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My name is Tomás Summers Sandoval. I'm Chicano from southern Californian, a GenXer, and a fan of the Dodgers and Elvis. I am a husband, a father of three, and in my spare time I'm an asociate professor of Chicana/o~Latina/o Studies and History at Pomona College.Twitter
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Struggle for Ethnic Studies
On Tuesday, students in Arizona chained themselves together and occupied the board room where the Tucson Unified School District meeting was to be held. They opposed a scheduled vote which would have further marginalized their Mexican American Studies program. The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, History, News, Personal, Politics
Tagged Arizona, berkeley, ethnic studies, mexican american studies, students, tucson
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“Somos Más Americanos”
Here’s the best and most famous Norteño/conjunto band in the world–Los Tigres del Norte. They are performing their song “Somos Más Americanos” (We are More American), from their upcoming MTV unplugged special. They are joined by Zack de la Rocha. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Humor, Immigration, Music
Tagged conjunto, los tigres del norte, musica, norteno, zack de la rocha
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Birthers and Brawlers
The White House released President Obama’s “Certificate of Live Birth” today. This “official” document adds to the others, including the “Certification of Live Birth,” which had already been released, as well as the mountain of other evidence which proves the … Continue reading
21st CENTURY U.S. RACISM
The fundamental assumption of our criminal justice system is that (at least most of) the people who find themselves in it are criminals deserving of their punishment. Relying on our notions of free will (they chose to commit a crime) … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News, Politics
Tagged african american, black, educate incarcerate, Education, hispanic, latino, mexican american, naacp, prison, prison industrial complex
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MONDAY BLUES (04.25.11)
The master of the blues, Mr. B.B. King, here performing “Sweet Little Angel” from his legendary 1965 album “Live at the Regal” (recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater in Chicago). The crowd makes this one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Music
Tagged bb king, blues, blues music, monday blues, sweet little angel
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Latinos & Presidential Shootings
Regular readers of Latino Like Me might remember an earlier post on JFK’s last night alive. In it I discuss how the night before he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, the President spent the evening at an event hosted by … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged assassination, hispanics, History, jfk, kennedy, latinos, mexican americans, presidential shootings, reagan, ronald reagan, violence
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Monday Blues (04.18.11)
Chavela Vargas turned 92 yesterday. Born in Costa Rica, she migrated to Mexico at the age of 15 and, in time, became a well-regarded singer in small bars and cantinas. At the age of 32 she began her professional recording … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Personal
Tagged chabela vargas, chavela vargas, el amor, mexico, monday blues, music, musica ranchera
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The Rivalry
The Dodgers and Giants took time out of their usual pregame routines tonight to try an diffuse any further violence between LA and SF fans. This unity comes on the heels of the awful attack against Brian Stow in the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, News, Personal
Tagged baseball, brian stow, dodgers giants, los angeles dodgers, rivalry, san francisco giants, violence
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MONDAY BLUES (04.11.11)
Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Richard Wayne Penniman (1932-present) began performing when only a young boy. Immersed in the gospel tradition of the African American church, when he took the stage as a secular performer (at the ripe young … Continue reading
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Diego y Frida
There is so much I love about this photo:
