About Me
I'm Tomás Summers Sandoval and this is my blog. I'm an asociate professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History at Pomona College, the author of Latinos at the Golden Gate(2013), and a generally nice guy. You can learn more about me at my main website.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Latino History Month #2
It’s time for your weekly “Hispanic Heritage Month” history lesson, something with a little more significance and less sponsorship than this. Plus, you get for free what hundreds of students have to pay a high-priced college for, and I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Immigration, News, Personal, Politics
Tagged agriculture, chicana, Chicano, farm workers, hispanic, Immigration, Labor, latina, latino, mexican, race, racism
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Erik Estrada is more popular than pot
About a year and a half ago, we here at the central office were amazed to see the blog traffic at Latino Like Me start to reach new peaks, at times even exceeding 1000 a day. When we checked the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Personal
Tagged 4:20, CHiPs, corn flakes, erik estrada, four twenty, marijuana, marijuana smoke, michael phelps, pot
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Monday Blues
B.B. King (1925-), Albert Collins (1932-1993), Buddy Guy (1936-), Eric Clapton (1945-), and Jeff Beck (1944-), performing King’s “Sweet Little Angel” at the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame TV special, 1993.
Posted in Entertainment, Personal
Tagged albert collins, angel, baby, bb king, blues, buddy guy, eric clapton, guitar, jeff beck, monday blues, sweet little angel
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Latino History Month #1
They say those who do not know their past are doomed to repeat it. I say, those who do not know their past have no future. For what are we if not the bearers of the collective memories and struggles … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Politics
Tagged brown beret, Chicano, chicano history, east la, feminism, hispanic, justice, latino, latino history, mexican american, militant, movement, nationalism, radical
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Is Boardwalk Empire destined to be great?
My friend Steven Rubio offered an interesting couple of blog posts on the premiere of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. You can read his first review of Sunday’s episode here, and his addendum to that post here. What interests me most about … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged boardwalk empire, buscemi, gangsters, genre, HBO, pop culture, scorsese, sopranos, television, tv
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Monday Blues
Billie Holiday (1915-1959), performing “Now Baby or Never” (written by herself and C.R. Lewis).
Posted in Entertainment, Personal
Tagged baby, billie holiday, blues, jazz, monday blues
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Illegal immigrants “are all over my house”
Colin Powell appeared on “Meet the Press” (9/19/10) and spoke about a Republican party he described as “waiting to emerge once again,” a party of moderates who are more balanced in their approach to several issues, including immigration. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, Immigration, News, Politics
Tagged Chicano, colin powell, conservatives, democrats, GOP, hispanic, illegal immigration, Immigration, immigration debate, meet the press, mexican, republicans
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Latina Fertility in Toys
It’s the kick of the leg that makes her baby seem like it’s intended to be real. If so, that’s just weird.
Posted in Entertainment, Humor
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Kevin McCarthy–R.I.P
If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I am a sucker for the working actor, the man or woman who does the job and manages to make a living at it but not necessarily hit the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Personal
Tagged acors, cinema, everyday faces, hollywood, kevin mccarthy, movies, Obituary, sci fi, science fiction
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Monday Blues
Bo Diddley (born in Chicago, 1928-2008), performing “Hey, Bo Diddley” (1973).
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged blues, bo diddley, chicago, chicago blues, monday blues
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