Raul Ruiz (journalist)

Raul Ruíz (1940/41 – 13 June 2019[1]) was an American journalist, professor, and political activist for Chicano civil rights during the Chicano movement and for the Peace movement of the 1960s and '70s.

Biography

Ruiz was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Los Angeles in his teen years. He attended California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) where he earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree.[1] As a reporter, and editor of La Raza, Ruíz covered the Chicano Moratorium.[2][3] He notably photographed the police aiming tear gas launchers at the Silver Dollar Café, where Ruben Salazar was killed.[4] Ruiz's photo, considered an essential historical image of the Chicano movement, ran on the cover of the L.A. Times ans was reproduced around the world.

Ruiz was a candidate for La Raza Unida Party, a Chicano political party. He ran for the 48th Assembly district seat in Los Angeles in 1971, gaining 8 percent of the vote. In 1972 he ran for the 40th Assembly district seat, covering East L.A., under the La Raza Unida ticket, gaining 13 percent of the vote.[5]

Ruiz taught for many years in the department of Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge.[1][6] He died in Los Angeles on June 13, 2019.[1]

gollark: I don't really agree with Chinese room arguments.
gollark: Photonic ML hardware is apparently beginning to exist and is very efficient, so that could help in a few years.
gollark: There is apparently work on accursed optics things for the displays, and batteries... are harder, but maybe minimising power use with more efficient hardware can be done.
gollark: Enough minor conveniences stacked together gives a useful product. And you can fit smartphone SoCs into slightly bulky glasses - there are already AR devkits doing this. The main limitation is that the displays aren't very good and it is hard to fit sufficient batteries.
gollark: Also, you could sort of gain extra senses of some possible value by mapping things like LIDAR output (AR glasses will probably have something like that for object recognition) and the local wireless environment onto the display.

References
  1. Arellano, Gustavo (2019-06-15). "Raul Ruiz, journalist and activist for the Chicano movement in L.A., dies at 78". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. Remembering Raul Ruiz, A Hero Of LA's Chicano Movement, Lita Martinez, Laist, 2019-06-14.
  3. Jao, Carren (April 5, 2018). "Narrated Photo Essay: Raul Ruiz and the Rights of the Chicano". KCET. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. Unearthing the photos of La Raza, unsung chronicler of Chicano stories in LA, Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, 2017-10-02
  5. Garcia, Ignacio M. (1989). United We Win: The Rise and Fall of La Raza Unida. Tucson: Mexican American Studies & Research Center, University of Arizona. ISBN 0939363011.
  6. Garcia, Mario (2015). The Chicano Generation: Testimonios of the Movement. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
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