Perspective is Everything

The key to influencing U.S. policy is the ballot

Thursday, 19 February 2009 18:22 Hector de Leon

THE marches that took place in the spring of 2006 across the nation and in the Houston area as a response to proposed anti-immigrant legislation reminded me of a quote that appeared in the now-defunct Houston Post's opinion section, Sunday Punch, in 1994.

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The Omission of History in the Discussion of the Mixed Race Issue Marginalizes Mestizo Americans

Saturday, 17 January 2009 16:17 Hector de Leon

In the midst of the 2008 presidential election an article appeared on the MSNBC homepage titled “Multiracial Americans surge in number, Obama candidacy focuses new attention on their quest for understanding.”

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The Latino vote and its promise cannot be denied: Leadership can help expedite its maturation

Monday, 05 October 2009 09:56 hdeleon

The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest population estimates show that Latinos comprise 39.3 percent of the population of Harris County. In spite of the fact that Latinos are now the largest population group in the county, they only constitute 15 percent of the County’s 1.9 million registered voters. Yet, the relevance of the Latino vote and its promise cannot be denied.

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Lessons That Outlive a Professor

Saturday, 17 January 2009 16:03 Hector de Leon

My favorite professor died several years ago. His name was Ross Lence, and he taught political theory at the University of Houston. I did not know him on a personal level, and the likelihood is that because of my less-than-stellar performances in his classes, he did not know who I was.

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