John Cornyn
Harry Reid, Michael Steele, Negro Dialect & Political Grandstanding on the Backs of Blacks
Submitted by Southern Shift on Tue, 2010-01-12 15:33 Authored by Davey DBy now everyone has heard about the racial firestorm that has been brewing because of some remarks attributed to Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, in a new book called Game Change.
Obama to Reform Hutto and other Detention Centers
Submitted by Southern Dave on Thu, 2009-08-06 13:37In what appears to be a shrewd calculated decision by the Obama administration, folks who have been demanding Immigration reform and an end to some harsh anti-immigration policies have been smiling.
As pointed out in the NY Times article below, President Obama plans to reform the way notorious detention centers operate. Most notably the Hutto detention center near Austin.
We caught up with long time activist Luissanna Santibanez from San Antonio who noted that she and numerous organizations have been holding lots of protests in front of this facility since 2006 when they started locking up kids and entire families.
Santibanez, who’s family was profiled in the short film ‘Exiled In America’, is no stranger to these facilities. The film shows how her mom spent two years in a detention center leaving Santibanez, barely 20 years old, to look out for her four brothers and sisters.
