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By Patrick Velasquez
In Patrick Velasquez, Racism
Posted January 8, 2021

It’s Official! The Myth of American Exceptionalism is Over; We Are Now a Banana Republic

I hesitated to write this essay but the importance of January 6’s events at our nation’s capitol drove me to do so. There are other things that I should be writing. In my doctoral program, I [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Elections, Patrick Velasquez, Racism
Posted November 22, 2020

A Constant in Amerika: The Democratic Party Takes Chicanos for Granted

As most people in Amerika wait for the white supremacist U.S. President, Donald Trump, to concede defeat in the recent election and vacate the White House, there remains great consternation among [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Patrick Velasquez, Racism, Sports
Posted September 6, 2020

Professional Athletes and Racial Inequality: What Can They Do?

When I graduated from high school in 1971, I was pretty much an apolitical slug. I didn’t know much of anything that was swirling around me in society at that time, despite the fact that U.S. [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Church Scandals, Patrick Velasquez, Racism, Spirituality
Posted July 26, 2020

Jesus, Christianity, and White Racism: Dilemmas in Spirituality for Chicanos

On July 19, the San Diego Union-Tribune, once one of the most blatantly racist, conservative, daily newspapers in the U.S. (now it’s a little better under current ownership), printed an essay [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Class, Patrick Velasquez, Public Safety, Racism
Posted June 10, 2020

Reflections on Cops: A Chicano Perspective in 2020

I used to watch MSNBC almost every day for my daily dose of anti-Trump news, even though the station is chickenshit, not nearly progressive, and has virtually no Chicano voices on a regular [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Class, Patrick Velasquez, Racism
Posted June 7, 2020

Young “White Activism”

During the past week I have seen several African Americans on television, including the twenty-first century stepin fetchit, Stephen “Screaming” A. Smith on ESPN, express their admiration for the [...]

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Class, Education, Patrick Velasquez, Racism
Posted May 26, 2020

Cuba’s Potential Contribution to the Success of Chicano Students in U.S. Higher Education

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By Patrick Velasquez
In Patrick Velasquez, Racism
Posted May 24, 2020

Very Far Out Of Omaha – San Diego

In April 2017 I retired from the University of California, San Diego after twenty-eight years as an administrator and instructor. I was hired in 1989 as the coordinator of the OASIS Summer Bridge [...]

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