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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 31, 1927: Birth of Cesar Chavez. In 1965, Chavez led farm workers in California on their first grape boycott. The nationwide protest lasted five years and ended with the first union contract for U.S. farm workers outside of Hawaii. In 1966, Chavez’s organization officially became the United Farm Workers. Chavez was inspired by the nonviolent civil disobedience of Gandhi. In addition to strikes, boycotts and pickets, he was famous for going on hunger strikes. Later he became infatuated with the religious cult, Synanon. He used Synanon’s “game” to punish union members and enforce conformity. Chavez also supported the brutal Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos. This alienated Filipino members of the union, as well as many of the religious organizations that had supported the UFW.

Chavez photographed in 1972. By Keyes, Cornelius M. (Cornelius Michael), 1944-, Photographer (NARA record: 8463989) - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16184557
#LaborHistory#workingclass#CesarChavez
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Francis Rubio :ad:

I wonder what Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) is doing to encourage #Filipino kids to speak Filipino or at least local languages instead of English being their mother tongue.

I'm not saying they're not doing anything, because as far as I'm aware, this commission is really engaged with their mandate. But I'm not aware of any project they're doing to address this. #Philippines

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Evelyn🚲葉美華💃

So funny...

I was out alone, waiting for the bus. An SUV 🚙 stopped in front of me and the rear passenger window opened. 2 elderly Chinita ladies waved and asked me, in #English, how to get to the mall. I answered in English, thinking that they're foreign.

Then in #Tagalog they asked their driver, "O, naintindihan mo?"

Lola, ba't mo ko ini-inglesan? Di naman ako maarte manamit. Lokal po ako. Pareho lang tayo. 😅! #Philippines #languages #Filipino #Chinoy #Pinoy

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drei

I tweeted below five years ago, when there was a noisy discourse in the Philippines regarding the word Filipinx:

The Philippines adopted gendered nouns from Spanish (e.g., doktor/doktora, abogado/abogada), but the precolonial versions of our languages had no gender (e.g., manggagamot, manananggol). And since the word Filipina exists today, one can't completely claim that Filipino is a gender-neutral term.

That said, I don’t think I have the right to object to the term Filipinx, as (1) I’m not part of the Filipino-American diaspora, and (2) I have no personal insight into the struggles of minorities, women, or LGBT people in the U.S. context — much less the gender debates among academics and activists there.

When I moved to Australia, I didn’t like the word Filo at all. It didn’t mean anything to me, and it sounded pretentious. Filipino is just as easy to pronounce and understand. But I learned that the term has been embraced for many years by Australians with Filipino ancestry.

The Filipino-Australian community has every right to claim the word, especially if it fosters a sense of identity and inclusivity. I’m now part of this community, and even though I still avoid using the word Filo myself, I respect others’ choice to use it as they please.

I don’t know the struggles of minorities in the U.S. who are misgendered or discriminated against. And instead of dismissing a term that wasn’t really created for me or my feelings in the first place, I would rather hear them out. #language #gender #filo #filipino #filipinx

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Francis Rubio :ad:

For my non-Filipino followers, there's a pop culture thing happening here. Sharon Cuneta is a veteran singer and actress in the Philippines. She has a song whose lyrics say "wrap me in the mystery of your love". The "wrap me" part has become a staple joke in #Filipino gatherings as a slang for taking leftovers home, which is also a regular (if not expected) thing in Filipino party culture.

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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 17, 1966: 100 striking Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers marched from Delano, California to Sacramento to pressure the growers and the state government to answer their demands for better working conditions and higher wages, which were, at the time, below the federal minimum wage. By the time the marchers arrived, on Easter Sunday, April 11, the crowd had grown to 10,000 protesters and their supporters. A few months later, the two unions that represented them, the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chávez, and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined to form the United Farm Workers. The strike was launched on September 8, 1965, by Filipino grape pickers. Mexicans were initially hired as scabs. So, Filipino strike leader Larry Itliong approached Cesar Chavez to get the support of the National Farm Workers Association, and on September 16, 1965, the Mexican farm workers joined the strike. During the strike, the growers and their vigilantes would physically assault the workers and drive their cars and trucks into the picket lines. They also sprayed strikers with pesticides. The strikers persevered nonviolently. They went to the Oakland docks and convinced the longshore workers to support them by refusing to load grapes. This resulted in the spoilage of 1,000 ten-ton cases of grapes. The success of this tactic led to the decision to launch a national grape boycott, which would ultimately help them win the struggle against the growers.

The Delano to Sacramento march of farm workers.
#workingclass#LaborHistory#cesarchavez
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Dorothea Lange

Madera County, family from near Dallas, Texas. Rent is five dollars a month. "There's no future here. I've been following the work (migratory labor) but there's no chance for a fellow to get a holt hisself in this country. The last job I had is tractor driving for thirty-five cents an hour. Had that job for five months until a Filipino comes along for twenty-five cents an hour. I was raised on a cotton farm my father owned a little place back there and I'm plumb willing to leave this country for good before I get too old, If I could get the chance to farm."

#MaderaCounty #Dallas #Texas #Filipino #American #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

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The image is a black and white photograph depicting an elderly man standing outside of what appears to be a small, rustic wooden cabin. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, pants, and boots. His posture suggests he may be leaning on something that isn't fully visible in the frame. Beside him sits a young child who looks distressed or crying; their expression conveys apparent discomfort as they cling to what seems like a wire fence with both hands near their mouth. The man's gaze is directed downward, seemingly lost in thought. There are various objects scattered around them: buckets and containers on stands, possibly for farming purposes, along with some tools leaning against the cabin structure. Vegetation can be seen growing around the ground area, suggesting a rural or agricultural setting. The overall atmosphere of the image evokes feelings of hardship, as implied by the caption providing context about migratory labor conditions during an earlier period in American history and mentioning financial struggles related to farming work across Madera County near Dallas, Texas. The photograph captures a poignant moment between two individuals within this socio-economic backdrop, highlighting themes such as perseverance, resilience, or desperation.
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