Amalia Medina Castañeda

Faculty & University Archivist at CSU, Dominguez Hills i live, study & preserve LA 🌞

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

Having a fierce moment of gratitude. It’s been a messy, windy road y’all, but I’m here.

seed of my momma’s dreams 🇲🇽🙏🏽

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

Will be co-teaching this webinar 🤓 Through various case studies, we will discuss strategies and approaches for building long-lasting and sustainable relationships with community partners (non profits, K-12 and other cultural heritage institutions). Join us!

[Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org]

Join SAA Education this fall for Strengthening DEIA Goals through Collaboration! This webinar helps students to develop partnerships centered around trust, honesty, and respect. This webinar is on September 6, so sign up today! https://t.co/AZMOoYNT7i

[Hasan Kwame Jeffries @ProfJeffries]

“In order to believe that these Confederates were noble, you have to have this myth of victimization of white Southerners - that they are the real victims during the Civil War.”–Professor Jeffries

Yup. I agree with me.

https://t.co/VzR9hNk5EX

[Dr. Justin Zimmerman @JZPhilosophy]

The worst part about the slaves learned skills discourse is that this assumes Black folks were some ignorant little population to be imprinted on, rather than thinking, innovating people. Again reducing Black people to chattel to be guided by white people.

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

@ReadingRenae Amazing! Congrats Patrice!

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

First generation wealth builders carry a heavy burden, we are simultaneously planning for our own future, our children's future, and our parents future.

Every family has that one person who breaks the cycle, and creates generational wealth.

You may not have come from a wealthy family, but a wealthy family can come from you.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Enslavers defended slavery by claiming it was a “positive good” for Black people. Today Florida’s Board of Education approved new Black history standards that note enslaved Black people developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
https://t.co/xNEIZoK4o3

[The Nap Ministry @TheNapMinistry]

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.”

~James Baldwin

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

BREAKING: Florida just approved new Black history standards that includes noting enslaved people developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit”

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Exactly. The misconception that affirmative action meant unqualified people have been admitted into college solely because of their race was never true and is quite frankly an ignorant interpretation. Thank you @joyannreid for setting the record straight and sharing your truth!

[cph @cathyparkhong]

I was a beneficiary for affirmative action. So many of us were and still are. 69% of AAPI support affirmative action. Among those who don't--and who get outsized press--are upper-middle class first gen East Asians.

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

34 percent of Harvard students are white. 43 percent of those students are either legacies, children of faculty, kin of donors or a recruited athlete. 75 percent of them would not have gotten in if not for special status (National Bureau of Economic Research).

But when in doubt, blame the Black people!

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action

Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed

The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

[Domo Julio @DapperDomo]

Hey y’all. I’m sure some of y’all aren’t paying attention to what’s been going on at the Supreme Court but white people really really do not want us to vote.

[Northwest Cee @CeeHawk]

Blaming the 5% of Black students for you not getting into a school where you’d be 30% of the population is exactly why you aren’t smart enough to go there.

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

Congrats to MMUF fellow Kevin Jones! You’re an inspiration! 🙌🏼

[CSU Dominguez Hills @DominguezHills]

From Skid Row to college graduate, Kevin Jones showcases the power of resilience and personal growth, reminding us that it's never too late to chase our dreams. Congratulations Kevin! Full story: https://t.co/aDK0DxBo9x

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

Here’s to my fellow archivists and educators. We’re out here doing this work ✨

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

@pochogreatermx I eventually saved up some money from my work study job and bought one during Black Friday, right before the end of my first quarter. After working off of that horrible desktop my first quarter, having a laptop felt like a magical privilege I never took for granted.

[Amalia Medina Castañeda @ahhmalia]

@pochogreatermx I didn’t know I could get a loan for a laptop 🥲 so I felt I had no choice but to lug our home desktop (w a huge, clunky monitor) and left my sisters computer less at home for a good while. I used to borrow laptops at UCLA through the check out program for work on campus.