Comments on: Oscar Zeta Acosta: One of God’s own prototypes http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: miguel armando http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-48806 miguel armando Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:13:09 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-48806 the more i read about zeta the more fascinated I am. I feel his legacy and life has been deliberatly written out of history for the very reasons that the original EAST L.A. 13 were arrested for in the first place - they were tired of class/racial propaganda being shoved down their throat and they wanted a more personal history - a more relevant education. As for thompson - one cant help but notice both major feature films are essentially about oscar. 'where the buffalo roam' is a great example - because zeta or the young radicals he is working with in the movie are are all WHITE! he is painted as a lunatic as Thompson slowly distances himself from zeta's revolution. what the film doesn;t show is that the reason why thompson was backing off was simply because he was a white man, and was downright scared of zeta's 'chicano power' movement. On the other hand if it wasn't for hunter we'd probably know nothing about zeta at all. What i think as a Los Angeles chicano, is that the life and times of zeta must radically be re-interpreted - and while professor stavans has largely led the charge in this area - he hasn't escaped the charges of being to conservative and overly critical of zeta - focussing more on the negatives of zeta life than actually trying to inspire people to be as brave and socially committed as oscar could be. No, it isn't that we should cannonize oscar as a saint, but in a way, and considering how the historians of los angles would have like nothing better than to write zeta out of history - it is up to chicano writers to ressurect his ghost ina positive light - one that can inspire the kind of radical change he always was committed to. at the end of the 2003 edition of 'bandido' stavans admits that he was tempted to change alot of things about the book - and one can only guess that maybe he knows deep down he only gave oscar the short end of the stick with all his 'journalistic objectivity.' the more i read about zeta the more fascinated I am. I feel his legacy and life has been deliberatly written out of history for the very reasons that the original EAST L.A. 13 were arrested for in the first place – they were tired of class/racial propaganda being shoved down their throat and they wanted a more personal history – a more relevant education. As for thompson – one cant help but notice both major feature films are essentially about oscar. ‘where the buffalo roam’ is a great example – because zeta or the young radicals he is working with in the movie are are all WHITE! he is painted as a lunatic as Thompson slowly distances himself from zeta’s revolution. what the film doesn;t show is that the reason why thompson was backing off was simply because he was a white man, and was downright scared of zeta’s ‘chicano power’ movement. On the other hand if it wasn’t for hunter we’d probably know nothing about zeta at all. What i think as a Los Angeles chicano, is that the life and times of zeta must radically be re-interpreted – and while professor stavans has largely led the charge in this area – he hasn’t escaped the charges of being to conservative and overly critical of zeta – focussing more on the negatives of zeta life than actually trying to inspire people to be as brave and socially committed as oscar could be. No, it isn’t that we should cannonize oscar as a saint, but in a way, and considering how the historians of los angles would have like nothing better than to write zeta out of history – it is up to chicano writers to ressurect his ghost ina positive light – one that can inspire the kind of radical change he always was committed to. at the end of the 2003 edition of ‘bandido’ stavans admits that he was tempted to change alot of things about the book – and one can only guess that maybe he knows deep down he only gave oscar the short end of the stick with all his ‘journalistic objectivity.’

]]> By: Ron Mexico http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-40094 Ron Mexico Thu, 22 May 2008 18:07:44 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-40094 That was a great read about a great man. Thanks! That was a great read about a great man. Thanks!

]]> By: James Stripes http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-13993 James Stripes Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:45:17 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-13993 Good piece about an important apostle for justice. The influence of poet and teacher Ricardo Sanchez convinced me to assign "Revolt of the Cockroach People" to one class of State U undergraduates. Several of them got hung up on his self-confessed felonies, and I failed as a teacher. If these students could set aside their small-minded moralities long enough to appreciate the quest for justice in East LA, they might have been able to see the criminal behaviors of George W and cronies without illusion. I suppose it is a bit poetic that I loaned my copy of "Revolt of the Cockroach People" to a young undergraduate at a religious college and haven't seen it since. After reading "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat" this morning, and then this blog, I'm convinced I need to replace the stolen book and read it again. Good piece about an important apostle for justice.

The influence of poet and teacher Ricardo Sanchez convinced me to assign “Revolt of the Cockroach People” to one class of State U undergraduates. Several of them got hung up on his self-confessed felonies, and I failed as a teacher. If these students could set aside their small-minded moralities long enough to appreciate the quest for justice in East LA, they might have been able to see the criminal behaviors of George W and cronies without illusion. I suppose it is a bit poetic that I loaned my copy of “Revolt of the Cockroach People” to a young undergraduate at a religious college and haven’t seen it since. After reading “The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat” this morning, and then this blog, I’m convinced I need to replace the stolen book and read it again.

]]> By: anja merret - chatting to my generation » Soup to Nuts - Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-13512 anja merret - chatting to my generation » Soup to Nuts - Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:37:50 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-13512 [...] Rocha shows us a fascinating glimpse of Oscar Zeta Acosta Oscar Zeta Acosta: One of God’s own prototypes posted at Scholars and [...] [...] Rocha shows us a fascinating glimpse of Oscar Zeta Acosta Oscar Zeta Acosta: One of God’s own prototypes posted at Scholars and [...]

]]> By: XicanoPwr in Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta « The Mustard Seed http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-12983 XicanoPwr in Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta « The Mustard Seed Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:24:31 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-12983 [...] this blog right here reminds me of how great this blog truly is: I originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for Oscar [...] [...] this blog right here reminds me of how great this blog truly is: I originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for Oscar [...]

]]> By: Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta « The Blog and the Bullet http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-12982 Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta « The Blog and the Bullet Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-12982 [...] XicanoPwr blogs in tribute to Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta: I originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for Oscar [...] [...] XicanoPwr blogs in tribute to Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta: I originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for Oscar [...]

]]> By: » A Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-11665 » A Tribute to Oscar Zeta Acosta - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-11665 [...] originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for [...] [...] originally wrote this post on Scholars and Rogues as part of the Scholars and Rogues’ Scrogues Gallery. When I was asked to do a write-up for [...]

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]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-11225 Russ Wellen Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:00:21 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-11225 Aside from reading "Fear and Loathing," never knew his story before. Thanks for enlightening us, Edmundo, and providing us with an inspiring year-end Scrogue. Aside from reading “Fear and Loathing,” never knew his story before. Thanks for enlightening us, Edmundo, and providing us with an inspiring year-end Scrogue.

]]> By: Lou http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-11173 Lou Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:58:09 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-11173 good story! good story!

]]> By: Mike Sheehan http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/comment-page-1/#comment-11168 Mike Sheehan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:47:21 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/01/04/oscar-zeta-acosta-one-of-gods-own-prototypes/#comment-11168 Kudos for a fantastic piece on one of my favorite literary rogues. Kudos for a fantastic piece on one of my favorite literary rogues.

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