• What does the author say in Chapter 4 about the ethnic label “Chicano” and word association with lower class peons? The author says “the ethnic label ‘Chicano’ was probably derived from the word ‘Mechicano,’ a sixteenth-century pronunciation of Mex (ch) icano” (Vigil 81). And, he also says “The word finally became synonymous with the dispossessed lower-class peons” (Vigil 81). • Refer to pages 88 and 89, Vigil writes, “…
El Coyote the Mexican Rebel El Coyote the Mexican Rebel is the best book to describe the Mexican culture but, the book is well enjoyable. El Coyote the Mexican Rebel tells a story about a orphaned mexican boy who runs away from his cruel aunt and his uncle that has a massive drinking problem. Luis Perez is a average Mexican kid that decides to run away. The boy (Luis Perez) soon joins the Mexican rebels and has a great adventure with his fellow rebel but, he decides to leave the rebels.…
In the essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldúa talks about her experience struggling with her identity growing up as a Chicana living in the United States. Her experience also relates to many other Latinos living in the United States who struggled to find their place in society and a language to speak freely without feeling fear and embarrassment afterwards. She talks about how throughout her life the language she used was suppressed in various ways and forms as she was forced to assimilate to the dominant English language. Anzaldúa also discusses some examples of how the Spanish language changed and evolved in since the first Spanish colorizations began in the region. Overall, the main message she is sending is that she is who…
“To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I 'm a Chicano because I say I am” (Marin). A Chicano may be defined as a person of Mexican origin residing in the United States, but mostly someone who is politically active. For many years, the Mexican-Americans have been highly discriminated throughout the United States, but mostly in the southwest area.…
After the commentary and the inclusion of the new word, Mexican males and females began to use both terms. Usually, the o and the a at the end of the words would be and/or are separated by a dash: making it Chicano/a. Although some people began to feel more incorporated, others still felt excluded. In a similar manner as Chicana’s, the LGBTQ community felt excluded from both terms. Much the same, the LGBTQ Mexican community criticized both works of Chicano’s and Chicana’s, and created discontinuity.…
Chicano/a/xs in the United States experienced racial discrimination through regional segregation, marginalization in suburbia, and construction of a selective fantasy past. This relationship between space, cultural citizenship, and race relations were apparent in the unequal opportunities and the marginalization Latinos faced in racialized suburbia. An imagined Spanish fantasy past was constructed through mission revival and Olvera Street in Los Angeles that placed the Mexican people and their culture in the past. It was implied that the only place for them in modern day Los Angeles was in the past, supporting the belief that the Mexican immigrants in the present were not a part of the Los Angeles community and were just a temporary workforce in America. This further emphasizes this racial segregation they faced from the Anglo community who constructed a physical…
Salazar mentions that those who call themselves Chicanos are the Mexican-American activists, and those who are Mexican-American “love the United States…while loving Mexico.” From my viewpoint, Chicanos embrace that they are two entirely different things and try to bring them together to create a safe space. Chicanos are people who accept and take pride in their past and welcome the future and possibilities of being something more. Chicanos feel the need to keep intact with their tribal roots because it is their identity, it is a part of them that they fought to be recognized. As someone who identifies as Chicana, I always want to learn more about my family and our history in Mexico.…
In nearly every case seen in Chicano Nationalism, Gonzales avoids referring to those who he fights against as people, using “them” and “they” and only ever referring to an individual person once, referring to them as “The Gringo Captain”. This is seen best in contrast when compared to who he is trying to reach, he tries to unite those from the Barrio with those from the campo and ranchito, using three very specific denominations of people against simply “the exploiters” this difference in language used to describe who he is trying to reach creates several impacts on the text. The main impact had by this specific feature of the text is the removal of humanity from the opposing force. By describing those who you want to support you with terms rather specific to them and then trying to describe a very large group with inhuman terms referring to all of them under the same negative title their individual humanity is removed and they become a collective, with each one becoming a part of the problem where many people are still…
They were asked about their perceptions of opportunities for success, equality before the law, and the efficacy of collective action. The study was conducted to students who were in 7th through 12th grade. Almost all of the students identified as either Chicano or Mexican American. In the study, the students were given three stories that described different people involving police officers. The students who identified as “Chicano” were more likely to say that the police officer was racist but the “Mexican Americans” said the officer was just doing his job when the story involved a man named Juan Gonzalez.…
In conclusion, this documentary segment is important because it describes the roots of the Chicano nationalism that are a critical part of the understanding history of the Chicano both socially and politically. This is made possible through the documentary’s affirmation of cultural identity that is grounded in Aztec…
Chapter ten from the book From Indians To Chicanos by Vigil talks about the postscript to the Anglo-american and Mexicanization period has three subtopics the class, the culture and color persistence generates new ways to dissect race This chapter talks about what has been occurring in the twenty century. The first subtopic the chapter talks about from the Anglo-american and Mexicanization period is class. A lot of the population at this time was a lot of immigrants from the Mexicanization of the Chicano population. In 2010 there were 308 million residents in the United States.…
A few weeks before school began, I was sitting in the library working with other teachers on some projects. It was one of those easy summer workdays and you could tell because everyone was wearing shorts and t-shirts. We were working hard at preparing lessons for the upcoming year. We abruptly stopped our work when a large group of kids came in. They were a touring group of incoming freshmen and their guide was a senior.…
Taming Nativity The excerpt, “Wild tongues can’t be tamed, they can only be cut out,” from the essay, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” by Gloria Anzaldua helps convey the idea of how American cultural imperialism forces Chicanos to abandon their culture and heritage and assimilate into the American way of life. Gloria Anzaldua, a sixth-generation Mexican-American, grew up in Texas 's segregated educational system in 1949, where she experienced discrimination and judgement because of her native language. In her essay Anzaldua shares first hand experience of the internal and external struggle Chicanos face everyday in this country because of the ambiguity in their cultural identification.…
Alan Bialostozky Comm 100C Professor McMurria Spring 2015 Take home exam #3 Leo Chavez article “The Latino Treat Narrative” proposes a well-supported narrative to the nation’s anti-immigration discourse displayed by the media mostly in the USA. In this article, Chavez gives a critical overview and discussion about the images, stereotypes and falsified truths reproduced in society using and crafting recycled myths created by media experts, corrupt politicians, and people who openly hate immigrants from a Latino background. Chavez closely examines how “citizenship” has been seen and discussed through the legal organizations as a form of unity in the country through social and political participation. He claims that just critiquing discourse…
Elena Gutierrez discusses the impact that negative stereotyping has on innocent immigrants that are targeted by a nativist approach to policy making. Furthermore, Charles Berg discuses the concept of negative media stereotyping of Latinos, which as seen through the Lemon Grove case, causes wrongful perceptions of Latinos that results in exclusion from society. As seen in the Lemon Grove case, the Mexican children were seen as “incompetent” unfit for an all white school, furthermore, the Mexican children were seen as a burden and inferior to the white children. The Lemon Grove Incident serves as a constant reminder that Latinos oppression continues to be a problem in contemporary politics, but as scholarly work shows, Latinos continue to fight against these accusations and reach the equality they…