) Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race," a project headed researcher Dr. Yaba Blay and photographer Noelle Théard, examined culture, ethnicity and attitude about race and questioned the perspectives of 58 people who identified as being some degree of "Black."
In 2012, sales of skin lightening creams in India alone totaled 258 tons, and the global market for skin lighteners is projected to reach US $19.8 billion by 2018 based on sales growth primarily in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, according to Andrew McDougall of CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com. Many of these skin-whitening products use active ingredients (such as mercurous chloride) and hydroquinone, which can be harmful. In fact, hydroquinone is banned in Europe; and skin lightening creams available in Nigeria has caused mutations in bacteria, proved to be possibly carcinogenic.
Fernández-Armesto drafted the book with the intention of filling in gaps, integrating Latin history and American History, and providing a prospective that would "go beyond the traditional, from east to west, sea-to-shining-sea narrative."
“Just sound it out” is a strategy that’s been long employed in the United States when coaching children in elementary education through reading sessions. However, this process does not translate to Spanish. Stanford University produced a new study that suggests that learning to read words in English isn’t the same as how Spanish-speakers learn to read words in Spanish, particularly in Mexico.
Dimly lit basements with buddies crowded around television screens and bosky public parks where friends are congregated around peeling picnic tables are the imagined settings for teenagers who engage in drug use and abuse. Though, the reality is that teens participate in drug use any and everywhere -and Latino teens are leading the trend
53 million Hispanics live in the United States. The weight of the swelling population has worked to sway and influence industries, communications, technology, marketing and brands. The core of the group's financial strength, however, lies with a few, "upscale Latinos," who account for just 37 percent of the Latino's mounting spending power.
The Sicilian and Irish populations have been able to assimilate; pour directly to the racial and ethnic melting pot that is America without missing much of a beat. However, African Americans, Native Americans and Mexican Americans will never be able to assimilate, according to conservative Jason Richwine, co-author of a controversial immigration study, and numerous others. America’s title as a melting pot was earned from breaking ties with old countries, learning a new culture, and learning a new language.
Our reputations shouldn't be defined by the natural human need for sex. Lil' Kim is an adult so why do we judge her "ladiness" upon expressing a common desire out loud? Music is a release of our inner feelings and music videos take you into one mindset with the artist; that's what this entire music thing is about. A mutual connection between our feelings and their delivery of this sentiment to the entire world, we kind of work together.
