Sustaining Chicano Culture

It is crazy how much acceptance and understanding comes out of hearing someone else’s narrative. Yesterday, I read an academic journal by Traci Fordham-Hernandez titled, Raising Chicanos in the Great White North: A White Mother’s Muse, and it gave me a new perspective on the challenges that parents with two different ethnicities, cultures, and customs face when raising children. Undeniably, preserving the customs of our Mexican heritage mom has been something that you constantly try to instill in us so that we do not forget who we are. Traci, the mother in this narrative, is white, her husband is Mexican-American/ Chicano, and her children areLrt brown Mexican-American/Chicana/o. Just to give you a little bit of background mom, Traci lives

Mexican American empowerment was the goal of The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, it was a civil rights movement extending the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. During this movement there were three goals that were achieved, which was land was restored, education reforms were gained and the rights for farm workers. . Latinos lacked influence in the national political arena prior to the 1960’s but that changed when the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) were diligent in working to get John F. Kennedy elected president in 1960, which in turn established Latinos as a significant voting bloc. Once in office Kennedy had shown his gratitude towards the Latino community by addressing their concerns of the Hispanic community

America is a melting pot with so many cultures, however I didn’t know my own culture to begin with. On my way to school I began to I wonder about my own culture, and what unknown knowledge lies under the tales of other minorities. With my hunger to satisfy my need to learn more about my culture, I took a Chicano Studies college course. This has to be one of my favorite academic subject because I was told many different facts and statistics of the Chicano population, from the pregnancy rates of young women to the social experiments done on Chicano students from grade school to high school. This passion to have the Chicano perspective be seen was what led me to try and get at least a Chicano based unit in English classes. However, it was denied

The Chicanx experience in the United States over the past several decades has shaped their history and strengthened the community as a whole. There has been an overwhelming fight against many injustices imposed upon the Chicano community by outsiders, and one of those issues is reproductive justice. For many women of color, especially in the Chicano and Black communities, there has been a reproductive oppression that is constantly imposed upon them by government and medical officials. Women of color, are more common to be on many government programs to provide economic and health support to them and their families. The U.S. government has always tried to scheming tactics to avoid providing these women with the best possible welfare support

Bobby Lefebre says, “Watching everything I love about my neighborhood slowly walk into a mere memory is disheartening. It seems like every day there is a new institution, business, or mural being cleared away to make room for the new.” This quote not only helps you understand just how upsetting gentrification is to people who were rooted in these areas, but also how the original atmosphere is no longer apart of the neighborhood. These Chicanos, are not saying that people of other races or backgrounds cannot live in these neighborhoods as well, they just want it to be the same tight knit group of people who are able to help each other out and provide information to people of the same background. The idea of a tight knit community plays an important role in preservation and is imperative to these individual’s survival. Bobby Lefebre also writes, “Let’s honor our past by ensuring Northside communities of all backgrounds are not erased. Let’s work together to preserve our diverse traditions and cultural artifacts; even if preservation means creating things anew.” Even though gentrification is happening in multiple neighborhoods, there is still ideas for how to keep the original feel and the historical value that people who have lived in the area for a long time would benefit from and help give peace of mind, with the changes that are happening in their neighborhood. The ongoing stories of these people can remain in the neighborhood and will grow with them as well as the growing communities. Jolie Diepenhorst comments at the end of Bobby Lefebre’s article and her comment is another voice for how truly upsetting gentrification is to people and the history of the area. She says, “This is a beautifully written piece that illustrates everything that is

The Chicano movement comes to a stop in south Texas where Mexican Americans students protested at their schools for discriminated against them (Barrera 1). The Mexican Americans were being discriminated by teachers, low grades for tests and overall grades in class and segregation of schools (Barrera 1). The Chicano students boycotted the schools by walking out refusing to return unless things changed (Barrera 2). They wanted the schools to notice the problems and make changes to improve the student’s life at the schools (Barrera 2). This is similar to the Asian American strikes because both of the ethnic groups wanted a better education. Another way this is similar because the Asian American strikes is refusing to attend school and the Chicano

t is impossible to talk about the history of the United States without mentioning the contribution that the Mexican folks have done to build this great country. Mexicans that have given their lives by fighting and defending this country is different wars throughout its history. Mexicans immigrants also perform jobs that the Anglos won’t do. Jobs such like in the farm work, cleaning services, construction industry, among many other types of jobs. Moreover, Mexicans immigrants also contribute with more than 25% of the United States economy. Making them selve an important part for the economy of this country. Throughout history many Mexicans migrate to this country with the hope of finding a better better future with better opportunities. However, when they finally make it to this country the “American Dream” becomes a nightmare, because they suffer discrimination, poverty, and injustice.

The culture of the Mexican people has been resilient in Southern California. The Mexican culture is a culture of pride, courage, and humbleness that is exhibited at LA Plaza De Cultura Y Artes. This resilient culture was exhibited during the tumultuous times of the early 20th century throughout Southern California. The early 20th century specifically the twenty’s through the forties was a dangerous period as many Mexican-Americans experienced levels of racial discrimination that went against their rights of being American citizens. Incidents range from forced cultural assimilation, beating, and lynchings, to mass illegal deportations. Still, after all these injustices Mexican-Americans responded by standing up and not letting racism and fear

The Latino culture takes a more monistic approach to the mind-body problem. This may affect the ways in which depression is experienced and expressed. For example, studies have found that Latinos are more likely to express psychological distress in somatic terms such as lack of energy, sleep disturbances, and body aches (Martinez Tyson, Castaneda, Porter, Quiroz, & Carrion, 2011). Additionally, studies find that Latinos are more likely to take a holistic approach to healing as evidenced by the principle of “mente sana en cuerpo sano y alma sana’ (healthy mind in healthy body and healthy soul) which communicates the strong connection between mind, body, and soul (Comas-Diaz, 2006). This suggests that a purely physical approach to therapy may not be well-received by the Latino client, and is supported by studies showing Latino patients feel apprehensive towards being treated with anti-depressants even when they have positive attitudes towards receiving treatment for depression (Cabassa, Lester, & Zayas, 2007). Understanding the client’s perception of the self is important in diagnosing and treating depression. Therefore, an effective therapist must be able to understand and incorporate the client’s worldview throughout the therapeutic process.

Chicano history in class has involucrate readings, Video, Assignments and lecture this course had given me the opportunity in expanding my knowledge on Chicano history and how it has been throughout the years. In this final assignment I have to talk about a person that I interviewed and conducted and relate their life to the course, this person would have to be my abuelita, Rita Salazar. I interviewed my abuelita because she is a strong independent woman and lived life as a Chicana in the past and as she was growing up. First I 'm going to give you her life story.

The Chicano movement was part of the American Civil Rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. It sought political empowerment and social inclusion for Mexican-Americans. The term ‘Chicano’ was originally used as a derogatory label for the children of Mexican migrants. People on both sides of the border considered this new generation of Mexican Americans neither ‘American’ nor ‘Mexican’. In the 1960s the term ‘Chicano’ came to be accepted as a symbol of self-determination and ethnic pride.

Throughout history, the Chicano movement has never given up. The Chicano movement believes that giving up is not a choice. They determined to one day receive equal rights. A Chicanos dream is to travel with their family outside of the country, vote during elections, earning fair pay, although they haven't accomplished that yet. Chicanos are very talented people who migrate to America in order to provide themselves a better future and their kids a successful life, however, it's not that easy.

I don't fully understand what 'Chicano Consciousness' means. From what I got in the articles a Chicano is simply a person that identifies as a Chicano. However, there are a lot of people that identify as Chicanos and so there is a common understanding and common ground. I think what makes it unique is that all Chicanos are still very different from each other, but in being different they're the same. I don't know, I think it's very interesting. Also, another thing that struck me while reading was in the article titled ' What is a Chicano'. There was a section where the author said that he was in his neighbor talking to a African-American and told him he wasn't Mexican because he wasn't from Mexico. I had never thought of it this way, it has

Throughout the years, women’s participation has been overlooked by the general public, where their contributions to civil rights movements has been belittled or removed from history all together. Their hard work is often accredited to men, where women are forced to remain silent and oppressed - all while depicted as unintelligent second-class citizens who belong in the kitchen in both the Latino community and the Anglo community. The Chicano Movement itself is a gendered movement, in which only men have portrayed as leader of El Moviemnto where whenever one googles the term ‘Chicano Movement’ the images that come up are of Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo Gonzalez or Jose Angel Gutierrez – all men. In the 1960s, the image of the Soldaderas was adopted by the Chicana feminists’ movement as a symbol of revolutionary womanhood and female resistance. During the Mexican Revolution, a new breed of women

In order to figure out the true identity of a person, you must search through the midsts of the language they speak. Although language is a device that myriads of matured people can utilize, it is much more complex then one may believe. Language contains many hidden messages about one's identity. Just having a simple conversation with another can lead to the discovery of major revelations, including; the specific cultural origin and heritage of said person, the peers, colleagues, and type of family that person is associated with,the truth behind the motives and values of that person, and the credibility or intelligence level of that speaker.