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Comment on The Takeaway by ivet avila

ivet avila — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:51:20 +0000

I went to esperanza elementary and like the way this was written. Very informative.

Comment on Happy One Month by ivet avila

ivet avila — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:35:02 +0000

I believe that this is a great website although I recently “discovered” it. I actually live in Westlake and 7th so I know this area like the palm of my hand. However, a simple idea I had would be to work with teens like myself, and try to involve them in your website. This would really raise awareness within the community and maybe teens can even speak of the problems and benefits of the Westlake area.

Comment on Tamales On The Run by Cholula

Cholula — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:05:35 +0000

It’s tamal! Tamal, tamal, tamal. The singular for tamales is tamal.

Comment on Tamales On The Run by Tadlosik

Tadlosik — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:08:02 +0000

haha this is great.

I saw these things when i went to mexico. they impressed my as ingenious.
they really are.

Comment on Tamales On The Run by The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist

The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:25:39 +0000

[...] on the run.” You’ll become a fan after seeing this multimedia story about the tamaleros created by Devin and her reporting partner, Kara [...]

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Britt

Britt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:56:25 +0000

Devin, What a powerful essay! Your words, your candor and your bravery. .. touching on so many issues both personal and social. Thank you for sharing your very compelling point of view. Stellar pieces both of you!

Comment on Not in Kansas Anymore by Kathy H

Kathy H — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:56:27 +0000

Latinos have been in Kansas for a long time. My husband’s family hails from Arkansas City and Wichita, and we attended a Hernandez family reunion in Wichita several years ago. His grandparents left Mexico when Pancho Villa was around, and both of his grandfathers worked on the railroads. His parents faced lots of discrimination, and weren’t allowed to swim in the public swimming pool, drink from the Whites Only drinking fountains or attend college.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Kathy H

Kathy H — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:47:08 +0000

Thanks for this honest, insightful post. I wish all neighborhoods were as safe as the one you grew up in.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Matt Erickson

Matt Erickson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:59:38 +0000

Growing up in a suburb a few towns – and skin tones and socioeconomic layers – over from Detroit, it is hard to reconcile the nightly-news-fueled paranoia of my mother (“you’re going to get killed!!”) with the overcompensatory, ‘not-racist’ posturing of my friends (“people totally act like they’re going to get killed”).

In the end, both are things said only by Babes in the Woods.

A brave and thoughtful article, with refreshing candor about the ambivalence some of us feel when we know we are out of place but don’t want to feel like we are prejudiced either.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Corey P.

Corey P. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:02:40 +0000

Devin and Carmen,

What a powerful article. I work in the neighborhood you write about but I never considered living there- I guess its easy to turn it off and drive back to WeHo before dusk, which has been my routine for years.
What brave pieces of writing! Thank you!