Jessica Watson-Crosby

Geraldo Rivera wrote a book, “His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. ”. He is mainly trying to counter the charges of his fellow Fox TV hosts, Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs for their anti-immigrant stances. It is called the browning of America by hate-mongers, this recent wave of Hispanic, largely Mexican, immigration…

Yes, there was a period of time in my life when I was called a sellout. Actually, those were not the words used, at least to my face. I was told more or less, as President of a local chapter of a national women’s business owners group, that I was helping white women do business.…

At a recent conference, one of the workshops was “Obama and Ethnicity”. One of the panelists was talking about how, in the Age of Obama, that equality and equity, might or might not take on new meaning. What I wanted to know was, “what is equality”? Some forms of equality seem clear, like equal pay…

People in New York City do not talk about 9/11. What I mean is it doesn’t pop up in casual conversation – like conversations I have had with people who don’t live here. For example, last Thanksgiving in Connecticut, when a friend opened the trunk of her car to remove something, she commented on the…

This is a call for Post-Election Forums by the activists in our communities around the country. This Presidential Campaign has presented an opportunity for activist work that is almost unprecedented in recent decades. We have an opportunity to set our own agenda. This campaign has activated huge numbers of people of all ages (and all…