{"id":1326,"date":"2011-11-26T18:54:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T18:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beerandrap.com\/word\/2011\/11\/26\/kirksemple\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T02:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T02:18:28","slug":"kirksemple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beerandrap.com\/word\/2011\/11\/26\/kirksemple\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1326 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beerandrap.com\/word\/2011\/11\/26\/kirksemple\/attachment\/1327\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beerandrap.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tumblr_lv9xruN7MV1qbt1ggo1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mexnthecity.com\/post\/13356092522\/kirksemple\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mexandthecity<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MARINA: We respect the work of Kirk Semple. He follows the NY Mexican Population for the NYT. I\u2019m posting this article because it is a good conversation to have. This blog exists to provide inspiration and a sense of role models in NYC. We all have a role to play to turn these statistics around.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thenoobyorker.tumblr.com\/post\/13349973854\/informate-nyt-in-new-york-mexicans-lag-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thenoobyorker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/informate.tumblr.com\/post\/13349674624\/nyt-in-new-york-mexicans-lag-in-education-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informate<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/25\/nyregion\/mexicans-in-new-york-city-lag-in-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NYT: In New York, Mexicans Lag in Education by Kirk Semple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please, if you have time read this article. Just as interesting, if  not disappointing, are the comments that proceed the article. The  comments that \u201cMexicans simply do not value education as much as some  segments of our population\u201d or the \u201cthat\u2019s why they shouldn\u2019t be here in  the first place\u201d rhetoric is enough to make any Mexican-American blood  boil. Including mine.<\/p>\n<p>Especially because readers are interpreting this to mean that every  single Mexican is uneducated, doesn\u2019t want to be educated, or can\u2019t be  educated. As Andy from Maryland so <a href=\"http:\/\/community.nytimes.com\/comments\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/25\/nyregion\/mexicans-in-new-york-city-lag-in-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poignantly informs us<\/a>,  \u201cBased on my experience of living in Mexico for 4 years, I concluded  that Mexicans simply do not value education as much as some segments of  our population. It\u2019s simply not part of their ethos\u2026 Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>124 people agree with Andy. And counting. <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Really? Because I could have sworn growing up my Mexican parents told  me, \u201cEducate para que no sufres como nosotros.\u201d While I\u2019m certainly not  the rule or the exception to the rule, it\u2019s <em>because <\/em>of my  Mexican culture that I graduated valedictorian of my high school and  attend one of the nation\u2019s most competitive and elite institutions. And  the five Columbia University, Mexican-American, first-generation college  students I hung out with tonight? Yeah, they grew up hearing the same  thing.<\/p>\n<p>As C. Wright Mills reminds us, our lives are not by accident. \u201cEvery  individual lives, from one generation to the next, in some society  [where] he lives out a biography, and that he lives it out within some  historical sequence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So no, it\u2019s no surprise to me that Mexicans lag behind in education.  Why? Because at this moment in history our biographies are being shaped  by powerful social forces. Let me remind you of a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pewhispanic.org\/reports\/report.php?ReportID=147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Latino children are living in poverty \u2014 6.1 million in 2010 \u2014 than children of any other racial or ethnic group<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/26\/us\/26hispanics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latino  families accounted for the largest single decline in wealth of any  ethnic and racial group in the country during the recession<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/cifamerica\/2011\/oct\/12\/alabama-slavery-latino-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The United States is bringing back slavery for Latinos<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/21\/us\/illegal-immigrant-parents-pass-a-burden-study-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children  whose parents are undocumented or who lack legal status themselves face  \u201cuniformly negative\u201d effects on their social development from early  childhood until they become adults<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/with-hispanic-students-on-the-rise-hispanic-teachers-in-short-supply\/2011\/11\/01\/gIQASFkbPN_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More  than 21 percent of school children are Latino while Latinos only  compromise 7 percent of teachers. No other racial or ethnic minority  group has such a wide disparity.<\/a> Where are the role models?<\/li>\n<li>And EVEN when Latinos succeed in prestigious professions like law, they STILL <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/magazine\/article\/the_rise_of_the_latino_lawyer_new_study_reveals_inspiring_successes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">face an astounding amount of racism and discrimination in their professions and in their communities.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How come none of this being realized by such \u201cinformed\u201d commentators? Sigh. <strong>This reality is not by accident. <\/strong>More  than anything, this article is a powerful and heart-breaking reminder  of the challenges and stereotypes that Mexicans in the United States  need to overcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hasta la victoria. <\/strong>Todas las partes de nosotros valen.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenoobyorker.tumblr.com\/post\/13340119360\/ivan-lucero-28-was-expelled-from-his-bronx-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here\u2019s the entry that influenced this post yesterday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t even want to read the NYT comments because I don&rsquo;t want to smash my laptop in to pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mexandthecity: MARINA: We respect the work of Kirk Semple. He follows the NY Mexican Population for the NYT. I\u2019m posting this article because it is a good conversation to have. 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