Category Archives: Diversity

BREAKING: BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA LIFTS BAN ON GAY SCOUT LEADERS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 21 PERCENT?

Rockwell (1)DALLAS, Texas (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The governing body of the Boy Scouts of America voted Monday to end its decades-long ban on gay scout leaders.

The organization’s national executive board, meeting in Texas, concluded that the policy of excluding gay adults “was no longer legally defensible.” 

While the national ban is gone, local scouting units would retain the ability to reject gay applicants for leadership positions if hiring them would violate the unit’s religious beliefs.

The historic decision was approved by 79 percent of the board. The remaining 21 percent chose to stay in the closet.

WHITE PEOPLE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!

imageNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles®) –   For far too long, white people have been absent from films, television shows, news anchor desks, advertising billboards and product labels. But finally, they are taking the spotlight away from people of color, thanks to a new MTV show, “White People.”

The documentary, produced by Filipino undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas, tackles the sensitive and delicate issue of white privilege in America.

“Its about time we see white faces on television, and not always people of color that have dominated both daytime and primetime slots,” said 23-year-old John Smith, a mass communications student at Harvard University.

Even the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) endorsed the documentary, saying that “the colored community has had a long history of privilege in America. It is time we shift the attention to white people. After all, they are Americans just like us.”

The forward-looking documentary airs tonight and can be viewed online starting at 8PM Eastern time. Dozens and dozens of viewing parties have been scheduled in white neighborhoods across the country.

It’ll surely be tomorrow’s hot topic around workplace water cooler stations and in break rooms.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CONCEDE LATINO VOTE TO DONALD TRUMP

imageKANSAS CITY, Missouri (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A spokesperson for the National Council of La Raza, the biggest Latino advocacy group in the United States, says that the organization invited every current Republican and Democratic presidential candidate to their annual convention taking place in Kansas City, Mo., but only the Democrats agreed to come.

That means that none of the GOP candidates,  not even Latino candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, will attend.

The Adobo Chronicles® spoke with all declared Republican candidates, exempt Trump, and they were one in saying that they have all but conceded the Latino vote to The Donald.

Despite his disparaging remarks about Mexicans (calling them “racists, drug addicts and criminals”), Trump, who leads in some new polls among the GOP presidential candidates, recently said that he will win the Latino vote.