A Chicano or Chicana is a term used to indicate an identity held by some persons of Mexican descent living in the United States. Often times‚ it refers to a first or second generation Mexican American living in an urban‚ Mexican American immigrant community‚ where there exists the strong ethnic consciousness of being "Mexican American". It is considered a term of ethnic pride‚ though not all Mexican Americans proud of their heritage necessarily consider themselves Chicano. A woman of this category
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like Mexican-Americans successfully act Mexican-American in front of a police officer to convince and assure him that they indeed are "natives." Of concern to both Lowe and Oboler is the unequal status of minorities as members of the United States national community and citizenry. Basically‚ the U.S. citizen has been defined as a white male. This subsequently has meant that especially persons of color have been "conceived in the popular mind as outside of the ’boundaries’ of the ’American’ community"
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my fellow classmates believed I was white. I cannot explain why but I was offended by their conclusion. I immediately explained that I was Mexican and was further offended by the fact that they asked me if I could speak good Spanish or Spanish at all for that matter. According to them‚ an individual who looked white was white and if they so happened to be Mexican‚ for example‚ their whiteness automatically implied that they had assimilated so much into the white culture that they had been completely
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how much does it have to flourish in order to be granted racial status? This is the issue the Mestizos in both Mexico and greater Mexico run into in defining themselves. The interesting statistic is that‚ given only the racial choices on a census‚ Mexicans choose to define themselves differently depending on where they live‚ the percentages changing between Mestizos in Mexico and those living in the United States. I believe that Mestizos living in the United States predominantly choose white as their
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Zoot Suit Riots Zoot suits‚ associated with the Mexican race‚ consisted of a long jacket that reached almost to the knees‚ pants with a "tight stuff cuff"‚ a "wide‚ flat hat‚ and Dutch-toe shoes" (Berger 193). These zoot suits were worn by the Mexican youth who were accused of murder on August 2‚ 1942. People claimed that Jose Diaz was murdered by a gang that had broken up a party at Sleepy Lagoon ranch located close to Los Angeles. However‚ even though the lower court did convict them of murder
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Zoot Suit Riots. Decades of discrimination have forced the Mexican-American community to turn inward. By the 1940‚ LA 240‚000 Mexican-American lived in a series of neighborhoods called barrios. These communities were traditional‚ conservative and self-contained. During those years‚ segregations was very usual‚ and any thing was used as an excuse to bad treat Mexicans‚ with the Zoot Suits‚ they were seen as criminals and rebels. Mexican American teenagers that grew up in the atmosphere of a second-class
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Questions: 1. Taking your information from Katherine Benton-Cohen’s book‚ Borderline Americans‚ write an essay on how the term “American” became synonymous with “white” in Cochise County during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Start by discussing the nature of relations between Mexicans and whites in the different sections of the county during the 19th century. How did relations change over time and what factors led to those changes? In answering these questions‚ you
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The Chicano Movement also known as El Movimiento played a major part in the American Civil Rights Movement. This movement began to take place in the 1960s and ended in the 1970s. The term "Chicano" was used as an insulting label for the children of Mexican migrants. In the 1960s the word "Chicano" came to be accepted as a symbol of self-determination and ethnic pride. Many groups came to be about with the word chicano. In order to effect social change‚ Chicanos felt it was necessary to enter politics
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Hispanic Discrimination WGBH American Experience Extra Credit Since the end of the Mexican war‚ for one hundred years‚ Mexicans had to deal with discrimination. In the 1950’s Mexican Americans were considered second class citizens. There were theaters‚ swimming pools and even public parks that did not allow Mexican Americans and were segregated. I was very surprised when they said “public” parks were to be segregated‚ it is outrageous that Mexican Americans couldn’t go to the Public Park‚
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10/06/13 Americanization Is Tough on “Macho” There are different countries and cultures in the world. Sometimes when Americans view other cultures’ values the actual truth becomes distorted. In her article “Americanization is tough on the Macho‚” Rose Del Castillo Guilbault examines the concept of macho from both the Hispanics and Americans perspective. The Hispanic view of macho embodies a man described by Guilbault as manly‚ responsible‚ hardworking‚ a patriarch and a person
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