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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.
Tag Archives: holiday
Four Twenty
Today is an underground holiday, of sorts. Nobody knows when it started, or how it started, but, I assure you, more people than you can imagine will partake in it. “Four Twenty” (or 4:20 or 4/20) is something of an … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Humor
Tagged 4:20, carol channing, college, four twenty, holiday, holidaze, marijuana, pot
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César Chávez and your day off
Today numerous places in the 8 states that officially recognize Céasar Chávez day are observing that holiday with a day off. The actual holiday is on March 31st, the day of Chávez’ birth. Unfortunately, like MLK day and other holidays, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged cesar chavez, cesar chavez day, chavez observance, farmworker, holiday, ufw
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“Your cousin from Mexico is here!”
It has been occurring to me lately that nobody is coming anymore. Growing up as part of an extended family that spanned a national border, one of the regular occurrences I came to expect (in particular near the holidays) was … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Chicano, familia, family, hispanic, holiday, immigrant, Immigration, latino, los angeles, mexican american, mexico, mexico city, mexico de afuera, migrant, personal story, the border, transnational family, transnationalism
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