Latin American & Latino Studies
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Biden promised to fix our asylum process. He hasn’t
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez wrote an op-ed article for the San Francisco Chronicle about asylum policy issues.
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The 1943 riot that spotlights how drag show bans can fuel violence
Professor and Chair of Latin American and Latino Studies Catherine S. Ramírez wrote an article for The Washington Post explaining the often-overlooked role that gender norms played in the Zoot Suit Riots and what the riots can teach us about potential impacts of modern-day drag bans.
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Working with artisans or cultural exploitation? Aesthetic racism on the catwalk
Edward Salazar, a PhD student in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the editor of a book on fashion in Colombia, comments on a controversial fashion show in Colombia.
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Fire in Ciudad Juárez: binational immigration systems fail Central, South American victims
El Tecolote interviewed Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez about how U.S. border policies have resulted in increased imprisonment of migrants in Mexican detention facilities.
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No, deporting undocumented immigrants won’t solve the fentanyl crisis
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez coauthored an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle countering recent political narratives around the fentanyl crisis and unauthorized immigration across the US-Mexico border.
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What is Title 42?
Dr. Carlos Martinez, an assistant professor of Migrant Health & Social Justice in the Latin American & Latino Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz, discusses the Biden administration's recent Humanitarian Parole Plan, the continued barring of migrants under the enforcement of Title 42 and his own ethnographic fieldwork.
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COVID-19 is robbing Latino community of a secret weapon behind their success: grandparents
Alicia Riley, a sociologist and expert in Latino studies and mortality at UC Santa Cruz, shared her fears that the tear in Latino family and community networks will have serious mental health consequences for surviving members and set back gains Latinos have made in education and income. The article was also syndicated in Yahoo News.
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A guide to how words like Hispanic and Latinx came about
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor and Chair Catherine S. Ramírez spoke with The Washington Post about the origin of unifying terms for Hispanics and Latinos in the United States.
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At UCSC symposium on the Latin American far right, Bolsonaro looms
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Patricia Pinho and Environmental Studies Professor Flora Lu were featured in post-event and pre-event coverage by Lookout Santa Cruz of a symposium that gathered scholars from Brazil and UC Santa Cruz.
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‘Fighting for my future’: Teenage climate activism takes off
E&E News shared expertise from Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Jessica Taft about youth activism on climate change and other pressing social issues.
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Girls emerge as leaders of student walkouts over COVID concerns
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Jessica Taft spoke with The 19th about how girls' leadership on school COVID-19 protections fits with larger global trends in youth activism.
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In search of ‘Lithium Valley’: why energy companies see riches in the California desert
Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Fernando Leiva shared insights from research on lithium mining in Chile for an article by The Guardian on proposed mining in the Salton Sea region.