Traducido por Cris Avitia Camacho UCLA no fue mi primera opción. En la preparatoria, mi sueño era estudiar Relaciones Internacionales en la Costa Este, conseguir un trabajo en DC, trabajar en una ciudad semi-tranquila y vivir un estilo de vida suburbano: el clásico sueño americano blanco. Casi creí haberlo logrado, pero cuando me vi obligade […]
UCLA was not my first choice school. In high school, my dream was to study International Relations on the East Coast, where I could then get a job in DC, work in a semi-calm city and live the suburban lifestyle— a classic white-American dream. I almost thought I had it, too, but when I was […]
Between 1942 and 1964, more than 4 million braceros—“temporary” workers from rural areas of México— entered the United States with legal contracts. They were hired to work in the agriculture and railroad industries across the country. These were physical laborers, who picked the strawberries, lettuce, cotton, chiles and peaches that supplied all grocery stores across […]
Traducido por Cris Avitia Camacho Entre 1942 y 1964, más de 4 millones de braceros—trabajadores “temporales” de zonas rurales de México—ingresaron legalmente a los Estados Unidos con contratos de trabajo. Fueron contratados para trabajar en la agricultura y en la industria ferroviaria en todo el país. Estos eran jornaleros que cosechaban fresas, lechuga, algodón, chiles […]
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, the UCLA Latin American Institute hosted a book presentation with Elizabeth O’Brien, a history professor at UCLA who recently published her new book Surgery & Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940 (UNC Press, 2023). The discussion was sponsored by the Center for Mexican Studies, the Latin American […]
Todo empieza con el grito de mi tía Patty. Her sudden outburst stops mami in her one-two step, throwing off her rhythm. She throws her arms down and exclaims “Pa-tty!” as if after all these years, she still can’t predict her sister’s shouts. “Sorry sister, as you were,” she responds, raising the reason for her […]