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Chicana Motherhood: How Mothers Teach Us the Art of Self-love and Influence Our Identity Introduction In the beginning, there were mothers. Like goddesses they create life, nurturing their offspring into adulthood and beyond. Through wisdom, culture, and tradition they educate their young on the wonders of life, gracing us with the opportunity to follow in their footsteps to become mothers ourselves. Through the study of Chicana feminism, it becomes apparent how motherhood is a recurring theme throughout

On November 1, 2017, today event is about Alexis Mundo Queer Networks in Chicano LA: A Talk by Ondine Chavoya and David Frantz. The Alexis Mundo Queer Networks is a cross cultural/events. The presentation had pictures, art, information about queer art/culture from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. During the time period of 1960s to the early 1990s the topics being discussed Chicano Moratorium is about gay liberation and HIV Aids to find it interesting. Mundo Meza is an artist of a painting, self

The establishment of Folklorico groups in the U.S. in uncertain, but it is believed that carpas traveling throughout Mexico and Southwestern U.S. would frequently feature performance of Mexican folk dance in the 1920s and 1930s. It was also once taught by the older generations to the younger generations, publicly teaching them about their Mexican background. However, with an increase in social pressures and whitewashing, came the rejection and denial of the young Chicanxs’ Mexican background. Chicanx

Chicano is a term used to refer to Mexican Americans. There have been a lot of concerns by Chicano activists that the community has always faced racial discrimination in the United States from the dominant Anglo-American. This is evident in which the archaeologists and anthropologists of Anglo-American origin were not interested in studying the history of Mexican Americans. It was therefore assumed that it was due to their dysfunctional culture that Mexican Americans were poor (Menchaca 14). This

Chicano society in the United States is still having some issues regarding acculturation and racism. It has been a conflict between Mexican-American and Anglo-American, each fighting to keep their legacy alive, by attacking the other community for many years, since the Mexican American war. Also, the racism against Mexican was and still is a problem, although not as harsh as before. Chicanos are fighting to keep their traditions and history alive. Racism has been fought by several court cases in

Reframing these ideation resources of racial identity into the context of Chicano life was necessary to involve the community. Mexicans in America faced similar levels of discrimination as African Americans but African Americans never had question their citizenship status. Although Mexicans were legally labelled as whites, they were not afforded the same rights as them. The lack of education amongst Chicano populations served as an indicator that the struggles they experienced as a race were unique

created in order to preserve, promote, and educate about Mexican, Chicano, Indigenous and Latin culture and art. When I arrived at the Centro I was greeted by a volunteer by the name of Bertha “Birdie” Gutierrez who has been a volunteer there for five years, I asked for a tour of the establishment. Birdie is also a jewelry designer and sells pieces she creates that are Chicano inspired there. She does this in order to raise money for Chicano causes. I was told that the building itself used be a water tank

the age of two, Baca spent most of his life in the barrio and on the streets. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade and became a felon at the age of seventeen. Completely illiterate, Baca discovered his heritage in a picture book of Chicano history. A Chicano, Baca identified with the pictures in the book. This discovery motivated Baca to become literate and capable of freely expressing his thoughts. Jimmy Santiago Baca released his first collection of poetry, Immigrants in our own land, and

Chicano Nationalism Chicano as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary , is “a Mexican-American”. Nationalism, as defined by the same publication, is “devotion to the interests or particular culture of a particular nation”. So by definition, we can infer that Chicano Nationalism is an interest in either the Mexican or American culture by a Mexican American, which is not a very concise definition. Before we can begin to define Chicano Nationalism, we must first define what is it to be a

1960’s the Chicano community undertook a unique, dramatic, and multifaceted social struggle of affirmation. This historic phase became more and more varied and complex then previous struggles (Maciel, 2010). Mexican Americans took movement, defined and took pride in their own identity, asserted their civil rights, worked toward self-determination by improving their financial, social, and political circumstances. “Similar to other movements of this period promoting civil rights, the Chicano movement