Adrian Cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Cruz |
| SIGNATURE | CRUZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On the Job
This article offers that Claire Jean Kim's theory of racial triangulation provides an ideal framework to study workers of color, the racialization of their labor and the ways in which actual and potential employers neglect and discriminate against these workers. Specifically, the piece determines that racial triangulation theory bolsters analysis of race‐based power that employers exert in the construction and maintenance of racial inequality in …
The union within the union
Throughout the twentieth century, California farm workers endeavored to build viable farm labor unionism. In 1966, Filipino and Mexican farm workers merged their respective farm labor unions, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the National Farm workers Association, which laid the foundational base for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). The merger constituted a moment of interracial unity, which Filipinos and Mexicans had pre…
Labour militancy deferred
This article explains how the US's employment of racial state projects directly affected efforts to unionise farm workers in California - the 1942 Bracero Program which imported Mexican agricultural workers into the US Southwest, and Japanese internment, which forcibly moved Japanese people from their homes in US Pacific coast states to internment camps situated throughout the country. Both projects decimated the momentum and militancy of the far…
There Will be No 'One Big Union
In California, between 1933 and 1939, Filipino, Japanese and Mexican farm workers engaged in far-reaching labor strikes. In this article, I argue that the practice of White supremacy prevented interracial farm labor unionism via the creation of a racial hierarchy that aligned Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos into specific positions. Previous scholarship deemphasizes the roles of race and racism in analysis of farm worker mobilization. I focus upo…
José M. Alamillo - Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
The union within the union
Throughout the twentieth century, California farm workers endeavored to build viable farm labor unionism. In 1966, Filipino and Mexican farm workers merged their respective farm labor unions, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the National Farm workers Association, which laid the foundational base for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). The merger constituted a moment of interracial unity, which Filipinos and Mexicans had pre…
There Will be No 'One Big Union
In California, between 1933 and 1939, Filipino, Japanese and Mexican farm workers engaged in far-reaching labor strikes. In this article, I argue that the practice of White supremacy prevented interracial farm labor unionism via the creation of a racial hierarchy that aligned Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos into specific positions. Previous scholarship deemphasizes the roles of race and racism in analysis of farm worker mobilization. I focus upo…
Labour militancy deferred
This article explains how the US's employment of racial state projects directly affected efforts to unionise farm workers in California - the 1942 Bracero Program which imported Mexican agricultural workers into the US Southwest, and Japanese internment, which forcibly moved Japanese people from their homes in US Pacific coast states to internment camps situated throughout the country. Both projects decimated the momentum and militancy of the far…
José M. Alamillo - Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
There Will be No 'One Big Union
In California, between 1933 and 1939, Filipino, Japanese and Mexican farm workers engaged in far-reaching labor strikes. In this article, I argue that the practice of White supremacy prevented interracial farm labor unionism via the creation of a racial hierarchy that aligned Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos into specific positions. Previous scholarship deemphasizes the roles of race and racism in analysis of farm worker mobilization. I focus upo…
Labour militancy deferred
This article explains how the US's employment of racial state projects directly affected efforts to unionise farm workers in California - the 1942 Bracero Program which imported Mexican agricultural workers into the US Southwest, and Japanese internment, which forcibly moved Japanese people from their homes in US Pacific coast states to internment camps situated throughout the country. Both projects decimated the momentum and militancy of the far…
On the Job
This article offers that Claire Jean Kim's theory of racial triangulation provides an ideal framework to study workers of color, the racialization of their labor and the ways in which actual and potential employers neglect and discriminate against these workers. Specifically, the piece determines that racial triangulation theory bolsters analysis of race‐based power that employers exert in the construction and maintenance of racial inequality in …
The union within the union
Throughout the twentieth century, California farm workers endeavored to build viable farm labor unionism. In 1966, Filipino and Mexican farm workers merged their respective farm labor unions, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the National Farm workers Association, which laid the foundational base for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). The merger constituted a moment of interracial unity, which Filipinos and Mexicans had pre…
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Farm workers (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works)