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Roberto Rodriguez

Roberto Rodriguez is an associate professor in Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona and can be reached at [email protected]. Rodriguez is also a contributor to the anthology, Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States. His memoir on violence, Yolqui: A Warrior summoned from the Spirit World, will be published by the University of Arizona Press in the fall of 2019.

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Dec 10, 2017
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This photo of the author was taken three days after he was attacked by Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies on March 23, 1979.
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

Commemorating 40 Years of “Injustice for All”

The unfulfilled promise of “justice for all” lives within the pledge of allegiance, but seemingly nowhere else.
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Roberto Rodriguez,
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March 23, 2019
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Thousands of people march in support of families separated at the US-Mexico border on June 30, 2018, in New York, New York.
Human Rights

Those Impacted by Colonialism Speak Out on the US’s Legacy of Family Separation

The crying children at the border are the latest victims of the crime of Indigenous genocide that began in 1492.
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Roberto Rodriguez,
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July 8, 2018
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Hispanic student in library
Education & Youth

Tucson Skirts International Law in Refusing to Reinstate Mexican American Studies

Under international law, Mexican Americans have the right to ensure that their culture is not erased.
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Roberto Rodriguez,
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July 1, 2018
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A busy street in Mexico City.
Human Rights

Mexico’s Color Line and the Cultural Imperialism of Light-Skin Preference

Mexico’s color bias is a result of its de-Indigenization.
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Roberto Rodriguez,
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May 26, 2018
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Op-Ed
Human Rights

Between Black and White: Red-Brown Color Consciousness

The colorline has always been black and white, a prism that generally erases Indigenous peoples.
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Roberto Rodriguez,
Speakout
December 18, 2017
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Op-Ed
Human Rights

How the US Census Historically Whitewashes Non-White Populations

We must resist this demographic genocide.
by
Roberto Rodriguez,
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December 2, 2017
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News Analysis

Police Violence Persists, Though Most Media Have Stopped Paying Attention

This year is the fourth in a row with at least 1,000 victims.
by
Roberto Rodriguez,
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November 15, 2017
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News Analysis
Human Rights

Chicano Movement Anniversaries Marking 50 Years of Struggles

The movement was a “levantamiento.”
by
Roberto Rodriguez,
Speakout
October 31, 2017
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Op-Ed

Are Mexicans Indigenous?

Indigeneity applies to the present, not just to the past.
by
Roberto Rodriguez,
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October 8, 2017
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Prisons & Policing

Taking a Knee for a Deaf Man

How do communities heal when one is continually exposed or subjected to extreme violence, year after year after year?
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Roberto Rodriguez,
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October 6, 2017
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