The 2010 United States Census Form sent me on a very interesting journey. After I told the government my name, birthday, and gender, I encountered question 8: “Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?” “Person 1” was me. Before anything else, the government needed to know if I was Latino. And if I […]
Month: June 2013
In Search of Leadership
Things keep happening, and our leaders keep saying nothing. The Arab International Festival event has been a staple in Dearborn for years. Now, after a few years of radical Christian extremists demonstrating and causing a ruckus, the festival is now gone. We all remember Terry Jones, the Bible-loving, Quran-burning, Florida pastor who has made Dearborn […]