In Lak Ech, Panche Be & Hunab Ku: The Philosophical Foundation for Raza Studies
For the next few months, the world will be focusing on Arizona’s SB 1070 – the state’s new racial profiling law. However, in this insane asylum known as Arizona, where conservatives have concocted one...
View ArticleWe Are Spirit
In Arizona, we fight because we are spirit. Yet, in recent travels, I’ve gotten the distinct impression that many people think that human beings are made simply of flesh and blood and that only things...
View ArticleLeaving Footprints, Running for Justice
In Arizona, we know that the eyes of the world are upon us. Perhaps this is why many of us hold vigils and forums, why we march, protest, rally, get arrested… and run. In the past several years, the...
View ArticleCountdown: Todos Somos (We Are All) RAZA Studies
The lines have been drawn. Or rather, the date has been set and the countdown has begun. If Arizona State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne has his way, after Dec 31, 2010, Tucson Unified School...
View ArticleArizona: A Time and Decade of Betrayal
When people the world over think of Arizona, nowadays, they generally think of Gov. Jan Brewer, Sheriff Joe Arapio or state rep. Russell Pearce – the poster children of the state’s move toward...
View ArticleRepublican-Sanctioned Stereotypes
Many Republicans and conservatives do not seem to know, or appear to not have the faintest clue, as to what is a racially insulting and dehumanizing image. At least they feign ignorance. It is the...
View ArticleArizona and the Subterfuge of the 2010 Elections
Uttering the word Arizona anywhere in the world nowadays creates a visceral reaction. For some, it evokes the specter of Nazi Germany; for others, a totalitarian regime. For some, legalized and...
View ArticleCuauhtémoc, Dolores Huerta, and the Raza Studies Timeline
Mexican oral tradition hands us the following narrative, a narrative that is arguably related to the ongoing battle over Raza Studies in the state of Arizona. Soon after the Spanish invaded Mexico and...
View ArticleArizona: Indian Removal or Modern-Day Reducciones?
An Open Letter to Arizona’s Tom Horne, John Huppenthal, Russell Pearce, Joe Arpaio and Jan Brewer: An Appeal to Your Conscience and Your Humanity Some people say that as Arizona’s top leaders, you are...
View ArticleThe Tucson Massacre: After the Cameras are Gone
As a journalist/columnist of nearly 40 years, I can tell you what will happen in Tucson in a few days. Better yet, I will tell you what the media will do in the next few days; the cameras will leave....
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