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History Repeats Itself

August 8, 2010

I wrote an essay for a class I took at UHD, The History of the New South, that focused on the creation of a distinct Mexican American identity in Houston before WWII. While rereading it, and preparing it for submission as a writing sample for my grad school apps, I couldn’t help but post a [...]

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Arizona Faculty Senate Calls for the Repeal of SB1070

May 6, 2010

The University of Arizona Faculty Senate passed the following resolutions denouncing SB1070 and calling for its repeal citing the harm it will do to their reputation as a welcoming academic environment for students, faculty, and staff. The resolution also acknowledges the potential for racial profiling and the harm that will do to the state’s and [...]

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UPDATE: Final Projects and the End of the Semester

May 2, 2010

Less than two weeks to go and I’m a little more than half-way done. I’ve crossed out the assignments that have been completed and turned in. The others are in the works. I haven’t created a post in a few weeks because I have been very busy with more pressing concerns such as the many [...]

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President of the Univ of Arizona Reveals Embarrasment

April 30, 2010

I received an email from the Association of Borderland Studies yesterday that was a forward of an email sent by the President of the University of Arizona, Robert Shelton, addressed to the “Campus Community.” In this email he briefly mentions that some students and parents are choosing to withdraw themselves from the University because of [...]

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Rodolfo Acuña: Put Your Mexican In AZ's Face

April 29, 2010

A new Twitter friend (@Peta_de_Atzlan) sent me a link to historian Rodolf Acuña’s response to the calls for boycotting Arizona. He draws on Linda Greenhouse’s article in the NYTimes that I pointed to on Tuesday to say that a boycott may not be the best way of gaining political support and/or pressuring Arizona to change the law.

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Economic Boycott the Wrong Idea?

April 27, 2010

Today in the NYTimes, Linda Greenhouse writes a compelling article against an economic boycott of Arizona saying, “a boycott is a blunt instrument that can hurt innocent business owners and their employees,” (Opinionator). What she does not acknowledge is the fact that many of these “innocent” business owners are themselves supporters of SB1070. She does [...]

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Newberry Library Presents: Seminar in Borderlands and Latino Studies

April 22, 2010

I just found an announcement for a Seminar in Borderlands and Latino Studies and thought I would post it because it is incredibly important to explore more questions about the products and consequences of creating borders. It also informed me of four schools with Mexican America or Latino Studies programs. Northwestern University’s Program in Latina [...]

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The Name Change Continues

April 18, 2010

On Wednesday of last week, the UH-Downtown administration and public affairs offices held open meetings to discuss the results from the research conducted by the STAMATS research firm. I won’t recant the proceeding of the whole meeting because that can be found in my Twitter feed. I do have a response to the two proposed [...]

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