CH ST 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Brown Berets, Raza Unida Party, Chicana Feminism
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1 page reflection paper on what you got from what she said, what you gained from the discussion. Rejected term mexican-american (thought it was similar to the term negro [imposed term by whites]when in reality the mexican-americans came up with the name themselves) Didn"t know about their history, though mexican-american generation were bendidos, or sell-outs, wanted to assimilate. Tried to produce a counter culture against mainstream american culture (a culture that was trying to marginalize chicanos) Needed a new identity to feel good about themselves, represented politics of identity: you represent one core element of who you are (can be ethnicity, race, culture etc) No one of us can be reduced to one essential element of who we are, we are many things. Authentic chicano: mestizo, bilingual, dark skinned, came from barrios, lower class. Cat licos por la raza: led by richard __ Added one more institution (church) that needed to be reformed, struggles in la.
