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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: us history
A Chicano and his Books
Every once in awhile, a young student will walk into my office and immediately be struck by the number of books s/he sees on my shelves. “Have you read all of these books?,” they’ll ask. “Yes,” I’ll say. “It’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, History, Personal
Tagged books, california history, chicana feminism, chicano history, chicano studies, history books, latino history, latino studies, reading, us history
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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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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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Original Intent
When I hear some politician or pundit pander to the radical right with talk of no taxes and no government, I often think about George Washington’s “cover letter” to the US Constitution. The letter was actually written by the Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, History
Tagged consrvative, liberal, new federalism, rights, states rights, us constitution, us history, washington
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Why Repealing Birthright Citizenship is More Difficult Than You Think
In recent months, the “movement” to repeal jus soli–or “birthright citizenship–seems to be gathering steam. I use the term “movement” cautiously because, at heart, this is really about political posturing by the right. While there are groups of people who … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Immigration, Labor, News, Politics
Tagged 14th amendment, anchor babies, birthright citizenship, Chicano, hispanic, Immigration, jus solis, mexican, migration, race, racism, us history
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Trivial Presidential Trivia
The life of an untenured professor is a busy one, not to mention rarely free from the relentless pressure that you should be doing something “productive” with your time. For this Chicano, that means doing things other than updating this … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History
Tagged History, history trivia, presidential history, presidential trivia, us history, us presidency, us presidents
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Chicano History Month #2
The below slice of a longer historical primary source is offered to you for your learning pleasure as part of this year’s “Latino Heritage Month.” Today, we have a brief excerpt from a letter written from the Secretary of Labor … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged chicano history, chicano labor, colonized labor, Immigration, mexican immigration, us history
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Mexicans after the U.S.-Mexican War
Beginning in spring 1846, after various diplomatic, informal economic, and unofficial militaristic attempts to take and occupy part of Mexico’s northern frontier, the U.S. declared war on its southern neighbor. A decade after their politically unresolved dispute over Tejas, this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History
Tagged Arizona, california, chicano history, conquest, guadalupe hidalgo, hispanic history, History, latino history, mexican american war, new mexico, texas, us history, us mexico war, war
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Sean Hannity Celebrates White Supremacy
FOX News talking head Sean Hannity aired a video clip of Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court nominee, wherein she states “I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby.” He introduced the clip by saying: Apparently … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged affirmative action, bias, discrimination, equality, fox news, justice, law school, race, racism, reverse discrimination, sean hannity, sonia sotomayor, supreme court, us history
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