Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies, SF State. a Memoir
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Author: Juanita Tamayo Lott
ISBN: 9780996351782 paperback 176 pages
Publisher: Eastwind Books of Berkeley
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: October 15, 2018
A memoir written by Juanita Tamayo Lott, a participant in the 1968 San Francisco State College Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) Strike to establish the College of Ethnic Studies. The book discusses the reasons for strike and the background social, political and cultural changes taking place at the time. The strike's impact today is embodied in the College of Ethnic Studies and the efforts of every student, staff, faculty or community member associated with the college to ensure that the program continues and remains relevant today.
Table of Contents:
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Author's Biography
Introduction
Chapter One: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
Chapter Two: Practical Grassroots Origins: Unsung Heroines and Heroes
Chapter Three: And the Children Shall Lead Us
Chapter Four: Demography Is Destiny but Geography Shapes Outlook
Chapter Five: Golden Children: Agents of Change and Continuity
Review Quotes:
"This memoir recounts the pivotal, historic moment when the School of Ethnic Studies was established at San Francisco State University. It is a story both hopeful and sobering, giving uplifting testimony to the power of committed social action and yet reminding us of the stubborn persistence of structural inequality in society."
--WALTER ALLEN, Distinguished Professor of Education, Sociology and African American Studies, UCLA
"With the specter of cops and Billy clubs on horseback surrounding the campus perimeter at 19th and Holloway, while hundreds of chanting students marched around the circle of the quad still clear in my memory, this comprehensive and insightful chronology and analysis of the SF State Strikes does justice to our collective legacy."
-- GENNY LIM, Poet and Playwright for Paper Angels, co-author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, and SF State alumna
"The author recounts the story in brilliant detail and with a passion that could only be communicated by someone who lived the experience and who shared the passions and determination of those who were catalysts. "
-- ROB SANTOS, Vice President & Chief Methodologist, The Urban Institute Washington DC
"Golden Children is a highly readable memoir that captures the zeitgeist of a brief moment in time, when the San Francisco Bay area was the epicenter of cultural change in America, and the ways that it reverberated and unfolded across America into the present."
-- C. MATTHEW SNIPP, Professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Sociology, Stanford
"It makes me proud to at least have been on campus when we, SFSC, the ordinary, little people, the 99%--CHANGED AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION! It's time the world realizes that it was US--regular working class people, people from a variety of backgrounds--who made a change that still has an effect today. Big Boys, get out of the way! You can pay homage to the little people, because our change is lasting!"
--HELENE WHITSON, President, SF Lyric Chorus and Founder, SF Bay Area Choral Archive
Article in Positively Filipino: Juanita Tamayo Lott: Woman Warrior of the Golden State
--LISA SUGUITAN MELNICK
Article in San Francisco Chronicle: SF woman on front lines of student strike at San Francisco State
--SAM WHITING
Article in SFJAZZ: Inspiring the Next Generation with Jazz
Description:
A memoir written by Juanita Tamayo Lott, a participant in the 1968 San Francisco State College Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) Strike to establish the College of Ethnic Studies. The book discusses the reasons for strike and the background social, political and cultural changes taking place at the time. The strike's impact today is embodied in the College of Ethnic Studies and the efforts of every student, staff, faculty or community member associated with the college to ensure that the program continues and remains relevant today.
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Author's Biography
Introduction
Chapter One: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
Chapter Two: Practical Grassroots Origins: Unsung Heroines and Heroes
Chapter Three: And the Children Shall Lead Us
Chapter Four: Demography Is Destiny but Geography Shapes Outlook
Chapter Five: Golden Children: Agents of Change and Continuity
Review Quotes:
"This memoir recounts the pivotal, historic moment when the School of Ethnic Studies was established at San Francisco State University. It is a story both hopeful and sobering, giving uplifting testimony to the power of committed social action and yet reminding us of the stubborn persistence of structural inequality in society."
--WALTER ALLEN, Distinguished Professor of Education, Sociology and African American Studies, UCLA
"With the specter of cops and Billy clubs on horseback surrounding the campus perimeter at 19th and Holloway, while hundreds of chanting students marched around the circle of the quad still clear in my memory, this comprehensive and insightful chronology and analysis of the SF State Strikes does justice to our collective legacy."
-- GENNY LIM, Poet and Playwright for Paper Angels, co-author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, and SF State alumna
"The author recounts the story in brilliant detail and with a passion that could only be communicated by someone who lived the experience and who shared the passions and determination of those who were catalysts. "
-- ROB SANTOS, Vice President & Chief Methodologist, The Urban Institute Washington DC
"Golden Children is a highly readable memoir that captures the zeitgeist of a brief moment in time, when the San Francisco Bay area was the epicenter of cultural change in America, and the ways that it reverberated and unfolded across America into the present."
-- C. MATTHEW SNIPP, Professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Sociology, Stanford
"It makes me proud to at least have been on campus when we, SFSC, the ordinary, little people, the 99%--CHANGED AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION! It's time the world realizes that it was US--regular working class people, people from a variety of backgrounds--who made a change that still has an effect today. Big Boys, get out of the way! You can pay homage to the little people, because our change is lasting!"
--HELENE WHITSON, President, SF Lyric Chorus and Founder, SF Bay Area Choral Archive
Article in Positively Filipino: Juanita Tamayo Lott: Woman Warrior of the Golden State
--LISA SUGUITAN MELNICK
Article in San Francisco Chronicle: SF woman on front lines of student strike at San Francisco State
--SAM WHITING
Article in SFJAZZ: Inspiring the Next Generation with Jazz
Description:
A memoir written by Juanita Tamayo Lott, a participant in the 1968 San Francisco State College Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) Strike to establish the College of Ethnic Studies. The book discusses the reasons for strike and the background social, political and cultural changes taking place at the time. The strike's impact today is embodied in the College of Ethnic Studies and the efforts of every student, staff, faculty or community member associated with the college to ensure that the program continues and remains relevant today.
Juanita Tamayo Lott is a retired senior federal demographer/statistician. She is an SF State Alumni Hall of Fame Honoree for year 2019.
Lott’s published works include “Golden Children, Legacy of Ethnic Studies, SF State,” Eastwind Books of Berkeley (2018); “Race, Ethnic and Gender Bias in Educational Statistics,” International Encyclopedia of Education (co-author, 2010); “Filipinos in Washington, D.C.” with Rita Cacas, Arcadia Press (2009); “Demographic Shifts and Demographic Methods” with Matthew Snipp, Journal of Official Statistics (February 2009); “Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations,” Rowman & Littlefield (2006); “Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities,” Alta Mira Press (1998); “Spotlight on Heterogeneity: The Federal Standards for Racial and Ethnic Classification” edited with Barry Edmonston and Joshua Goldstein, National Academy Press (1996); and “The Asian American Almanac,” contributing editor, Gale Research, Inc. (1995).
Lott’s published works include “Golden Children, Legacy of Ethnic Studies, SF State,” Eastwind Books of Berkeley (2018); “Race, Ethnic and Gender Bias in Educational Statistics,” International Encyclopedia of Education (co-author, 2010); “Filipinos in Washington, D.C.” with Rita Cacas, Arcadia Press (2009); “Demographic Shifts and Demographic Methods” with Matthew Snipp, Journal of Official Statistics (February 2009); “Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations,” Rowman & Littlefield (2006); “Asian Americans: From Racial Category to Multiple Identities,” Alta Mira Press (1998); “Spotlight on Heterogeneity: The Federal Standards for Racial and Ethnic Classification” edited with Barry Edmonston and Joshua Goldstein, National Academy Press (1996); and “The Asian American Almanac,” contributing editor, Gale Research, Inc. (1995).