Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Bill Tamayo Asian Law Caucus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1996Call Number: CV 270AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Discusses Proposition 187, the growing white supremacy in the US, and scapegoating of immigrants. How the downturns in the economy (during the 1980’s) influence anti-immigrant attitudes during the 1990’s, and who really makes up the undocumented population. Most ethnic groups (Asian, African American, and Latino) voted against proposition 187 while the majority of the white California population voted for it.
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