Rosina Lozano

@rosinalozano.bsky.social

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Historian—Borderlands; Latine; American West; Relational Studies of Race and Ethnicity, especially MexAm/Indigenous. Gardening. Author of An American Language: The History of Spanish in the US.

Clip from the New Mexico State Constitution "Sec. 3. The right of any citizen of the state to vote, hold office, or sit upon juries, shall never be restricted, abridged or impaired on account of religion, race, language or color, or inability to speak, read or write the English or Spanish languages..."

Spanish-language newspaper front page from Albuquerque, NM.

Screenshot of Laws of the Territory of New Mexico from 1869-1870. English-language version of laws on left. Spanish-language version of the laws is on the right.

Section 8 in script with some red underlining. "The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the Laws passed at each session thereof. And until the year 1900 they shall cause to be published in Spanish and German, a sufficient number of copies of said Laws, to supply that portion of the inhabitants of the State who speak those languages, and who may be unable to read and understand the English language.

California State Laws of 1850. "An Act Creating the office of State Translator. The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: §1 There shall be a State Translator..to make correct translations in Spanish of all laws, decrees, and documents required to be translated, by any law or any order of his office, shall take oat prescribed."

Mr. GWIN. In support of the section offered by the gentleman from Santa Barbara, I would state that it has been nearly fifty years since Louisiana came into the Union, and they have published laws there in English, French, and Spanish, ever since.

Official English-language script version of the CA Constitutional Convention, including Section 21.

Spanish-language version of the California State Constitution.

Displays text tied to Article IX of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Spanish-language on the left and English-language on the right.

Five spice jars with reddish brown powder and flakes.

Greg Davies and Alex Horne of the British show Taskmaster.

Four rows of 50 serranos peppers with stems up.

Announcement in Spanish for an ugly contest. Accompanying cartoon of a man who looks like Charlie Chaplin’s “the tramp.” Facial features obscured but also misshapen.