Roberto RodriguezStudentsMexican American or Mexican Mexicano?I remember a student of mine at the University of Arizona once defined himself as a Mexican Mexicano, this in contrast to Mexican American, as was the case for many of his classmates. I understood that identity.July 17, 2017African-AmericanLaw Enforcement Violence for 2017 ‘Normalized’Police abuse remains pandemic in this country with no signs of abating and with no signs of accountability. This, in an era of video recordings of killings that go viral, with little, if no effect, in the courtroom.July 9, 2017LatinxRodriguez: The X in LatinXThis development has happened due to issues relating to the fluidity of gender — a recognition that there is not simply a male-female binary.June 7, 2017StudentsRodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz IdentityA couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]June 5, 2017StudentsRodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can LearnThe long-anticipated trial to determine whether there were racial motivations in terminating Tucson Unified School District’s highly effective Raza Studies Department begins next month.May 22, 2017StudentsRodriguez: Diaz Epitomizes Education and ResponsibilityHow time flies. Watching Cynthia Diaz at this year’s Centro Guerrero convocation at the University of Arizona brought back memories of when I first saw her.May 12, 2017LatinxRodriguez: Teaching, Selling or Consuming Cinco de MayoIt is a time when we are bombarded by messages to drink and party and wear big sombreros and put on mustaches and emit wimpy shrieks that attempt to pass for genuine celebratory gritos.May 2, 2017StudentsRodriguez: Liberation or Social Justice?The Chicano Movement did not use the term “social justice,” though it was very much a part of its agenda.April 24, 2017LatinxRodriguez: Resistance or Permanent State of Insurrection?People of Mexican descent that live in this country, live in a permanent state of dehumanization and thus also part of a permanent state of insurrection that, technically, can never end.April 16, 2017LatinxRodriguez: Do All Lives Matter?It was a great forum and a great dialogue, but in a sense, it was the wrong question. The reason is that each time the answer will invariably mischaracterize, misdirect, or at best, deflect.April 10, 2017Page 1 of 8Next Page
