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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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A New School Year
Today I begin my 30th semester as a teacher in higher education. With any luck, it will also be my last as an untenured, assistant professor. A new school year always brings with it a mix of emotions and stresses. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, Personal
Tagged chicana, Chicano, chicano history, chicano studies, college, hispanic, latina, latino, latino studies, learning, mexican american
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Latinifornia
The US Census released the California population data from the 2010 Census today. Here are some of the more interesting figures: California’s total population is 37,253,957 About 37.6% of those people are Latino (14,013,719) Some 4.8 million Californians (13%) are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Immigration, News, Politics
Tagged california, census, chicana, Chicano, hispanic, latina, latino, mexican, population, whites
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What is a movement?
On September 16, 1965, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) voted to join a strike of grape pickers begun by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC). AWOC and the NFWA were distinct organizations–the constituency of the first were primarily Filipinos … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Immigration, Labor
Tagged cesar chavez, chicana, Chicano, chicano history, civil rights, filipino, labor history, mexican, mexicano, movement, ufw
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Latino History Month #4
For the fourth and final installment of the “Latino Like Me Presents: Latino History Month 2010″™ series I wanted to go into the past to provide you a historical primary source that is both a window into our collective past … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, History, Immigration, Personal, Politics
Tagged boricua, chicana, Chicano, chicano history, hispanic, latin american, latina, latino, latino history, mexican american, mexico, puerto rican, puerto rico, puertorriquena, us history
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Latino History Month #3
We’ve been discussing Puerto Rico for the past week in my Chicano/Latino Histories class so perhaps it’s a good time for us here at LatinoLikeMe to do the same. In 1898, as a result of a war with Spain, the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Politics
Tagged boricua, caribbean, chicana, Chicano, colonialism, hispanic, latina, latino, puerto rico, puertoriquenas, puertoriquenos, us history
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Nacio En Aztlan
One of the best things about living in Pomona, CA, is the local arts community. And one of that community’s annual traditions is just around the corner. The dA Center for the Arts will be hosting the “Nacio En Aztlan” … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, News, Personal
Tagged art show, artists, arts, chicana, Chicano, chicano art, events, hispanic, latina, latino, los angeles, pomona, southern california events
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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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Obama and Brewer Discuss Immigration
From our habitually Clintonian moderate President of these United States: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2010 READOUT OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR BREWER OF ARIZONA The President had a good meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
Tagged Arizona, brewer, chicana, Chicano, hispanic, Immigration, latina, latino, mexico, obama, racism, the border
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Are We Heading to a Race War?
Arizona’s state legislature passed “the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants” yesterday, requiring police officers to check your immigration status if they have a “reasonable suspicious” you are not “legal.” It also makes it a misdemeanor to not … Continue reading
Posted in History, Immigration, Labor, News, Politics
Tagged arizon, bullshit, chicana, Chicano, fascism, hispanic, illegal immigrant, illegal immigration, Immigration, latina, latino, legal immigration, race war, revolution
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Racial crisis at the University of California
If you haven’t heard the recent news from the University of California, you can read about some of it here, here, and here. This week, on March 4th, educational access activists across the state have called for a “Day of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News
Tagged cal state, california, chicana, Chicano, educatino protests, educational equity, hate crime uc san diego, higher education, justice, latina, latino, mar 4 protests, march 4th, uc, uc protests
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