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.
Tag Archives: mexican american
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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The NY Times nos da Asco
I can’t tell you what a sublime and historic moment it is for the NY Times to have a full-length article on the Chicano artistic troupe “Asco.” Founded in 1972, in the era of the Chicano Youth Movement, Asco were … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, History, News
Tagged art, asco, Chicano, chicano art, chicano studies, los angeles, mexican american, urban art
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What is Cinco de Mayo?
If you didn’t know any better, you would agree with the idiot who recently appeared on a late night show and described Cinco de Mayo as a holiday invented in the US “to celebrate our neighbors to the South, by … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Personal
Tagged Chicano, chicano history, cinco de mayo, cinco de mayo history, hispanic, latino, mexican american, mexicano, racism, us history
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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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JFK’s Last Night Alive
JFK spent his last night alive with a room full of Mexican Americans! The above photo was taken at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, on the evening of November 21, 1963. JFK and LBJ and their wives were the guests … Continue reading
Posted in History, Immigration, Labor, Politics
Tagged assassination, Chicano, hispanic, jackie o, jfk, jfk assassination, kennedy, lbj, lulac, mexican american, presidential history, texas, white house
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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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The Joker Voted for Nixon
Fifty years ago today, on October 8, 1960, this photo of actors Ginger Rogers and Cesar Romero ran in the LA Times. Source By 1960, Rogers was a household name and a Hollywood legend. An Oscar-winning actress, she had starred … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Entertainment, History, Immigration, Politics
Tagged 1960, Chicano, cuban, cuban american, hispanic, jfk, latino, mexican, mexican american, nixon, spanish
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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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Arizona is a symptom, not the problem
Shall I add to the chorus of the outraged and appalled? Sometimes both sentiments find their expression in angry silence. They’ve been with me for a week now, on my mind and in my gut, never far from reach, finding … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Immigration, News, Politics
Tagged Arizona, Chicano, hispanic, illega immigration, immigrant, Immigration, immigration protest, latino, may day, mexican, mexican american, protest, racism, racist, undocumented
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George Lopez “Races” Late Night
Comedian George Lopez debuted “Lopez Tonight” on Monday, November 9. A veteran of the stand-up stage, Lopez’s foray into late night does little to mess with the familiar format honed by Johnny Carson and tweaked by Leno and Letterman: it … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged brown, Chicano, george lopez, late night tv, latino, lopez, lopez late night, lopez tonight, mexican, mexican american, talk show, TBS
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