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From Space, a Borderless Earth.
Jose Hernandez, a Mexican American astronaut, made the improbable journey from a childhood spent in California's farm fields to operating million-dollar robotic arms on the International Space Station.
In 1962, the year Hernandez was born, the idea of a Mexican astronaut was laughable--literally. That year, white comedian Bill Dana played a Latino minstrel character that, even today, many Americans still remember fondly: the dimwitted "Latin" astronaut named Jose Jimenez. Dana describes Jimenez as a "pure, lovin...See the full content of this document
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