While law enforcement officers throughout Southern California search for fugitive ex-cop Christopher Jordan Dorner, POCHO has unearthed eight key factors which tie Dorner’s story to the controversial “Magical Negro” character popularized in Hollywood movies.
8. He is similar in build to the guy from The Green Mile.
7. He deals out creepy retribution to crooked cops.
6. He fulfills the requirement of morally edifying an Anglo character, in this case by sending Anderson Cooper an explanatory letter about LAPD corruption. [Mas…]
La Chata’s Music Box recommends Brooklyn Afrobeat band Antibalas’ incisive musical explanation of the corrupting effects of corporate influence on American society: Dirty Money.
Also, it has a good beat and it’s easy to dance to. Plus puppets!
POCHO Migrant Editor Al Madrigal puts on his Daily Show Senior Latino Correspondent hat and rubber gloves to spice up the Mexican presidential elections with smuggled negative political advertisements.
La Chata’s Music Box presents Mexican Institute of Sound with their new video Mexico.Elections Sunday, music today. Video directed by Jonas Cuaron (brother of Alfonso of Harry Potter/Y Tu Mama Tambien fame.)
(PNS reporting from THE HAGUE) The U.S. is “recklessly infringing” on Mexico’s reputation as a lawless, corrupt nation, the Mexican government alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday in the World Court of Justice.
“America is flagrantly corrupt. Your mortgage-traficante cartels stole everyone’s money and still they are at large and in charge,” Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in Sunday interview, “and check out my dope sash!”
“This same Yanqui oligarchy is now determined to undermine the reputation of Mexico’s narco-industrial complex,” Calderon (photo, right) charged in an appearance on CNN’s Mad Money. “We’ve worked hard to earn our bad reputation, and we will not allow the U.S. to steal it like a bunch of common PRI officials while we are enjoying a leisurely siesta in the shadow of a saguaro cactus.” [Mas…]
While law enforcement officers throughout Southern California search for fugitive ex-cop Christopher Jordan Dorner, POCHO has unearthed eight key factors which tie Dorner’s story to the controversial “Magical Negro” character popularized in Hollywood movies.