I know this post does not have to do with being a woman or plus-size, angry or whatever. 
This is some 411 for those of us that live in a big city should not ignore.

As most of you know, I'm in Los Angeles County where the population is something like 47% Hispanic/Latino, 27% White, 11% Black (and some Haitians/Dominicans/Puerto Ricans out here are not claiming Black, which is what they look like upon first sight but I digress) and the rest of the Asians/Pacific Islanders/Indians make up the remaining 15%.  Like I said, these are rough figures.  This is not about who should stay or go because we all have our baggage as both individuals and a race.

When I was coming along, everybody was everybody. Blacks with money lived near poor Whites, it was not unusual to see a Mexican having dinner at a Chinese household and so on.  This did not last long as my experiences with different races has been both visible as lint (hint: we are people first, not a color) and sometimes a mind-blowing experience (because people watch too much damn television, especially the news). 

My real efforts to learn the Spanish language began with my first stint with the L.A. school system.  It was not to communicate with students or even their parents but my damn co-workers at the time.  Without going into details of the ignorant (written rules stated that English was the only language to be spoken in the workplace), it was always nice to meet someone who did not mind sharing in detail the struggles that come with illegal immigration or history outside of Cinco de Mayo.

I pondered as to whether I should just mention it, put out the 'zine a month early, plug Hillary Rodham Clinton or what.  I even thought about who I should pay tribute to that wasn't a celebrity or someone who put a twist on 'the end justifies the means' when it came to women's enpowerment.  So like everything else in recent, I went with my gut and did a collage of women in non-traditional positions. 

Notice I did NOT have us doing the following -

• Domestic Work (Paid or Not)
• Shopping
• Being Happy, Glamorous or Posing

It's not that I have anything against us doing these things, it's just that men have their own cooking shows and nobody thinks twice but a woman who knows her way around Home Depot gets almost no attention.  Anyhoo, I included the waitress because I learned from last month's issue of BUST that you can make a career out of this (and good $) if you are smart, take care of your body and have thick skin.