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Edition 349: 27 November 2008

Obama – Now What? Ethnic Media Speaks:

Black, Jewish vote for Obama may signal a renewed tie
by Marissa Brostoff and Rebecca Spence, Forward, 13 November 2008. English language.
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Obama will now have to look to the south
by María Elena Salinas, El Diario / La Prensa, 17 November 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
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Where is this relationship going? Three things on President-elect Barack Obama’s to-do list that India should watch for
by Dhruva Jaishankar, Indian Express, 14 November 2008. English language.
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The Obama effect: What Caribbean nations may expect after inauguration
by Tony Best, New York Carib News, 25 November 2008. English language.
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Barack Obama: A mandatory case study for Black males
by Mary Alice Miller, Our Time Press, 12 November 2008. English language.
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Given immigrant contribution to US economy – Conference participants hope immigration is Obama priority
by Peng Yunong, Sing Tao Daily, 31 December 1969. Translated from Chinese by Austin Woerner.
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NEWS ITEMS:

Will scarce Bronx banks become scarcer?
by Chloe Tribich, Norwood News, 26 November 2008. English language.
With 3,443 households per bank branch, the Bronx is the most under-banked borough in New York City. Manhattan, by contrast, counts 1,159 households per branch. Long lines are not the only consequence. MORE

Kosher butcher’s son tied to Patchogue hate crime
by Doug Chandler, Jewish Week, 19 November 2008. English language.
L.I. Jewish teen, who tagged himself online as a “Nazi Jew,” drove the SUV the fateful night of Ecuadorean immigrant Lucero’s murder. MORE

Election of Obama sparks increase in racist online chatter
by Glenn Townes, Amsterdam News, 20 November 2008. English language.
More than two weeks after the historic election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, the number of racial attacks, slurs and controversy, including disturbing and racist Internet chatter, continues to slightly undermine the overwhelming ebullience of most Americans from the Obama victory. MORE

Bodega owners at war
by Manuel Avendaño, El Diario / La Prensa, 15 November 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
A group of Manhattan small business owners yesterday denounced the fact that close to 80,000 of the city's Latino businesses find themselves in danger of having to close due to abusive practices by real estate speculators, which have driven the exaggerated rise in rental costs. MORE

BRIEFS:

Death of driver and her passenger focus attention on NYC Latina taxi drivers
by Carmen Alarcón, El Diario / La Prensa, 18 November 2008. Translated from Spanish by Chris Brandt.
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Koreans immigrants rank 2nd in small business ownership in US
by Chae-ho Yun, Korea Times New York, 15 November 2008. Translated from Korean by Sun-yong Reinish.
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NYC Bangladeshi group arrested for deceptive real estate practices
Weekly Thikana, 21 November 2008. Translated from Bangladeshi by Mohammad Zainal Abedin.
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EDITORIALS:

A new whiff on long gone Tammany
Irish Echo, 25 November 2008. English language.
The stock market has tanked. Entire industries are in peril. Americans fear for their savings if they have any left. Jobs are disappearing. The government is lurching from position to position, uncertain, confused, and worried. Who says history does not repeat itself? MORE

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ABOUT THE ETHNIC PRESS
NYCMA executive director honored by Mayor Bloomberg
Juana Ponce de Leon, executive director of NYCMA, was honored by Mayor Bloomberg during the Immigrant History Week 2007 for her work in immigrant communities.

Map of the Ethnic Press in NYC
With the help of the Community Mapping Assistance Project (CMAP), IPA-NY has developed a map of the locations of ethnic and community publication offices in the five boroughs. Click here to view.

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