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My name is Tomás Summers Sandoval. I am a Chicano, a husband, a father of three, and, in my spare time, an asociate professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History at Pomona College.Twitter
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Today’s your lucky day!
A long time ago, I gave up lent for lent, and I’ve never looked back. But I realize many of you out there are devout Catholics who are now spending your first day abstaining from something you probably shouldn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Humor
Tagged catholic, jenna fischer, jennifer aniston, lent, marisk hargitay, michelle williams, music, paul pena, playlists, the hulk, tuvan throat singing, workout
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Hilda Solis is the Secretary of Labor!!
It is finally official! After two months of delays by the Republicans, Hilda Solis has received the required votes from the Senate to become to head of the U.S. Department of Labor. Testament to her regard within the progressive labor … Continue reading
Posted in History, Labor, Politics
Tagged chicana, Chicano, hilda solis, Labor, labor secretary, latina, obama, poor, pro-labor, unions, working class
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Transgender Veterans
From the Arizona Daily Star comes this fascinating story about transgender veterans and the struggles they face both in and out of the military. The reporter, Carol Ann Alaimo, published a follow-up story on the VA’s policy banning transsexual surgeries … Continue reading
Posted in History, News, Politics
Tagged Arizona, discrimination, lgbt, patriotism, queer veterans, transexual, transgender, va benefits, veterans
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The Oppression We Condone
Imagine a young, college student loading a bong and taking a hit. Then, imagine somewhere else, another person bites into a salad and swallows a small tomato. Neither person thinks they are hurting anyone by their actions. Neither thinks for … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Labor
Tagged chicanos, drug war, florida, hispanics, human tragedy, Immigration, Labor, latinos, marijuana, mexicanos, mexico, slavery, tomatoes, virtual slavery
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That Mexican Smell
I’m doing some archival work right now (that’s fancy historian talk for sitting in a quite room and reading dusty things people haven’t read in a long time), and I came across the following. It comes from a research report … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged anti mexican preudice, castroville, prejudice, racism, steretypes, that smell
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We Love You, We Hate You
In an effort to bolster their numbers and fill specific needs, the U.S. military is implementing a pilot program to recruit (legal) immigrants who are not permanent residents, reports the New York Times. The carrot they will dangle is an … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, News
Tagged army, citizenship, immigrants in the military, Immigration, military recruitment, u.s. military
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Ethel Merman is still dead
This is going to be a new feature on LatinoLikeMe. It’s a short remembrance written for the anniversary of the passing of somebody noteworthy. While it will have nothing necessarily to do with Latinos or Chicanos, it is all about … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Obituary
Tagged anniversary, broadway, death day, ethel merman, irving berlin, musicals
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1 Random thing about you
1. You don’t know the difference between the word “random” and the phrase “highly and deeply personal.”
White extremists are awfully sneaky
The Orlando Sentinel (Florida) reports a police officer in Fruitland Park resigned last month after information connecting him to the Ku Klux Klan became public, leading to an internal investigation. James Elkins, who had been doing some after-work recruiting work … Continue reading
Our fear of the womb
It is interesting how, in so many ways, this nation maintains a fear of nonwhite wombs. In this little tidbit, it is not hard to see how this is the case with respect to immigration. My how race, gender, and … Continue reading
