PP&D 177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: José Clemente Orozco, Filipino Mestizo, Dolores Huerta
1 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
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PPD 177: Chicano Movement
4/5/18
Lecture 1: Introduction
● Chicanos Walkout in the 1970s
● Chicano movement connected with Black movement and women’s movement
● Professor - first Mexican-American professor hired in UCI
● This year = is 50 years since MLK death, 50th anniversary of Kennedy death, 68’ has a
lot of meaning which will be brought to this course
● Legacy of Chicano movement
● Gap between poor and rich
● Gentrification: displacement of people by capital and development
● People fighting back against this, focusing on people of color’s struggles
● ‘68: Chicano political activities prior to ‘68, integrationists, MAPA
● Parents back then believed that through hard work, that you could achieve in this
country
● Not true, “American Dream nonsense”
● The 68’ were people were diverse (anti-white, feminists {challenged men, helped with
fundraising} and radicals)
● Different groups have different impacts on the Chicano movement
● “The original documentary of Chicano” by Jesus Nino 1972
● We have to be reminded that progress is slow, step by step
● Scholarly, analytical perspectives
● Education should not be market oriented
Assignments:
Weekly interrogations: 1 page about reading discussions
Due Week 2: based on next week’s reading (Black power etc.)
Yo Soy Chicano Film Notes
● Victims of brutal legal system, government exploitation and poor educations
● History began in the Southwest (ancestral home of Aztec Nahuatl people)
● End of 14th century, Aztecans evolved a civilization of trade, agriculture, medicine and
religion
● Quetzalcoatl vs. Hernando Cortes invading the Americas
● Spaniard Cortes conquered the Native Americans = La Raza (Spanish father, American
Indian mother)
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Document Summary
Chicano movement connected with black movement and women"s movement. Professor - first mexican-american professor hired in uci. This year = is 50 years since mlk death, 50th anniversary of kennedy death, 68" has a lot of meaning which will be brought to this course. Gentrification: displacement of people by capital and development. People fighting back against this, focusing on people of color"s struggles. Parents back then believed that through hard work, that you could achieve in this. 68: chicano political activities prior to 68, integrationists, mapa country. The 68" were people were diverse (anti-white, feminists {challenged men, helped with fundraising} and radicals) Different groups have different impacts on the chicano movement. The original documentary of chicano by jesus nino 1972. We have to be reminded that progress is slow, step by step. Due week 2: based on next week"s reading (black power etc. ) Victims of brutal legal system, government exploitation and poor educations.
