What can the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 teach us about anti-immigrant, anti-Latino sentiment in the US today? Before today’s concept of “fake news”, how racist and inflammatory was yellow journalism during this dark period in California history? The LMC finds out on this episode when we speak with Gerardo Licon on what the riots can teach us about today. Gerardo Licon is an assistant professor in the Program of Latin American Studies @ the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire.
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June 15th, 2018: Latinos in the Vietnam War
On this episode, Tomas Summers-Sandoval talks about the little known history of Latinos in the Vietnam War and how the number of Latinos in that war was a lot larger than people realize. He also talks about the forgotten legacy of the Chicano Moratorium of 1970, one of the largest minority-led, anti-war movements during this period. Summers-Sandoval is an associate professor of History &Chicanx/Latinx studies @ Pomona College.
Sept 8th 2017: Filipinos, the Latinos of Asia
Are Filipinos Asians or Latinos? That’s the question we tackle on this episode with Anthony Ocampo on the LMC. Anthony Ocampo is the author of “The Latinos of Asia.” He is also an associate professor of sociology @ Cal Polytechnic University in Pomona, Ca.
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