{"id":722,"date":"2025-11-11T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:57:02","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-946 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-883x1024.jpg 883w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient-768x891.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/02\/LA2026-Vertical-Turquoise-Gradient.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          LA2026 Blog\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-FpNAvanVou\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-FpNAvanVou\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">\u201cAre Anniversaries a Time for Compassion?\u201d<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-FpNAvanVou\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-FpNAvanVou\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this free-flowing conversation, historians Natalia Molina and Laura Dominguez react to &#8220;An American Bicentennial Oppressed Peoples\u2019 Salute,\u201d one of the items uncovered during research for \u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/usc-libraries-special-collections\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1776-1976: Los Angeles, USC, and the Bicentennial<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d This content has been edited for length and clarity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1866\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/daily-trojan-cartoon-300x237.png\" alt=\"cartoon from the daily trojan\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/daily-trojan-cartoon-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/daily-trojan-cartoon.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern California Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Vol. 68, no. 65 (January 12, 1976)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for reflecting on this cartoon with me. You were the first person I thought of when I saw it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>NM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There\u2019s a lot to unpack. The artist gives us a glimpse of how people in 1976 were thinking in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/books\/relational-formations-of-race\/paper\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relational racial way<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making connections among oppressed people across space and time. The captions are full of breadcrumbs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do we know about the publication and its audience? We can guess they&#8217;re presuming a white audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appeared in the January 1976 issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoCal, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-alabama-4e3225083caccda5ec73a98533a79add\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a monthly lifestyle magazine of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Trojan<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I think your instincts are correct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What stands out to me is that people of color only appear in the past and are subjects for white spectators. We don\u2019t see them having agency. It&#8217;s also pretty telling that the Native American figure is present just in the final collage, like an afterthought. He doesn&#8217;t appear in a standalone portrait. The omission is unsurprising when we think about memory in a settler colonial context, especially in a moment that commemorates the founding of the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Even in a story about erasure, Indigenous people are missing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To me, major anniversaries (like the Bicentennial) are about remembering where we&#8217;ve been and where we&#8217;re going. And this image digs into that story. The panels depict Americans (primarily white Americans) as not previously seeing these histories through a compassionate lens. Even as they are having these revelations about the past, there&#8217;s still a separation. They are looking at people who are different from them, presumably in museum displays (although it\u2019s unclear). The portrayal of antisemitism is fascinating, as if we can only face it in the context of Nazi Germany. We can\u2019t acknowledge that it happens here. Perhaps something similar is going on with the Japanese figure?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way the two figures are lined up, it looks like a continuous panel. The guard tower in the background of the Nazi concentration camp could also be at Manzanar or another Japanese American carceral site. There\u2019s a nod toward that history happening here too. The hat is misleading, though; when we&#8217;re thinking about racial stereotypes, we most often see Chinese workers wearing that style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NM: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can&#8217;t even get our stereotypes straight! And then it&#8217;s interesting because the first three panels are basically about some form of incarceration or containment or enslavement. And even though Mexicans aren&#8217;t subject to slavery in the U.S., they are still shown as experiencing confinement and narrow opportunities. The turning point comes at the end, where the oppressed people remark, \u201cI didn&#8217;t know white people could cry.\u201d It suggests that going forward, perhaps as a country, we might be more compassionate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There&#8217;s also a ghostly or haunting quality to the cartoon. I&#8217;ve thought a lot about how race and grief are intertwined \u2013 how grief or the absence of grief can be race-making processes, especially when we consider who gets to experience those emotions and rituals in public. The repeated phrase, \u201cI didn&#8217;t know they could cry,\u201d underscores how white supremacy denies groups of people their basic humanity.\u00a0 Part of what marks them as \u201cothers\u201d is a presumed absence of emotion. Maybe that final panel is saying that white supremacy \u2013 not racial degradation &#8212; is one of the greatest expressions of inhumanity. But I also think there\u2019s a panel missing. After you\u2019ve cried, after you\u2019ve opened your eyes, what happens next?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Commentators saw the Bicentennial as a teachable moment for Americans to access compassion. And it&#8217;s the children who are speaking all along. They are the ones sharing their observations of American history with their parents and by the time they leave everyone is crying. I think we&#8217;re supposed to see this as a moment of hope. It\u2019s also a sign that suppressed people are finally making their way into the story of the nation, even if it is only through their sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1868\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/newspaper-photos-300x225.png\" alt=\"newspaper clipping with the title &quot;Should Black Celebrate The Bicenntennial??&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/newspaper-photos-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/newspaper-photos.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayard Rustin, \u201cShould Black Celebrate The Bicentennial??\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Precinct Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, February 12, 1976. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers, USC Special Collections<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In researching the exhibition, we found evidence of conflict or ambivalence over the Bicentennial among people of color. In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oac.cdlib.org\/findaid\/ark:\/13030\/kt7v19s2dr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for example, research assistant Andrew Hern\u00e1ndez found documents highlighting the debate over whether Black people should participate in the 1976 celebrations. Congresswoman Burke aligned those who said, \u201cYes, this is our nation, and this is our story.\u201d On the other side of the conversation, I interviewed USC alumna <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.usc.edu\/Share\/d41o88k5r6dymej1mp03s137k1tr6uj3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Ann Pacheco<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who was a Chicana student leader in the 1960s and \u201870s. She shared that Chicano\/a communities at USC and in Greater L.A. had very little interest in the anniversary in the context of the Vietnam War. They felt that the promises of American democracy were still unfulfilled. I imagine many Americans in 2026 can relate to that sense of disillusionment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1869\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/pacheco-300x204.png\" alt=\"photo of mary ann pacheco at a microphone\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/pacheco-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/pacheco.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Ann Pacheco at the Festival de Flor y Canto at USC, 1973. Photo by Michael Sedano.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USC Libraries Special Collections<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>NM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: That critique really lands. It&#8217;s easy to understand why communities felt that way. Conversely, there&#8217;s also a way in which people used that ambivalence to say, \u201cWe don&#8217;t feel included, and here&#8217;s how we fix that.\u201d Historian Marc Stein recently published a book called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/B\/bo264672377.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where he writes about how people leveraged celebrations in 1976 to advocate for museums and other forms of public representation. As we mark the 250<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we&#8217;re now concerned about the erasure of all the histories we\u2019ve gained in the last fifty years. It\u2019s fascinating how this conversation has evolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I think about the scholar-advocates in my circles, I\u2019m always moved by the argument that telling our stories powers the struggle for rights in this country. Even if our movement elders didn\u2019t see a place for themselves in national commemorations, they led the charge for ethnic studies, museums, and other forms of public history. They positioned us for the work we do now, including as part of the 250<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NM: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Institute on California and the West just hosted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026-events\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a conversation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between historian David-James Gonzales and me. His new book, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/breaking-down-the-walls-of-segregation-9780197839454?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tells the story of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mendez v. Westminster<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which documents the 14th Amendment in action. It shows people saying, \u201cAgainst all odds, we will fight for the rights that America gives us.\u201d The battle for equal rights continues today with, for example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-alabama-4e3225083caccda5ec73a98533a79add\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the recent dismantling of the 1965 Voting Rights Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. What we know from 250 years of history is that this enduring struggle is the legacy of the \u201coppressed people salute,\u201d as the title suggests. Once you see how people fought for and protected their rights and humanity, then we&#8217;re able to truly witness democracy in action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LD: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think that&#8217;s the perfect place for us to end. It was a treat visiting the archive with you again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1870\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/natalia-and-laura-300x167.png\" alt=\"Natalia and Laura speaking on Zoom\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/natalia-and-laura-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2026\/06\/natalia-and-laura.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the authors: Dr. Natalia Molina is a Distinguished and Dean\u2019s Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. Dr. Laura Dominguez is the LA2026 Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Associate with EMSI.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Share your ideas about early Los Angeles! The LA2026 team is soliciting short essays (800-1000 words) about topics related to our humanities discussions, partner exhibitions, and the significance of 1776 to Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdr1lkSX1VufN-SP67pRjPdzSqzUxZcEBd0BrsON8WH12KSSQ\/viewform?usp=header\">We are now accepting proposals for the LA2026 Blog.<\/a> Authors should prepare pitches with public audiences in mind. Essays may reflect on themes in the exhibitions and discussions; analyze key artifacts, documents, and places associated with LA2026; and\/or share original research on early Los Angeles. See the CfP linked above for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis (subject to change). Selected essays will be published on the LA2026 website, distributed via e-newsletter, and promoted on social media. While the blog is not peer-reviewed, submissions will go through an editorial review process prior to publication.\u00a0<em>Please note, the views, thoughts, and ideas expressed in the LA2026 Blog are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute and its LA2026 partners.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Questions? 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