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“In Memory of the Legendary Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones: Chicano Scholar, Activist and Poet”
“Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors.” —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) By Álvaro Huerta, Ph.D., Latino Rebels ~ November 13, 2020 Image Credit: “Dr. Juan ... -
Cuando los mexicoamericanos se transformaron en chicanos: Recuerdos de la moratoria chicana en el Este ...
By ÁLVARO HUERTA, PH.D., Los Angeles Times – AGOSTO 29, 2020 Mientras que las agencias de policías y otras agencias estatales han dado muerte a negros, latinos e indígenas desde que ... -
The Way of Leo: 5 Lessons on Academic Mentorship
By Alvaro Huerta, Inside Higher Education ~ June 14, 2019 I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many ... -
I am not your "Wetback"
By Alvaro Huerta, PhD ~ April 16, 2018 About: Dr. Alvaro Huerta is an assistant professor of urban and regional planning and ethnic and women’s studies at California State Polytechnic University, ... -
The Duel of the Smileys
By Alvaro Huerta ~ Latin Rebels ~ February 26, 2018 My mother Carmen often sent me to La Paloma Market, while my brother Salomon watched I Love Lucy reruns. We lived in East ... -
From Tijuana to East L.A. to Academia: Life Lessons from a Scholar | Alvaro Huerta ...
Published on May 19, 2017 With immigrant parents determined to make a better life for their son, Dr. Alvaro Huerta speaks upon his journey from the ghettos of Tijuana and ... -
The Day I Learned I Was Mexican And Poor
By Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D., The Huffington Post ~ October 12th, 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/57fedface4b0f42ad3d25a79?timestamp=1476378916328 When you grow up in a segregated community and poor, often times, you’re not aware of your ethnicity ... -
Confessions of an ‘Anchor Baby’
Posted on August 25, 2015 by Alvaro Huerta http://www.latinorebels.com/2015/08/25/confessions-of-an-anchor-baby/ January 20, 2017 Dear President Donald Trump: Now that you’ve become our new emperor —I mean 45th president of the United ...