Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond

by Alvaro Huerta, José Z. Calderón (Contribution by), Juan Gómez-Quiñones (Contribution by), Joaquin Montes Huerta (Contribution by)

Overview

A collection of short essays and stories, this book primarily focuses on one of the most vilified, demonized, and scapegoated groups in the United States: Latina/o immigrants. Accompanied by the brilliant art of Salomon Huerta, the book re-frames, defends, and humanizes los de abajo (those on the bottom).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761871279
Publisher:	Hamilton Books
Publication date:	06/21/2019
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alvaro Huerta holds a joint faculty appointment in urban & region planning and ethnic & women’s studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He’s the author of the book Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Foreword by Dr. José Z. Calderón Introduction by Dr. Alvaro Huerta 1.Brief History Notes on Mexican Immigration to the U.S. By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 2.La Realidad: The Realities of Anti-Mexicanism—A Paradigm By Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones 3.Immigration Should be a Basic Human Right By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 4.The Day I Learned I was Poor and Mexican By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 5.Once Ashamed of My Mexican Parents, but not Anymore By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 6.A Chicana/o Manifesto on Community Organizing: Reflections of a Scholar-Activist By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 7.“Just Say No” to Senate’s “Gang of Eight” Immigration Bill By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 8.No White Christmas for Brown Immigrants By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 9.Lessons on Community Organizing in Chicana/o Communities: Educate, Agitate & Organize By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 10.Socioeconomic Inequality Impacting Marginalized Communities Must Change By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 11.Republican Leaders Will Regret Attacking Latina/o Immigrants By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 12.Scaremongering Over Child Refugees is Deplorable By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 13.Without Hope, Blacks and Latinas/os Will Take to the Streets By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 14.El Robo: In Memory of My Mexican Mother By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 15.La Pistola: In Memory of My Mexican Father By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 16.Lessons My Mexican Father Taught Me By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 17.The Day My Mexican Father Met Cesar Chavez By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 18.A Chicana/o Love Story: Tribute to a Wise and Beautiful Chicana By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 19.Trump’s Racist Comments Help Democrats in the Future By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 20.New Republican Xenophobic Policies Will Inevitably Backfire By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 21.Trump Exemplifies True Colors of GOP By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 22.Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Symbolizes White Privilege By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 23.City of Los Angeles Should Regulate Street Vendors By Joaquin Montes Huerta and Dr. Alvaro Huerta 24.Saturday Night Live Must Dump GOP Candidate Donald J. Trump By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 25.U.S. Courts Maintain Undocumented Immigrants in the Shadows By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 26.The Shameful Case of Latino Republican Leaders: Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 27.Republican Policies and Christian Values: Inherent Contradictions? By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 28.An Open Letter to Candidate Clinton on Trouncing Trump in the General Election By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 29.Urban Planners Unite Against Trump By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 30.The Hustler: Trump and the Mean Streets of East Los Angeles By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 31.An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump: Confessions of an “Anchor Baby” By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 32.The Hustler 2.0: President Trump By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 33.An Open Letter to Gov. Jerry Brown on California Becoming a Sanctuary State By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 34.The “War on Immigrants”: Racist Policies in the Era of Trump By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 35.On the Chicana/o Moratorium of 1970 and the Case of Ruben Salazar By Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones 36.Advocating for the Immigrant Domestic Workforce By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 37.President Barack Obama Should’ve Halted Mass Deportations By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 38.Demanding a Clean DACA Bill, Now! By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 39.No Deal on “Sh*thole” Border Wall! By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 40.Viva the Scholar-Activist! By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 41.In Memory of My Beloved Brother: Noel “Nene” Huerta By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 42.Trump Epitomizes America’s History of Anti-Mexicanism By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 43.A Call for Urban Planning Latina/o Faculty: In Memory of Dr. Leo Estrada By Dr. Alvaro Huerta 44.I Am Not Your “Wetback” By Dr. Alvaro Huerta Conclusion by Dr. Alvaro Huerta Works Cited Index About the Author About the Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Alvaro Huerta's book brings the immigration issue back to earth. Aside from being an excellent scholar, he is an activist who encapsulates the Left's voice in the immigration debate. This book synthesizes the more progressive currents of the debate and is a must-read for anyone seeking a just and lasting solution.

Rodolfo F. Acuña

We want to know Huerta’s parents, don glasses that allow, as reading these editorials, essays, and thought pieces encourages, a relationship to real people and real issues. As Cesar Chavez would say or ask, to paraphrase, what could be more right than to honor the labor and contributions of those who bring food to the table so that we all might eat?

Deena J. González

A passionate and insightful account of that complex condition we refer to as immigration. Huerta brings to the fore the deeper meanings of us all, people on the move.

Saskia Sassen

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…," cries the Statue of Liberty with silent lips. Alvaro Huerta's compassionate essays complete her sentence. The message is loud and clear: "the wretched have a place in America, for it is they who make it worth."

Ilan Stavans

Alvaro Huerta's book brings the immigration issue back to earth. Aside from being an excellent scholar, he is an activist who encapsulates the Left's voice in the immigration debate. This book synthesizes the more progressive currents of the debate and is a must-read for anyone seeking a just and lasting solution.

Rodolfo F. Acuña

We want to know Huerta’s parents, don glasses that allow, as reading these editorials, essays, and thought pieces encourages, a relationship to real people and real issues. As Cesar Chavez would say or ask, to paraphrase, what could be more right than to honor the labor and contributions of those who bring food to the table so that we all might eat?

Deena J. González