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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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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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César Chávez Day (2009)
March 31st marks the observance of César Chávez Day. To commemorate the occasion, I’d like to offer a few words about who the man was, why we mark his life, and the dangers involved in so doing. Who was Chávez? … Continue reading
Posted in History, Labor
Tagged agriculture, awoc, cesar chavez, cesar chavez day, chavez, chicano history, famr workers, filipino, History, holidays, justtice, labor history, latino history, mexican american, mexican american history, migrant labor, nfwa, ufw, unions, us history
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