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The KUT Longhorn Radio Network Presents: Mexican American Experience Collection

Audio recordings including interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns in the series "The Mexican American Experience" and "A esta hora conversamos" from the Longhorn Radio Network, 1976-1982.

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1.

Drug Abuse In Chicano Communities

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Albert Mata

Broadcast date:
Mar 25, 1982

Description:


Linda Fregoso speaks with Dr. Albert Mata, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, about the various patterns of drug abuse within Chicano communities. An expert on heroin and other drug abuses, Mata discusses the use of drugs for conflict situations among young Chicanos.

 

2.

Chicanos In The Midwest: Part 2

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Andre Guerrero, Virginia Ortega

Broadcast date:
Dec 14, 1981

Description:


Guests Virginia Ortega and Andre Guerrero of the Ohio Commission of Spanish Speaking Affairs discuss Chicano Culture in the Midwest.

 

3.

Chicanos In The Midwest: Part 1

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Andre Guerrero, Virginia Ortega

Broadcast date:
Dec 9, 1981

Description:


Guests Andre Guerrero and Virginia Ortega of the Ohio Commission of Spanish Speaking Affairs discuss the problems facing Chicanos in the Midwest and the Commission’s efforts to assist the Chicano Community.

 

4.

Dr. Hector P. Garcia: The American G.I. Forum

Theme:
Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Hector P. García

Broadcast date:
Dec 2, 1981

Description:


Dr. Hector P. Garcia, a World War II veteran and founder of the American GI Forum, traces the organization’s origins and activism and discusses current Chicano struggles.

 

5.

Interview With Chicano Psychologist Gus BaróN

Themes:
Culture, Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Gus Barón

Broadcast date:
Nov 6, 1981

Description:


Psychologist Gus Baron discusses the emerging field of Chicano psychology, which argues that psychologists must understand their patient’s culture in order to best treat mental health problems. Baron explains that the term Chicano psychology seeks to raise awareness among non-Chicano psychologists about the ways in which minority experiences affect behavior.

 

6.

Prison Reform In Texas: An Interview With Writer David RuíZ, Charles Sullivan And Pauline Sullivan Of The Citizens United For The Rehabilitation Of Errants (CURE)

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Charles Sullivan, David Ruíz, Pauline Sullivan

Broadcast date:
Aug 28, 1981

Description:


Linda Fregoso speaks with David Ruiz, a former inmate, and Charles and Pauline Sullivan, prisoner advocates, about their efforts to improve prison conditions. The interview also profiles the involvement of ex-convict Ruíz in the reform of Texas prisons in the legal case, Ruíz vs. Estelle.

 

7.

Civil Rights And The Texas Police

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Juan Hinojosa, Larry Trujillo, Vicente Gonzales

Broadcast date:
May 7, 1981

Description:


Linda Fregoso speaks with Juan Hinojosa, Vicente Gonzalez and Larry Trujillo about police brutality in Chicano communities.

 

8.

Immigration To The U.S.: Mexico's Position

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Jorge Bustamante

Broadcast date:
Jan 19, 1981

Description:


Jorge Bustamante - Special Counsel to Jose Lopez Portillo, the President of Mexico - discusses the history of undocumented immigration and its impact on both Mexico and the United States.

 

9.

Colonias: Issues In The Rio Grande Valley

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Antonio Elizondo, Efraín Bernal, Isaias Aguayo, Lazaro Olivares, Ricardo Cantu, Samuel Sanchez

Broadcast date:
Dec 18, 1980

Description:


Rosa Linda Fregoso discusses the appearance of colonias on the Chicano political scene. She examines recent trends shaping the rise of colonias in South Texas, the economic opportunities they seem to provide residents as well as the effects of their political disenfranchisement.

 

10.

Chicano Social Movements And Mass Media

Themes:
Politics, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Richard Goodman

Interviewee:
Richard Goodman

Broadcast date:
Feb 15, 1977

Description:


Richard Goodman discusses how Chicano movements have used mass media and how the media has portrayed Chicanos.

 

11.

Chicanas And Heroin Addiction

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues, Women's Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Albert Mata

Broadcast date:
Nov 21, 1980

Description:


In recent years, crime and narcotic related arrests among all women, including Chicanas, has increased dramatically. Dr. Albert Mata, a sociology professor, discusses his research on Chicana heroin abuse, support networks, and recovery strategies.

 

12.

Louis Wilmot, Founding Member Of LULAC / Elvira ChavarríA: The Future Of The Mexican American Library Project

Themes:
Identity, Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Elvira Chavarría, Louis Wilmot

Broadcast date:
Sep 29, 1980

Description:


Louis Wilmot discusses his long history as an advocate and member of LULAC, remembering the emphasis on education and legal change. Elvira Chavarría, the librarian for the Mexican American Library Project at the University of Texas, discusses the creation and significance of the LULAC presidential papers collection at the Nettie Lee Benson rare books and manuscript center.

 

13.

Lowriding: The Fusion Of Cultural Symbols And The Diffusion Of Cultural Myths

Theme:
Culture

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Luis Plascencia

Broadcast date:
Sep 15, 1980

Description:


Luis Plascencia, a professor at the University of Texas, explains that lowriders originated in the late 1930s in Sacramento and spread to the rest of Southern California and eventually the Southwest. Plascencia argues that because of its long history, lowriding is more than a fad.

 

14.

Alternative Energy Strategies: The Crystal City Experience After The Coastal Gas Shut-Off

Themes:
Politics, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Pablo Aguillon, Pleny Fisk

Broadcast date:
Sep 4, 1980

Description:


Interview with Pleny Fisk, Director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems or Max's Pot in Austin, Texas; and Pablo Aguillon, housing director for CASH or Community Agency for Self Help. The two discuss their work in Crystal City, Texas, implementing alternative energy sources after Coastal States cut-off the city's natural gas supply in 1977.

 

15.

Poetry And Its Political Context / Heroin And Its Policy Context

Themes:
Culture, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Albert Mata, Ricardo Sánchez

Broadcast date:
Jun 2, 1980

Description:


Dr. Ricardo Sanchez discusses prominent themes in his poetry and his interest in gender, sexuality, liberation and cultural expression. Fregoso then interviews Mata, who describes some of the myths and fears associated with Chicano drug use.

 

16.

Barrio Lives, Barrio Histories

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Albert Camarillo, Estevan Flores

Broadcast date:
May 17, 1980

Description:


Linda Fregoso interviews Albert Camarillo on the history of barrios in California and speaks with Estevan Flores about his study on undocumented families in Houston, Texas.

 

17.

Increasing Ties Between Chicanos And Mexicanos

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Jorge Bustamante

Broadcast date:
May 2, 1980

Description:


Jorge Bustamante, an expert on immigration and counsel to the Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo, discusses the relations between Mexicans and Chicanos and the United States and Mexico.

 

18.

The Battered Wife

Themes:
Identity, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Rosa-María Cervantes

Broadcast date:
Mar 27, 1980

Description:


Rosa-María Cervantes, a counselor for battered wives in Corpus Christi, discusses the problem of domestic violence within Chicano families as well as the resources available to support its victims.

 

19.

The Indigenous Movement In Mexico Today

Themes:
Culture, Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Andres Segura

Broadcast date:
Mar 21, 1980

Description:


Andres Segura, a captain in the Confederacion de Concheros, discusses the traditions and beliefs of the ancient Chichimecas, Mexicas and Toltecas and his efforts to preserve and share Mexico’s indigenous heritage. (Interview is in Spanish)

 

20.

Mario Cantu, Chicano Exile

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Mario Cantu

Broadcast date:
Mar 14, 1980

Description:


Mario Cantu, the first American convicted for harboring undocumented workers, talks about his activism, politics and exile in Europe. Cantu was fleeing a probation revocation at the time of his fleeing the U.S. He was interviewed in early March, while still in jail. Cantu is now out of jail and his current legal cases are pending.

 

21.

The Chicano Movement Today

Themes:
Politics, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Fred Cervantes

Broadcast date:
Mar 7, 1980

Description:


Fred Cervantes discusses the origins of the Chicano movement and recent demographic shifts that have affected its development.

 

22.

Making Children Aware Of Their Cultures

Themes:
Culture, Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewee:
Ellen Treviño

Broadcast date:
Feb 21, 1980

Description:


Ellen L. Treviño, program director for the Nueces County Social Cultural Intervention Program discuses her work with children from the barrios of Corpus Christi. The program uses recreation and art to help children in minority or low-income communities build awareness of their culture, their community and their own value.

 

23.

The View Of Chicanos In Mexico

Themes:
Culture, Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Sylvia Orozco

Broadcast date:
May 25, 1979

Description:


Sylvia Orozco discusses her experiences studying in Mexico City as a Chicana artist on a scholarship from Becas para Aztlan.

 

24.

Corporate Control Over Natural Resources: The Crystal City Natural-Gas Shut Off.

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Bill Anderson

Interviewees:
Alejandro Neri, David Mendoza, Sherril Smith

Broadcast date:
Jan 18, 1979

Description:


Crystal City was the site of the first electoral success of the La Raza Unida Party. This report focuses on a corporate backlash to La Raza Unida's public policies. This small town along the U.S.-Mexican border has been without the use of natural gas for over a year now, after having their supplies cut off in a dispute with the supplier.

 

25.

Police Brutality

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Paul Rich

Broadcast date:
Jan 11, 1979

Description:


Paul Rich analyzes the case of Rodolfo Santillan, who was killed while in police custody and discusses the problem of police brutality

 

26.

Hispanic Youth Unemployment

Theme:
Society

Series:
Labor, Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Richard Santos

Broadcast date:
Apr 26, 1979

Description:


Economist Richard Santos discusses the way that Chicano and other minority youths bear the brunt of high unemployment in the United States. The crisis there means that minority youths unable to find jobs will grow disillusioned with the labor market, drop out of school, and continue to face discrimination for the rest of their lives.

 

27.

Chicano-Mexicano Relations

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Jorge Bustamante

Broadcast date:
Mar 29, 1979

Description:


Jorge Bustamante discusses Chicano relations with Mexico and the issues surrounding Mexican labor migration to the United States.

 

28.

The State Of The Chicano Today

Themes:
Identity, Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutierrez

Interviewee:
Tatcho Mindiola Jr.

Broadcast date:
Mar 2, 1979

Description:


Tatcho Mindiola Jr and Armando Gutierrez assess new developments in the Chicano Movement and discussthe ways in which the movements have changed since the 1960s.

 

29.

Patterns Of Discrimination Among Blacks And Chicanos, 1960 To 1970

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Tatcho Mindiola Jr.

Broadcast date:
Feb 18, 1979

Description:


Dr. Tatcho Mindiola Jr., Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston, discusses his research on the economic discrimination Blacks and Mexicans-Americans face in Texas.

 

30.

The Mexican American Youth Organization

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewees:
Anna Mendez, George Ozuna, Patricia Hernandez

Broadcast date:
Aug 1, 1978

Description:


Patricia Hernandez, Anna Mendez, and George Ozuna discuss the history of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), issues facing Chicano students, and the future of the Chicano Movement.

 

31.

Minority Discrimination In The Armed Forces

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Armando Gutiérrez

Interviewee:
Armando Gutiérrez

Broadcast date:
Jul 3, 1978

Description:


Host Armando Gutierrez discusses the results of a 1977 study of discrimination against Latinos in the armed services. The study, commissioned by Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army Europe George Blanchard, sought to examine the problems Latinos face in U.S. Army Europe, but the patterns it found hold true for the U.S. army at home as well.

 

32.

Culture, Property And Power: The Effects Of Chicano Exclusion On American Cultural Production

Theme:

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Alejandro Saenz

Interviewee:
Jorge Reina Schement

Broadcast date:

Description:


Jorge Reina Schement reflects on the paradoxical exclusion of Chicano concerns from Spanish and English language media in the United States

 

33.

Chicanos And The Welfare System: Part I

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues, Welfare

Host:
Alejandro Saenz

Interviewee:
Andres Tijerina

Broadcast date:
Aug 3, 1977

Description:


Dr. Andres Tijerina discusses the impact of federal welfare policies on Mexican American elderly receiving SSI in Travis County.

 

34.

Chicanos And The Welfare System: Part II

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues, Welfare

Host:
Alejandro Saenz

Interviewee:
Andres Tijerina

Broadcast date:
Aug 3, 1977

Description:


Dr. Andres Tijerina discusses current projects as well as possible ways to address the health and policy disparities among elderly Mexican Americans who qualify for government assistance.

 

35.

Human Services To The Spanish-Speaking Elderly

Theme:
Society

Series:
Health, Social Issues

Host:
Gloria Contreras

Interviewee:
Jesse A. Treviño

Broadcast date:
Oct 24, 1977

Description:


Jesse A. Trevino discusses emerging issues for the care of the elderly in North American society, with particular focus on the often-hidden situation of Mexican American elderly. He discusses the ways that Latino elderly, challenging the myth of the warm extended Mexican American family, too often live isolated, abandoned lives in poverty or access to health care.

 

36.

Ku Klux Klan Activities In Southern California

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Linda Fregoso

Interviewees:
Carlos Sánchez, Vincent Cabeza de Baca

Broadcast date:
May 1, 1982

Description:


Historian Cabeza de Vaca and Journalist Carlos Sanchez discuss the growing threat posed to Mexicans and Chicanos in Southern California by a growing anti-mexican climate and the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Southern California.

 

37.

The Significance Of A Name

Theme:
Identity

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Richard Goodman

Interviewee:
Richard Goodman

Broadcast date:
Sep 1, 1976

Description:


Richard Goodman discusses the ways different self-identifications emerged among the greater Mexican community in the United States. In this program, he focuses on the terms Mexican, Latin American, Mexican American and Chicano.

 

38.

The Family That Stays Together...

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Richard Goodman

Interviewee:
Richard Goodman

Broadcast date:
Sep 14, 1976

Description:


Richard Goodman explores the history and transformations of the Mexican American family.

 

39.

Surveillance Of The Chicano Movement

Theme:
Politics

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Alejandro Saenz

Interviewee:
Robert Maggiani

Broadcast date:
May 20, 1977

Description:


Bobby Maggiani discusses his efforts with the Chicano Legal Defense Fund in Austin, Texas to determine and publicize the extent of government spying on the Chicano Movement.

 

40.

The Mutual Aid Societies

Theme:
Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Richard Goodman

Interviewee:
Richard Goodman

Broadcast date:
Oct 8, 1976

Description:


Richard Goodman discusses Mexican American mutual aid societies, and examines why they formed and how they worked.

 

41.

A People Of Custom And Tradition

Theme:
Culture

Series:
Family, Social Issues

Host:
Richard Goodman

Interviewee:
Richard Goodman

Broadcast date:
Sep 14, 1976

Description:


Richard Goodman discusses some of the customs and traditions of Chicanos, such as weddings, rodeos, and quinceñeras and the ways they have changed over the years.

 

42.

Learning To Be Militant: A Case Study In Crystal City

Themes:
Politics, Society

Series:
Social Issues

Host:
Alejandro Saenz

Interviewee:
Armando Gutierrez

Broadcast date:
Mar 28, 1977

Description:


Alejandro Saenz interviews political scientist Armando Gutierrez on his recent work on Crystal City and the rise of Chicano politics in Texas schools, towns and universities.

 
 

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