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In the video I speak the seldomly covered Asian Pacific slave trade and how that affected Latin America & the Philippines. #chicano #philippines #native #history #latino    

References  Rodriguez, Juan E., Alexander G. Ioannidis, Santiago G. Medina-Muñoz, Carmina Barberena-Jonas, Javier Blanco-Portillo, Consuelo D. Quinto-Cortes, and Andres Moreno-Estrada. 2022. “The genetic legacy of the Manila galleon trade in Mexico.” The Royal Society Publishing 377, no. 1852 (June).  

Seijas, Tatiana. 2014. Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians. N.p.: Cambridge University Press.

In this video I examine the validity of the sources that highlight human sacrifice in Mesoamerica, and more specifically, Mexihcah culture. #history #native #chicano #aztec   

References  Anawalt, Patricia R. 1982. “Understanding Aztec Human Sacrifice.” Archeology 35, no. 5 (September): 8. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41727796.  

Jarus, Owen. 2017. “25 cultures that practiced human sacrifice.” Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/59514-cultures-that-practiced-human-sacrifice.html.

In this episode I dive into the factors that determine how men and women vote and how that ultimately dictates how political parties target their potential voters. 

Sources: 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/

In this episode I explain all the details of propositions 26 and 27. I dive into how sports wagering has benefited me, how it promotes indigenous self-sufficiency, and how it can potentially aid with the homelessness & mental health problems in California.  

In this video I define Aztlan, speak on its origins and expand on what it symbolizes today.  #chicano #aztlan #history #mythology #native    

References 

Bitto, Robert. 2021. “Aztlán Found? Mexcaltitlán – Mexico Unexplained.” Mexico Unexplained. https://mexicounexplained.com/aztlan-found-mexcaltitlan/.  

Grandjeat, Charles Y. 1990. “NATIONALISM, HISTORY AND MYTH: THE MASKS OF AZTLÁN.” Confluencia 6, no. 1 (Fall): 19-28. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27921957.  

Maestri, Nicoletta. 2019. “Aztlan, The Mythical Homeland of the Aztec-Mexica.” ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/aztlan-the-mythical-homeland-169913.

In this episode I speak on the different types of intimacies and how they affect relationships. 

In this episode I make the argument that women who are considered attractive by society can benefit in ways other privileges do not allow them. 

In this video I dive into the history of American involvement in Latin American politics and its effect on immigration to the U.S. #usa #uspolitics #latinamerica #history   

References 

Ali, Malik. n.d. “Intervention in Nicaragua.” Teaching American History. Accessed September 11, 2022. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/intervention-in-nicaragua/.  

Bensaid, Adam. 2019. “The secret history of US interventions in Latin America.” TRT World. https://www.trtworld.com/americas/the-secret-history-of-us-interventions-in-latin-america-23586.  

Campbell, Duncan. 2003. “Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war' | World news.” The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/06/argentina.usa.  

Doyle, Kate, and Carlos Osorio. n.d. “U.S. POLICY IN GUATEMALA, 1966-1996.” The National Security Archive. Accessed September 11, 2022. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB11/docs/.  

Feierstein, Daniel, Marcia Esparza, and Henry R. Huttenbach, eds. 2010. State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years. N.p.: Routledge.  

“Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973) | American Experience | Official Site.” n.d. PBS. Accessed September 11, 2022. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-fulgencio-batista-1901-1973/.  

Gonzalez, Juan. 2011. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. N.p.: Penguin Publishing Group.  

Iber, Patrick J. 2013. ““Who Will Impose Democracy?”: Sacha Volman and the Contradictions of CIA Support for the Anticommunist Left in Latin America.” Diplomatic History 37, no. 5 (April): 995-1028. https://academic.oup.com/dh/article-abstract/37/5/995/357705?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false.  

Osorio, Carlos. 2013. “OPERATION CONDOR ON TRIAL: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ON LATIN AMERICAN RENDITION AND ASSASSINATION PROGRAM OPEN IN BUENOS AIRES.” The National Security Archive. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB416/.  

Skidmore, Thomas E. 1989. The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-1985. N.p.: Oxford University Press.  

Tienda, Mara, and Susana Sanchez. 2013. “Latin American Immigration to the United States.” National Library Medicine 142, no. 3 (July): 48-64. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638184/

In this episode I expand on healthy and positive ways of dealing with circumstances that come with rejection. 

In this episode I demonstrate how natives navigated life in the Republicas de Indios (Indian Republics) of New Spain. #colonialhistory #indigenous #chicano   

References 

Borah, Woodrow. 2018. Justice by Insurance: The General Indian Court of Colonial Mexico and the Legal Aides of the Half-Real. N.p.: University of California Press.  

Jiménez Gómez, Juan R. 2008. La república de indios en Querétaro, 1550-1820: gobierno, elecciones y bienes de comunidad. N.p.: Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.  

Masters, Adrian. 2021. “THE TWO, THE ONE, THE MANY, THE NONE: Rethinking the Republics of Spaniards and Indians in the Sixteenth-Century Spanish Indies.” The Americas 78, no. 1 (January): 3-36.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/americas/article/two-the-one-the-many-the-none-rethinking-the-republics-of-spaniards-and-indians-in-the-sixteenthcentury-spanish-indies/834427C28A38B1F5A679DAB669501F5E 

Zurita, Alonso d. 1994. Life and Labor in Ancient Mexico: The Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain. Translated by Benjamin Keen. N.p.: University of Oklahoma Press.