Waas Sappening:
The Chicanostocracy Blog
The thoughts, opinions, and insights of Dr. Cabrera
Saying ‘Ay te Watcho’ to Renato, on my transformational mentoring relationship with Renato Rosaldo
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
Ethnic Studies: Advocacy Resources
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 –
Academic Hype Man #4: Dr. Gina A. Garcia, “Becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions”
When the University of Arizona (UA) became an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), I remember very vividly being in a meeting where we were going to pursue a federal grant for which we were now eligible given our new designation. The conversation, as we were considering how to frame our proposal, kept coming back to the “need for
Academic Hype Man #3: Dr. Mauricio R. Magaña and Cartographies of Youth Resistance
Author: Dr. Maurice (Mauricio) R. Magaña Title: Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico Publisher: Routledge Paperback: 234 pages ISBN: 9780520344624 https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520344624/cartographies-of-youth-resistance (Buy this book, dang it!) If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard some type of, “The problem with kids today…” I would be a pretty wealthy guy. It’s funny because this
Academic Hype Man #2: Matt Sedillo, “Mowing Leaves of Grass”
Mowing Leaves of Grass hits like a straight shot of tequila no chaser, and that is precisely the raw beauty of the text.
Academic Hype Man #1: Dr. Leilani Sabzalian and “Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools”
Knowledge of Native survivance, settler colonialism, and Native students should be requisite teacher knowledge to counter deficit thinking, detect and interrupt settler colonial discourses in educational policy and practice
