Latina/O Identity

Latina/o identities: Social Diversity and U.S Politics was quite an interesting reading assignment. It challenged the practices of the wrong contraction of monolithic and singular identity in the U.S. Latina/os. This was accomplished in a number of ways. The theoretical approach on social group identities such as racial, ethnic and gender identities. As well as an approach on the historical mistakes on the diversity and complexity of the U.S. Latina/o Population. While also focusing on the social factors that unified those populations.
All group social identities are socially constructed meaning they only exist because we let it. The political importance of this is that the historical contexts are associated with both division and unity in …show more content…
I learned that I was quick to judge where this author of the story was from. But at the end I learned that i shouldn't judge or assume where someone is from because they can have many parts to their identity. The reading made me think about how I might be as diverse and this author and not even know it. I cannot trace my family back further then my grandpa so odds are that I might be just as diverse as the author and not even know it. A big question that comes to mind is why this is the first time I have ever heard of someone like this from Mexico. Why have I not personally met someone as diverse as this …show more content…
Which is about a young Chicana named Esperanza. I for one did not know how powerful this reading was going to be. She grows up living in poverty and is ashamed about it. She starts out by giving a background story as to why she is living in that house. However, this is the first house her parents have ever owned. She lets this become a part of her identity. This leads to her getting friends who are not good for her. Her first friend Cathy for example is a snotty girl who judges everyone around her. She starts to realize these so called friends throughout the book are not her friends, the book is full of little stories ranging from why the neighborhood is the way it is to why certain people are the way they are. She also deals with death and it takes a toll on her. She dealt with her aunt, uncle and grandfathers death. But by the time she figures this out it’s too late. She is also sexually assaulted. But she’s does not let this define her she can also see that the local women and the community around her are stuck in their ways. And this only motives her to do better and eventually