In May, I participated on a panel chronicling how high achieving P’urhepecha migrants overcome academic obstacles. The stories shared were inspirational; a Harvard graduate going on to medical school after being raised by a single mother, an Electrical Engineer raised in Tijuana and educated at one of the most competitive tech schools in California, and …
In this legislative session, Texas state Representative Christina Morales introduced a bill that would allow Ethnic Studies courses to count as graduation requirements. California, was on its way to making Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement until Governor Newsom vetoed it. As Wayne Au has extensively documented, Ethnic Studies – in particular in K-12 education – …
Mowing Leaves of Grass hits like a straight shot of tequila no chaser, and that is precisely the raw beauty of the text.
Adore your work and the “happy little paragraphs” you are producing. Know that you will have “happy little accidents,” but keep writing, keep editing, keep going. Make sure the voice in your head mirrors Bob Ross’ soothing tone as it will help drown out the little Gollum on your other shoulder sowing seeds of doubt in your head.
I have received a number of inquiries and even some spirited pushback on the term Chicanostocracy from all sides. Some people think that this term means I am advocating for an aristocracy of Chicanos that oppresses White people. Others think I am trying to elevate socially privileged Chicanos to the level of unilateral decision makers …
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