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    During the Chicano Movement, there were many different key leaders that helped the movement. These key leaders were Rodolfo ‘‘Corky’’ Gonzales, Reies Tijerina, and Cesar Chavez. These men were famous for many things. Such as, writing poems in order to help the Mexican-Americans to making organizations to unite and help everyone. Going on strikes so their voices can be heard. Although, the Chicano Movement was a movement in order for Mexican Americans to get civil rights not everyone in the Movement

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    Fresno valley. Here, Soto depicts a hard-working Chicano that is struggling to continue living, therefore there is nothing the Chicano can really do physically when there is a young thief trying to break into a house. The act of the Chicano passively watching this occurring shows that the worker is so overcome with fatique and the dismayed prospect of having to continue working. And instead of thinking about family, or the workday ahead, the Chicano is losing his or her individual identity because

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    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

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    The Chicano community has endured and overcome many struggles since the conquest by conquistador in 1491 and eviction from Atzlan. Race was used by the white community as tool to structure inequality for the Chicano community by classifying the Chicano community as white but treat them as a minority community. Chicano activist during the Mexican American generation found community self-determination by becoming actively involved in their community and taking hold of their own destiny. The Mexican

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    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

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    The Chicano movement was a social movement characterized by the politics of protest in the Mexican-American community. Focusing on a wide range of social issues, the movement was involved in: social injustice, equality, educational reforms, and political and economic self-determination for Chicano communities within the United States. Some of the struggles that evolved within the Chicano movement were the United Farmworkers unionization efforts, the New Mexico Land Grant movement, and the Raza Unida

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    The portrayal and the representation of the Chicano Art Movements are entrenched by the Mexican-American artist who institute artistic personalities and identities in the United States. The plenteous amount of the artist is massively influenced by the immense Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which, was established in the 1960’s. The influence of Chicano Art was due to the Mexican- Revolution philosophy, art of Pre-Columbia and indubitably European techniques of painting, cultural, social, political

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    European Aesthetic. If you have good taste it was asoociated with Greek art. This is similar to A Chicano Aesthetic because the in reading Contemporary Chicano Art, states how the Chicano Aesthetic represents the reality over time. Much of Chicano art historicall was made outside the museum. For example things such as Low riders, and graffiti which can are misunderstood because of the bias against the Chicano culture. These things are unable to be in a museum, and are sometimes seen as an act against

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    I went to see a Kpop concert on April 1st with one of my best friends and it was an amazing experience. I chose this concert to do my report because of the language barrier, I only know a little bit of Spanish but I’m not fluent in it and I don’t know anything in Korean but for songs in those two languages, I always look up the lyrics to sing along. BTS is different than other Kpop groups because they do involve politics and self-love into their songs because they do want to alert their audience

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    The Chicano movement began in the 1940’s and was able to unify far more Mexican American people than previous movements. Many famous historical figures were a part of this movement including Cesar Chavez who was the leader of the United Farm Workers and Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales who explained what it truly meant to be “Chicano” in his poem Yo Soy Joaquin. Mexican-Americans who considered themselves “Chicanos” were proud of their culture and heritage and looked to achieve equality for the Mexican race

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