Thread: UNC Asheville Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

For Immediate Release
September 7, 2007

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UNC Asheville Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month



"Pan's Labyrinth"
The Spanish film "Pan's Labyrinth"
will be screened October 10

UNC Asheville joins the nation in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15-October 15 with a host of special events. All events are free and open to the public.

Luis Collazo of the Hispanic/Latino Center in Fayetteville, N.C. will discuss "Hispanic Contributions to the Military: Past and Present" at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Collazo will examine the Hispanic role in the U.S. military from the Revolutionary War to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An open discussion on "Why Are We Laughing? Ethnic Humor and Its Effects on Society" will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union room 104. This dialogue encourages audience participation to take a closer look at how jokes can mean different things to different people in different circumstances. The discussion will also examine how humor can be used to establish rapport, educate and empower.

Community leaders and University faculty will come together to lead a panel discussion on immigration at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. In particular, section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act will be closely examined.

A screening of the recent hit movie "Pan's Labyrinth" will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union room 104. The film, set in post-Civil War Spain, tells the story of a girl named Ofelia who is given three tasks by a mysterious faun. This film, in Spanish with English subtitles, won three Academy Awards last year.

For more information, call UNC Asheville's Office of Multicultural Events and Organizations at 828/232-5110.

I guess I know what I get to do on the 27th.

Go JP!!! I'm sure you will have PLENTY of support!!

Originally Posted by LegalUSCitizen

Go JP!!! I'm sure you will have PLENTY of support!!

I'm sending out emails to get more people going.

Let all of us know how we can help you, JP.

They have to celebrate a Whole month !

Do we have any holidays that last a month? I can't think of any.Please let me know if I'm forgetting somthing.

Maybe we could start Euporean Heritage Month

You go "jp" I know we an count on you to set them straight.

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Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

They have to celebrate a Whole month !

Do we have any holidays that last a month? I can't think of any.Please let me know if I'm forgetting somthing.

Maybe we could start Euporean Heritage Month

You go "jp" I know we an count on you to set them straight.

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No, I do not know of any holidays we celebrate for a month. No, European Heritage month would be racist.

I am hoping to get some help from several locals. I'll be sending this to my local talk radio station as well.

Yeah, I've been reading lately about hispanic month..ugh, how about a month where we don't cater to hispanics, now I'd be all for that! I don't see how hispanic month will differ from any other month here in the good ol USA, looks like hispanic month every day of the year to me.

I'm tired of hearing about "diversity".

Yesterday I went somewhere and I was the only 1 of a couple Americans there. Their little anchor brats were crying and all I could hear was spanish.

You invading my country and then trying to shove mexico down my throat isn't something I need to celebrate.

Originally Posted by jp_48504

No, European Heritage month would be racist.

You got that right....La Raza and Mecha would be up in arms with the racist charges. We need only celebrate Third World cultures.....Not those that revolutionized the modern world.

I honestly want an all emcompassing, universally applied definition of what a racist is exactly. With all of the glaring hypocrisy in our popular culture in the application of the word, I honestly don't know what it means.