Mercury Mambo has been chosen to be on a panel with the director of PBS documentary Brown is the New Green, Phillip Rodriguez, along with other panelists from LatinWorks and GSD&M Idea City.

Brown is the New Green:  George Lopez and the American Dream
Host:  Center for Mexican American Studies & Mexican American Culture Committee
Date:  Monday, October 6, 2008
Time:  7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:  University of Texas, Texas Union Ballroom 3.202
City:  Austin, TX
OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

If you haven’t seen this documentary, it takes an interesting look at Latinos in the United States:

Brown is the New Green features interviews with a variety of influential Latinos, who weigh in, often with conflicting opinions, on the role of marketing and media in shaping Latino identity. Interviewees include Advertising Executive Hector Orcí, actor Bill Dana (“Jose Jimenez”), author Arlene Dávila, media activist Alex Nogales, and the George Lopez show producer Bruce Helford (who also produced Roseanne and The Drew Carey Show).

Hope to see you there!

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Looking to “dale mas gasolina” into his campaign, John McCain has reached out to Daddy Yankee for support amongst young Latino voters.  This is a very unfamiliar endorsement, but an interesting one.  Daddy Yankee spoke out that his support for McCain was the result of his strong stance on immigration among other issues.

I want to throw this out there:  do you think this strategy works for McCain?

For one, Daddy Yankee is from Puerto Rico, and is, by default, a statutory U.S. citizen.  So, why would he be concerned about immigration?  One can argue that since his fan base is largely Latin American, immigration is a big issue for them, and contingently for him.

What do you think?

George Lopez is stumping for Obama and had some interesting things to say about immigration on Hannity and Colmes the other night (I can’t find the link, but if you have it, please post).